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Topic 02 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Lebanon: Economy & Innovation
What does an economy do for the people inside it?
Lebanon is placed 102nd of 176 countries on economy & innovation in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit 39.43 (2025); Economic Complexity Index 0.379 (2024).
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Economy & Innovation
102nd
of 176 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
- —GDP per Capita (PPP), 2025No reading for this country
- 39.43Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit, 2025Firms with a bank loan or line of credit (%)
- 0.379Economic Complexity Index, 2024ECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3)
- 23.04Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, 2024Adults with an account (% of population aged 15+)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Lebanon on economy & innovation — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
No reading
GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)
Higher is better
World Bank Group publishes no 2025 figure for Lebanon, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 185 countries in this edition, values run from 1,067 (Burundi) to 139,593 (Singapore); the world median is 17,265.
- World median
- 17,265
- Best in Western Asia
- 110,136 Qatar
- Land neighbours
- Israel 48,197
Key 2 of 4
Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2016–2025 · Lebanon’s is from 2019 · CC BY 4.0
39.43
Firms with a bank loan or line of credit (%)
Higher is better
Lebanon: 39.43. Across the 179 countries at their latest reading, values run from 2.113 (Pakistan) to 88.52 (Israel); the world median is 35.95.
- World median
- 35.95
- Best in Western Asia
- 88.52 Israel
- Land neighbours
- Israel 88.52
Key 3 of 4
Economic Complexity Index
Growth Lab at Harvard University
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC0 1.0
0.379
ECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3)
Higher is better
Ranked 54th of 145 by Growth Lab at Harvard University
Lebanon: 0.379. Across the 145 countries in this edition, values run from -3.53 (Chad) to 1.729 (Japan); the world median is 0.131.
- World median
- 0.131
- Best in Western Asia
- 1.334 Israel
- Land neighbours
- Israel 1.334
Key 4 of 4
Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
World Bank Group
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
23.04
Adults with an account (% of population aged 15+)
Higher is better
Lebanon: 23.04. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 14.83 (Niger) to 99.85 (Iceland); the world median is 72.83.
- World median
- 72.83
- Best in Western Asia
- 96.13 Cyprus
- Land neighbours
- Israel 89.27
02Over time
Which way Lebanon is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
GDP per Capita (PPP)
GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP) · higher is better
LebanonWorld median
Lebanon fell from 11,572 in 2000 to 10,469 in 2024; the world median went from 10,589 to 18,108.
Every year’s figures
Year Lebanon World median 2025 — 17,265 2024 10,469 18,108 2023 11,330 17,686 2022 11,475 16,933 2021 11,600 16,260 2020 12,507 15,631 2019 15,660 16,761 2018 16,290 16,349 2017 16,129 16,129 2016 15,572 15,512 2015 14,980 14,857 2014 15,206 14,475 2013 16,396 14,681 2012 17,323 14,631 2011 17,353 13,916 2010 17,391 14,101 2009 16,264 13,655 2008 14,955 14,030 2007 13,942 13,755 2006 13,004 12,983 2005 13,025 12,023 2004 12,882 11,608 2003 12,272 11,183 2002 12,054 11,144 2001 11,818 10,907 2000 11,572 10,589 Economic Complexity Index
ECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3) · higher is better
LebanonWorld median
Lebanon rose from 0.339 in 2000 to 0.379 in 2024; the world median went from 0.016 to 0.131.
Every year’s figures
Year Lebanon World median 2024 0.379 0.1310 2023 0.391 0.0710 2022 0.391 0.0580 2021 0.300 0.0010 2020 0.272 0.0470 2019 0.335 0.0300 2018 0.348 -0.0150 2017 0.345 0.0080 2016 0.328 -0.0660 2015 0.364 -0.0600 2014 0.386 -0.0190 2013 0.379 0.0140 2012 0.471 0.0060 2011 0.364 -0.0140 2010 0.482 -0.0020 2009 0.483 0.0990 2008 0.470 0.0700 2007 0.497 -0.0080 2006 0.443 0.0740 2005 0.415 0.0510 2004 0.337 0.0505 2003 0.308 0.0450 2002 0.269 0.0100 2001 0.340 0.0470 2000 0.339 0.0160 Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
Adults with an account (% of population aged 15+) · higher is better
LebanonWorld median
Lebanon fell from 37.03 in 2011 to 23.04 in 2024; the world median went from 37.03 to 72.83.
