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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Lebanon economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Lebanon best banks and safest banks are also available.
Freddie Baz, general manager and board vice chair of Bank Audi, talks about his bank’s robust performance despite difficult conditions, and government efforts to restore trust.
USD 39.2 billion (2015)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
USD 53.4 billion (2017, estimate)
Intl$ 88.7 billion (2017, estimate)
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| 1.6% | 9.4% | 9.1% | 10.3% | 8% | 0.9% | 2.8% |
| 2013 | 2014* | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* | ||
| 2.5% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
*Estimate
USD 11,497.5 (2017, estimate)
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
| 0.12% | 0.05% | 0.07% | 0.08% | 0.07% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 4.8% | 1.9% | -3.7% | -0.7% | 2.0% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* |
| 133.4% | 133.4% | 138.4% | 143.9% | 149.2% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* |
| -8.7% | -6% | -7.4% | -8.1% | -9.5% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: B-
Moody's: B2
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
-20.6% (2017 estimate)
57.0% (2015)
0.02% (2015)
0.3% (2014)
Jewelry, base metals, chemicals, consumer goods, fruit and vegetables, tobacco, construction minerals, electric power machinery and switchgear, textile fibers, paper
Petroleum products, cars, medicinal products, clothing, meat and live animals, consumer goods, paper, textile fabrics, tobacco, electrical machinery and equipment, chemicals
Saudi Arabia 12.1%, UAE 10.6%, Iraq 7.6%, Syria 7.1%, South Africa 6.6% (2015)
China 11.5%, Italy 7.1%, Germany 6.8%, France 6%, US 5.7%, Russia 4.6%, Greece 4.4% (2015)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 2,701 million | USD 2,906 million | USD 2,341 million |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 1,965 million | USD 1,213 million | USD 619 million |
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 80.1 million | N/A | USD -62.8 million | USD 7.3 million |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 126 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 139 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 127 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 103 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 118 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 145 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 134 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 67 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 135 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 122 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 143 out of 190 countries
101 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 98 / Score: 59.52 (Mostly unfree) (2016)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Muslim 54% (27% Sunni, 27% Shia), Christian 40.5% (includes 21% Maronite Catholic, 8% Greek Orthodox, 5% Greek Catholic, 6.5% other Christian), Druze 5.6%, very small numbers of Jews, Baha'is, Buddhists, Hindus, and Mormons (2012 est.)
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
| 2.703 million | 3.235 million | 4.341 million | 4.597 million | 4.822 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
| 42% | 74% | 86% | 88% |
Total population: 93.9%
Male: 96%
Female: 91.8% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
Political Rights: 5
Civil Liberties: 4 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 20.04% Mobile 92.16% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)