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General Information

Region		Western Asia
Population (000, 2021)		6 769^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		661.7^a
Capital city		Beirut
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		2 406.9^c,d,b
UN membership date		24-Oct-45
Surface area (km2)		10 452^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		101.5^a
National currency		Lebanese Pound (LBP)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1 507.5^e

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	38 444	49 939	53 367^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	8	0.2	-5.6^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	7 761.6	7 644.5	7 784.3^b
Economy: Agriculture^f (% of Gross Value Added)	4.3	3.6	5.6^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	15.4	17	13.6^b
Economy: Services and other activityⁱ (% of GVA)	80.3	79.4	80.7^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	14.7	14.4	13.4^e
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	25.2	23.5	22.3^e
Employment in services^j (% employed)	60.1	62.1	64.3^e
Unemployment^j (% of labour force)	6.4	6.4	6.3^e
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	22.8 / 69.8	22.6 / 71.4	22.9 / 71.3^e
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	100	115	240^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	89	99	101^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	4 254	2 953	3 468^j,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	17 970	18 600	15 472^j,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 13 716	- 15 646	- 12 004^j,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 7 552	- 8 542	- 11 540^b

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^k (average annual %)	1.1	5.5	0.9^e
Urban population (% of total population)	87.3	88.1	88.8^b
Urban population growth rate^k (average annual %)	1.8	6.2	...
Fertility rate, total^k (live births per woman)	1.9	2.1	2.1^e
Life expectancy at birth^k (females/males, years)	79.7 / 76.0	80.6 / 76.9	80.8 / 77.0^e
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	25.8 / 9.2	27.3 / 9.6	24.5 / 11.7^a
International migrant stock^l (000/% of total pop.)	793.2 / 16.0	1 916.3 / 29.3	1 712.8 / 25.1^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	9.5^m	1 189.1	908.8^e
Infant mortality rate^k (per 1 000 live births)	10.6	9.6	9.4^e
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	7.4	7.7	8.4ⁿ
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.3	2.1	2.1ⁿ
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	1.6	2.4^o	...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	3.3	3.5	2.5ⁿ
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	3.1	3.1	4.7^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet^j (per 100 inhabitants)	43.7^q	74	78.2^r
Threatened species (number)	50	69	185
Forested area^j (% of land area)	13.4	13.7	13.9ⁿ
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	18.3 / 3.7	24.6 / 3.8	25.4 / 3.7ⁿ
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	9	8	7^j,n
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	53	52	51ⁿ
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^s (000)	2 168	1 518	1 936^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	11.4	12.3	12.3^e
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	1.17	1.96	2.33^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		Estimates should be viewed with caution as these are derived from scarce data.
d		Excluding Syrian refugees.
e		2020
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Excludes publishing activities.
h		Includes irrigation canals.
i		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Including refugees.
m		Data as at the end of December.
n		2018
o		2013
p		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
q		Population aged 15 years and over.
r		2017
s		Excluding the Lebanon, Syria and Palestine nationalities.