Every year’s figures
Year Lebanon World median 2024 23 73 2021 21 74 2017 45 59 2014 47 52 2011 37 37
03In context
Lebanon beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 176 countries on economy & innovation, never a place within the region.
Lebanon and the countries it borders
Standing among all 176; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GDP per Capita (PPP)GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP) | Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of CreditFirms with a bank loan or line of credit (%) | Economic Complexity IndexECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3) | Account Ownership at a Financial InstitutionAdults with an account (% of population aged 15+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Israel | 13th | 48,197 | 88.52 | 1.334 | 89.27 |
| Lebanon | 102nd | — | 39.43 | 0.379 | 23.04 |
 Syria | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 176.
Placed either side on economy & innovation
The countries immediately above and below Lebanon in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Lebanon is ahead of the world, and behind
35 more statistics filed under economy & innovation, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median5
Statistics on which Lebanon does better than the middle country measured.
Livestock Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 107.06123.11107.06▲ Improved since 2012
Lebanon: 123.11 · world median 107.06 · Livestock production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 35.52 to 190.08; higher is better.
Position 42nd of 194 · derived.
Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 56.2193.4556.21▼ Worsened since 2016
Lebanon: 93.45 · world median 56.21 · LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 4.13 to 1,319; higher is better.
Ranked 56th of 175 by UNCTAD.
Firms with an International Quality CertificationWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 10.411.7110.4No earlier reading
Lebanon: 11.71 · world median 10.4 · Firms with an internationally recognised quality certification (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 45.77; higher is better.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.5160.485▼ Worsened since 2013
Lebanon: 0.516 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 78th of 170 · derived.
Water-Use EfficiencyFAO · 2023 · world median 16.119.4216.1▼ Worsened since 2013
Lebanon: 19.42 · world median 16.1 · Value added per cubic metre of freshwater withdrawn (constant US$ per m³). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 1,378; higher is better.
Behind the world median16
Statistics on which Lebanon does worse than the middle country measured.
Comprehensive Wealth per CapitaWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 46,48636,31646,486▼ Worsened since 2010
Lebanon: 36,316 · world median 46,486 · National comprehensive wealth per person (real chained 2019 US$). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 4,276 to 1,246,092; higher is better.
Position 83rd of 150 · derived.
Food Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.08104.14106.08▲ Improved since 2012
Lebanon: 104.14 · world median 106.08 · Food production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 71.08 to 177.49; higher is better.
Position 110th of 195 · derived.
Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison)GGDC · 2022 · world median 12,89010,34112,890▼ Worsened since 2012
Lebanon: 10,341 · world median 12,890 · GDP per capita (2011 international $). Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 596.39 to 149,171; higher is better.
Position 94th of 166 · derived.
Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate)World Bank Group (Prospects Group) · 2020 · world median 27.529.3727.5▼ Worsened since 2010
Lebanon: 29.37 · world median 27.5 · Informal output, model estimate (% of official GDP). World Bank Group (Prospects Group), 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 7.91 to 60.43; lower is better.
Actual Individual Consumption per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2021 · world median 12,8009,15212,800▼ Worsened since 2017
Lebanon: 9,152 · world median 12,800 · Actual individual consumption per capita (PPP, current international $). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.
Published values in that edition run from 688.7 to 52,654; higher is better.
Position 103rd of 173 · derived.
Government AI Readiness IndexOxford Insights · 2025 · world median 40.1934.2640.19No real change since 2020
Lebanon: 34.26 · world median 40.19 · AI readiness score (0–100). Oxford Insights, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 12.12 to 88.36; higher is better.
Ranked 117th of 195 by Oxford Insights.
Productive Capacities IndexUNCTAD · 2022 · world median 46.6744.1946.67▼ Worsened since 2012
Lebanon: 44.19 · world median 46.67 · Productive Capacities Index (1–100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 17.8 to 71.02; higher is better.
Position 118th of 195 · derived.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.9750.50.975▼ Worsened since 2014
Lebanon: 0.5 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 75th of 119 · derived.
Global Innovation IndexWorld Intellectual Property Organization · 2025 · world median 28.5223.6128.52▲ Improved since 2023
Lebanon: 23.61 · world median 28.52 · GII score (0–100). World Intellectual Property Organization, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.94 to 65.96; higher is better.
Ranked 90th of 139 by World Intellectual Property Organization.
World Energy Trilemma IndexWorld Energy Council · 2023 · world median 63.857.763.8No earlier reading
Lebanon: 57.7 · world median 63.8 · Trilemma score (0–100). World Energy Council, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 27.7 to 83.2; higher is better.
