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Key facts

  • Currency: Lebanese pound
  • Capital city: Beirut
  • Region: Western Asia
  • Continent: Asia
  • Land area: 10,230 km²
  • Population: 5,489,739
  • Political Leader: Hassan Diab (Prime Minister)

Latest news (see all)

Hezbollah warns Israel it will fight back if attacks on Lebanon continue

Read: TASS News Agency

2024-04-19

After Iran's attack on Israel, now fears over escalation at Lebanese border

Read: The Washington Post

2024-04-18

Macron to meet Lebanese PM in Paris

Read: Le Monde

2024-04-18

Lebanon says Israeli agents likely killed Hezbollah-linked currency exchanger near Beirut

Read: ABC News

2024-04-18

Israeli Air Force strikes Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon

Read: TASS News Agency

2024-04-18

EU leaders mull strengthening Lebanon ties in response to Middle East crisis

Read: Euronews

2024-04-17

Israel says its jets attacked Hezbollah air defense site in eastern Lebanon

Read: TASS News Agency

2024-04-17

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 128.64 % of GDP
Expense 6.30 % of GDP
GDP 23,131,900,000.00 current US$
Inflation 171.21 annual %
Self-employed 29.81 % of total employment
Tax revenue 5.68 % of GDP
Unemployment 11.68 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 21.11 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 6,793.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 0.52 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 21,474.90 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 2.60 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 97.40 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 0.00 % of total
Net energy imports 97.87 % of energy use
Fertility rate 2.09 births per woman
Forest area 1,439 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 97.62 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 8,086.71 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 24.60 years
Methane emissions 3,459.01 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 846.61 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 2,827,383
Male Population 2,662,356
Renewable energy consumption 6.71 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 8,546.20 km²
Rural population 589,488
Urban land area 1,871.97 km²
Urban population 4,900,251
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 2.79 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 14.95 per 1,000 people
Death rate 8.27 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 994.49 current US$
Health expenditure 7.95 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.03 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 2.73 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 75 years
Suicide mortality rate 2.80 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 100.00 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 50
Individuals using the Internet 86.59 % of population
Net migration -177,331
Press freedom 2.41


Politics

Armed forces personnel 80,000
Democracy score 4.63
Democracy type Hybrid regime
Military expenditure 3.37 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 6.25 %


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Coordinates: [33°83′N, 35°83′N]
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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

Updated: 1 day ago

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