Lebanon
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 5.8M (2025). World rank 115 of 216; in Asia, 36 of 49. Area: 10,452 km². World rank 169 of 249; in Asia, 43 of 50. GDP per person: $4,473 (2024). World rank 145 of 210 (1 = best); in Asia, 31 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 6.5M → 5.8M.
State
- Official name
- Lebanese Republic
- Local name
- لبنان
- Capital
- Beirut
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Joseph Aoun
- Head of government
- Nawaf Salam
- Independence
- November 22, 1943
- Women in parliament
- 6.3% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 5,849,421 2025
- Area
- 10,452 km²
- GDP
- $26B 2024
- GDP per person
- $4,473 2024
- Life expectancy
- 77.9 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Arabic, French
- Currency
- Lebanese Pound (LBP)
- Time zones
- UTC+3
- Calling code
- +961
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 140, 160, 175
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- A, B, C, G
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 225
- Neighbours
- Israel, Syria
- Agricultural land
- 63.7% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Qurnat as Sawda', 3,088 m
- Lowest point
- Mediterranean Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 1,250
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 19
- Warmest month in the capital
- August, 26°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 11°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 661 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 559.6 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.8% 2025
- Living in cities
- 91% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -10.2K 2025
- Born in another country
- 24.5% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 25.6% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 64% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 10.4% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 79.9 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 75.9 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 2.2 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 16 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 67.8%, Christian 32.4%, and other 4.5% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 41.2 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 23.3 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 29.9 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 40.8 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 46.8 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $11,917 2024
- GDP growth per year
- -7.1% 2024
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $3,560 2024
- Inflation
- +14.6% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 38 2024
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 1.1% 2024
- Industry, share of GDP
- 2.6% 2024
- Services, share of GDP
- 35.7% 2024
- Unemployment
- 11% 2023
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 22.7% 2023
- Women in work or seeking work
- 22.2% 2023
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 23.3% 2024
- Imports, share of GDP
- 58.9% 2024
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -28.1% 2023
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +6.8% 2024
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 33.4% 2023
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 11.1% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 35.5 2022
- Living on under $3 a day
- 5.8% 2022
Education
- Adult literacy
- 92% 2019
- Primary school enrolment
- 81.8% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 63.8% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 54.4% 2023
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 1.2% 2024
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 5.6% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $261 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 29.7% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 2.7 2020
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 1.9 2018
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.7 2021
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 67% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 15.3 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 17.6 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 15 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 12.3% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 65.1% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 46.9% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 92.6% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99.2% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 90% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 2.2 2020
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 16.4 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 0.7 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 43.4 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes and dust and sand storms
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 26.7 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 1.9 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 3.2 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 13.8% 2024
- Protected areas
- 4.7% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 836 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 58.8% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 80.6% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 74 2022
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 7.3 2022
- Internet domain
- .lb
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 848 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 6.8% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 5.1% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 60% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 2,693,218 2023
- Airports
- 8 2025
- Railways, km
- 401 2017
Science and innovation
- Scientific articles per year
- 2,079 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 110 2015
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 2.9% 2024