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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.
The interim leader of Lebanon's central bank faces daunting challenges: A devaluated currency, crippled banking system, triple-digit inflation and soaring poverty.
USD 52.4 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 56.4 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 89.5 billion (2018, estimate)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
9.3% | 9.2% | 10.1% | 8% |
0.9% |
2.7% | 2.6% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
1.9% | 0.4% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 0.3% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.12% | 0.05% | 0.07% | 0.08% | 0.07% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-3.7% | -0.8% | 4.5% | 6.1% | 3.1% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
140.7% | 146.1% | 149% | 151% | 155.1% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
-7.5% | -8.9% | -8.6% | -11% | -9.8% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: B-
Moody's: Caa1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 12.2 billion | USD 11.5 billion | USD 9.7 billion |
-25.6 % (2018 estimate)
23.3% (2018)
0.02% (2018)
0.27% (2018)
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
China 13%, UAE 9.9%, South Africa 7.5%, Saudi Arabia 6.5%, Syria 6.5%, Iraq 5.8%, Turkey 4.6% (2017)
China 10.2%, Italy 8.9%, Greece 7%, Germany 6.6%, US 6.3%, Turkey 4.5%, Egypt 4.2%(2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 2,568 million | USD 2,522 million | USD 2,880 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 1,005 million | USD 1,317 million | USD 1,058 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 22 million | USD 2,470 | USD -598 million | USD 565 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:
143 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 151 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 164 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 127 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 110 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 132 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 114 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 116 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 153 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 131 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 151 out of 190 countries
88 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 154 / Score: 51.1 (Mostly unfree)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Muslim 57.7% (28.7% Sunni, 28.4% Shia, smaller percentages of Alawites and Ismailis), Christian 36.2% (Maronite Catholics are the largest Christian group), Druze 5.2%, very small numbers of Jews, Baha'is, Buddhists, and Hindus (2017 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015* | 2020* |
2.7 million | 3.24 million | 4.34 million | 4.85 million | 6.02 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
42.3% | 73.7% | 86% | 88.6% |
Total population: 93.9%
Male: 96%
Female: 91.8%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
0.1% (last available estimate, 2011)
31.8 (last available estimate, 2011)
Partly Free
Political Rights: 5
Civil Liberties: 4 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 13% Mobile: 64.5% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)