Ranked 68th of 99 by World Energy Council.
Debt Service on External DebtWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 12.9321.0512.93▲ Improved since 2014
Lebanon: 21.05 · world median 12.93 · Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.285 to 96.2; lower is better.
Position 32nd of 109 · derived, 1st = worst.
Crop Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.2397.9106.23▲ Improved since 2012
Lebanon: 97.9 · world median 106.23 · Crop production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 53.79 to 189.93; higher is better.
Position 141st of 195 · derived.
Firms Competing Against Informal FirmsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 41.8156.3341.81No earlier reading
Lebanon: 56.33 · world median 41.81 · Firms competing against unregistered or informal firms (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.926 to 90.5; lower is better.
Position 46th of 181 · derived, 1st = worst.
Regulatory QualityWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median -0.093-0.853-0.093▼ Worsened since 2015
Lebanon: -0.853 · world median -0.093 · Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -2.106 to 2.113; higher is better.
Position 172nd of 209 · derived.
Management Practices IndexWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 52.3940.2652.39No earlier reading
Lebanon: 40.26 · world median 52.39 · Management practices index, medium and large firms (0–100). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 28.07 to 69.29; higher is better.
Position 148th of 169 · derived.
Adjusted Net SavingsWorld Bank Group · 2021 · world median 8.389-27.918.389No real change since 2011
Lebanon: -27.91 · world median 8.389 · Adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.
Published values in that edition run from -81.62 to 32.18; higher is better.
Position 117th of 118 · derived.
No better end14
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2356.3671.235No real change since 2014
Lebanon: 6.367 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.
Foreign Direct Investment InflowsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 1.9684.6581.968Moved since 2015
Lebanon: 4.658 · world median 1.968 · FDI inflows (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -32.97 to 2,221.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.732,498275.73No real change since 2016
Lebanon: 2,498 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Complexity Outlook IndexGrowth Lab at Harvard University · 2024 · world median -0.2250.652-0.225Moved since 2014
Lebanon: 0.652 · world median -0.225 · Complexity Outlook Index (standardised; roughly −2.5 to +3). Growth Lab at Harvard University, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from -1.682 to 2.878.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60217.49.602Moved since 2015
Lebanon: 17.4 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Scholarly ArticlesOurResearch · 2025 · world median 2,2405,6092,240No real change since 2022
Lebanon: 5,609 · world median 2,240 · Articles with at least one author at an institution in the country (full counting). OpenAlex (OurResearch), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 1,094,890.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1749.1567.17No real change since 2014
Lebanon: 49.15 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Price Level of Household ConsumptionGGDC · 2023 · world median 0.5230.4310.523Moved since 2013
Lebanon: 0.431 · world median 0.523 · Price level of household consumption (US output price level in 2021 = 1). Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.177 to 65.54.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.2396.07103.23Moved since 2015
Lebanon: 96.07 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Statutory Minimum WageILO · 2024 · world median 657.95343.52657.95Moved since 2014
Lebanon: 343.52 · world median 657.95 · Statutory minimum wage per month (2021 PPP $). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.038 to 3,804.
Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,788762,0621,827,788Moved since 2014
Lebanon: 762,062 · world median 1,827,788 · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 17,263 to 299,703,800.
Position 77th of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.1710.9016.171Moved since 2014
Lebanon: 0.901 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.1350.306Moved since 2015
Lebanon: 0.135 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2021 · world median 1.7080.0031.708No real change since 2011
Lebanon: 0.003 · world median 1.708 · Natural resources rents (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.03.
Position 173rd of 180 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Lebanon
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP) (last 2024), Average Monthly Earnings of Employees (last 2019), Business Ready: Operational Efficiency, Business Ready: Public Services, Business Ready: Regulatory Framework, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports (last 2023), Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2024), External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) (last 2023), Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, GDP Growth (last 2024), GDP per Capita (PPP) (last 2024), General Government Consumption (last 2024), Gini Index (last 2022), Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID) (last 2022), GNI per Capita (PPP) (last 2024), Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) (last 2024), Gross Savings (% of GDP) (last 2023), Household Consumption (last 2024), ICT Services Exports (last 2023), Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2024), Income Share Held by Lowest 20% (last 2022), Income Share Held by Richest 10% (last 2022), Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP) (last 2024), Inflation, GDP Deflator (last 2024), Interest Payments on External Debt (last 2023), Logistics Performance Index (last 2018), Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) (last 2021), New Business Density, Palma Ratio (last 2022), Research and Development Spending, Researchers per Million Inhabitants, Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products (last 2020), Tax Revenue (% of GDP), Total Factor Productivity Level and Trade (% of GDP) (last 2024). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Economy & Innovation among Lebanon’s 15 topics
Economy & Innovation is Lebanon’s 5th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Food & Agriculture71st of 1843/4 keys
- Energy81st of 1653/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing104th of 2004/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 106th of 1963/3 keys
- Economy & Innovation102nd of 1763/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality96th of 1593/3 keys
- Risk & Resilience119th of 1934/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 124th of 1984/4 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 117th of 1773/4 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 133rd of 1983/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 143rd of 1864/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions163rd of 1944/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge167th of 1983/4 keys
- Gender & Equality163rd of 1834/4 keys
- Peace & Security169th of 1774/4 keys
No standing on Work & Labour: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on economy & innovation
The three countries placed highest of 176, and the leaders Lebanon can most readily be measured against.
