International Rankings of Lebanon 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Lebanon, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Lebanon, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	48	6	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	96	432070	2020
Internet users - percent of population	20	87 %	2021
Internet users - total	95	4.872 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	43	16	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	72	880000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	79	77	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	129	4.300 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	49	1.2 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	56	20.7 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	79	16.574 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	87	11.061 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	89	6.9 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	170	2.985 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	81	33.077 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	106	10.147 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	90	53.253 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	140	23.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	98	13.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	15	87.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	96	46.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	76	21.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	51	0.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	115	3.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	150	13.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	21	83 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	97	31.8 %	2011
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	96	17.383 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	182	6.85 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	3	154.76 %	2021
Labor force	131	1.719 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	47	39 %	2009
Labor force - by occupation - industry	135	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	0
Population below poverty line	62	27.4 %	2011
Public debt	6	146.8 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	102	72.577 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	196	7 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	111	13000 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	57	35.239 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	188	8.9 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	35	14.49 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	59	26.7	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	26	30.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	37	29.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	94	563000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	61	25.275 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	89	268000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	73	268000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	73	18.716 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	74	900.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	99	3.768 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	85	2.219 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	55	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	29	94.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	112	5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	64	0.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	97	53.528 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	62	168500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	43	151100 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	78	24.8 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	133	3.37 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	54	30.67 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	33	63.3	2018
Land use - arable land	86	11.9	2018
Land use - forest	136	13.4	2018
Land use - other	107	23.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	20	12.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	34	39.1	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	150	4.500 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	93	700.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	50	900.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	91	240.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	177	1.23	2025
Urbanization - urban population	20	89.4	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	72	2.040 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	72	163200 tons	2014
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	63	8 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	167	10230 sq km	0
Area - total	170	10400 sq km	0
Area - water	107	170168 sq km	0
Coastline	134	225 km	0
Elevation - highest point	54	3088 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	20	1250 meters	0
Irrigated land	89	1040 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	140	484 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	33	63.3	2018
Land use - arable land	86	11.9	2018
Land use - forest	136	13.4	2018
Land use - other	107	23.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	20	12.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	34	39.1	2018
Military
Military expenditures	17	3.2 % of GDP	2021
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	128	0.38 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	61	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	101	0.53 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	137	1.14 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	76	0.21 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	135	12.86 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	41	8 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	116	51.4 %	2023
Death rate	157	5.57 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	74	15.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	95	6.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	70	59.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	80	44 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	102	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	67	1.7 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	86	0.83 %	2023
Hospital bed density	44	2.7 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	152	6.31 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	156	7.42 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	158	6.88 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	76	80.46 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	47	77.6 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	57	79 years	0
Literacy - female	46	93.3 %	2018
Literacy - male	24	96.9 %	0
Literacy - total population	38	95.1 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	101	21 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	73	34.4 years	2020
Median age - male	69	33.1 years	0
Median age - total	69	33.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	113	0.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	18	32 %	2016
Physicians density	75	2.21 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	123	5.331 million	2023
Population growth rate	105	0.64 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	121	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	12	11 years	2014
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	21	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	38	0.75 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	1 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	8	28.9 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	20	47.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	8	38.2 %	2020
Total fertility rate	111	1.71 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	177	1.23	2025
Urbanization - urban population	20	89.4	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	59	26.7	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	26	30.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	37	29.6	0
Transportation
Airports	115	8	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	95	31000	3280
Heliports	25	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	110	49	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	65	56.570 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	72	2.982 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	81	21	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2023
Roadways - total	188	N/A km	2023
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Lebanon on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Lebanon 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Lebanon 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.