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General Information

Region		Western Asia
Population (000, 2019)		6 856
Pop. density (per km2, 2019)		670.2
Capital city		Beirut
Capital city pop. (000, 2019)		2 406.9^b,c
UN membership date		24-Oct-45
Surface area (km2)		10 452^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		101.3
National currency		Lebanese Pound (LBP)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1 507.5^d

Economic indicators

	2005	2010	2019
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	21 490	38 420	53 394^a
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2010 prices)	2.7	8	0.6^a
GDP per capita (current US$)	5 390.2	8 858.3	8 778.5^a
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	4	4.3	3.1^a
Economy: Industry^e (% of Gross Value Added)	16.7	15.7	15.7^a
Economy: Services and other activity^e (% of GVA)	79.3	80.1	81.2^a
Employment: Agriculture^f (% of employed)	3.4	2.5	3
Employment: Industry^f (% of employed)	18.8	19.2	20.2
Employment: Services^f (% employed)	77.8	78.3	76.8
Unemployment^f (% of labour force)	8.1	6.4	6.7
Labour force participation^f (female/male pop. %)	20.4 / 70.7	22.0 / 67.9	23.5 / 71.0
CPI: Consumer Price Index^g (2010=100)	...	100	119^a
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	97	93	89^h
International trade: Exports (million current US$)	1 879	4 254	9 336^f,d
International trade: Imports (million current US$)	9 327	17 970	129 793^f,d
International trade: Balance (million current US$)	- 7 448	- 13 716	- 120 457^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 2 748	- 7 552	- 12 396^a

Social indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	4	1.1	5.5^j
Urban population (% of total population)	86.6	87.3	88.8
Urban population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	4.3	1.8	6.2^j
Fertility rate, totalⁱ (live births per woman)	2.2	1.9	2.1^j
Life expectancy at birthⁱ (females/males, years)	77.4 / 73.9	79.7 / 76.0	80.6 / 76.9^j
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	30.3 / 8.1	25.8 / 9.2	25.6 / 10.8
International migrant stock^k (000/% of total pop.)	756.8 / 19.0	820.7 / 18.9	1 939.2 / 31.9^a
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	3^l	9.5^l	994.5^d
Infant mortality rateⁱ (per 1 000 live births)	13.8	10.6	9.6^j
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	7.6	7.4	8^h
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3.4^m	2.7	2.3^a
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	2.7	1.6	2.5ⁿ
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	99.0 / 107.8^f	100.0 / 109.5	89.5 / 97.3^a
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	80.8 / 80.2^f	76.0 / 74.5	63.0 / 63.6^a
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	45.2 / 43.0	49.3 / 47.4	45.8 / 39.6^o
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	...	3.8	4^h
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	2.3	3.1	4.7

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	10.1^p	43.7^f,q	78.2^f,a
Threatened species (number)	26^r	50	99
Forested area^f (% of land area)	13.3	13.4	13.4^h
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	16.2 / 4.0	20.0 / 4.6	24.1 / 4.3^o
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	10	9	7^h
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	51	60	53^h
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^s (000)	1 140	2 168	1 857^a
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	11.6	11.6	13.1^d
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	1.08	1.17	2.52^a

Footnotes

a		2017
b		Estimates should be viewed with caution as these are derived from scarce data.
c		Excluding Syrian refugees.
d		2018
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Estimate.
g		Provisional data.
h		2016
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		2015
k		Including refugees.
l		Data as at the end of December.
m		2001
n		2013
o		2014
p		Population aged 6 years and over.
q		Population aged 15 years and over.
r		2004
s		Excluding the Lebanon, Syria and Palestine nationalities.