1
AustriaWestern Europe
1st of 176 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0, greyscale
2
JapanEastern Asia
2nd of 176 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: JurriaanH · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
GermanyWestern Europe
3rd of 176 · 4 of 4 keys
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Japan2nd4/4 keysHighest in Western Asia
Israel13th4/4 keysThis page
Lebanon102nd3/4 keys
Positions out of 176 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Lebanon and economy & innovation
On economy & innovation
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On economy & innovation
India vs Pakistan 2025: Comparison of Hunger Index, Happiness, HDI, Rule of Law, Literacy & GDP
India and Pakistan on six published measures: hunger, happiness, human development, rule of law, literacy and GDP per capita, each from its own publisher and year.
On economy & innovation
Countries in Asia with the highest average salaries 2024
Thirteen Asian countries by gross average monthly wage, each carrying its WORLD rank rather than an Asian one — so the numbers skip, from 11th place to 45th.
08Questions
Lebanon on economy & innovation: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Lebanon rank on economy & innovation?
Lebanon is placed 102nd of 176 countries on Economy & Innovation in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit, Economic Complexity Index and Account Ownership at a Financial Institution). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit figure for Lebanon?
39.43 in 2025 (firms with a bank loan or line of credit (%)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 35.95.
What is the latest Economic Complexity Index figure for Lebanon?
0.379 in 2024 (eCI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3)), according to Growth Lab at Harvard University. The world median in the same edition was 0.131.
How does Lebanon compare with Israel on economy & innovation?
Israel is placed 13th of 176, and Lebanon 102nd. Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit: Israel 88.52, Lebanon 39.43; Economic Complexity Index: Israel 1.334, Lebanon 0.379; Account Ownership at a Financial Institution: Israel 89.27, Lebanon 23.04.
How have Lebanon’s economy & innovation figures changed?
GDP per Capita (PPP) fell from 11,572 in 2000 to 10,469 in 2024; Economic Complexity Index rose from 0.339 in 2000 to 0.379 in 2024; Account Ownership at a Financial Institution fell from 37.03 in 2011 to 23.04 in 2024.
Which economy & innovation statistics are missing for Lebanon?
No current reading is published for Lebanon on Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, Business Ready: Operational Efficiency, Business Ready: Public Services, Business Ready: Regulatory Framework, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, GDP Growth, GDP per Capita (PPP), General Government Consumption, Gini Index, Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), GNI per Capita (PPP), Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), Gross Savings (% of GDP), Household Consumption, ICT Services Exports, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, Income Share Held by Richest 10%, Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), Inflation, GDP Deflator, Interest Payments on External Debt, Logistics Performance Index, Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), New Business Density, Palma Ratio, Research and Development Spending, Researchers per Million Inhabitants, Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products, Tax Revenue (% of GDP), Total Factor Productivity Level and Trade (% of GDP). They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
The total size of an economy is deliberately left out: a very large economy spread over a very large population is not doing more for each person. Growth rates, trade shares and the structure of output (how much is farming, industry or services) are published here as context, because they describe an economy's shape rather than how well it serves people. Jobs and wages have their own topic, Work & Labour.
How the Economy & Innovation standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The economy & innovation method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GDP per Capita (PPP) — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Economic Complexity Index — Growth Lab at Harvard University, CC0 1.0
- Account Ownership at a Financial Institution — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
The other 35 statistics on this page come from 12 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Lebanon’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Lebanon (banner) — Nassif.seif, CC0
- Austria — chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Japan — JurriaanH, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Germany — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Lebanon: Economy & Innovation — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/lebanon/economy