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international rankings This is a list of international rankings. By category Agriculture *List of largest producing countries of agricultural commodities *List of countries by apple production * List of countries by apricot production * List of countries by artichoke p ...

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

Demographics

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...

Population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

, ranked 124 out of 223 countries * CIA World Factbook:

Urbanization Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It is predominantly t ...

ranked 21 out of 193 countries

Economy

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

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Heritage Foundation The Heritage Foundation (abbreviated to Heritage) is an American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. that is primarily geared toward public policy. The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the preside ...

: Index of Economic Freedom 2018, ranked 95 out of 179 countries *

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Inte ...

Ease of Doing Business Index The ease of doing business index was an index created jointly by Simeon Djankov, Michael Klein, and Caralee McLiesh, three leading economists at the World Bank Group. The academic research for the report was done jointly with professors Edward ...

2015, ranked 99 out of 181 countries *

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster glo ...

: GDP per capita 2017, ranked 51 out of 179 countries *

: GDP per capita 2016, ranked 47 out of 170 countries * CIA World Factbook: GDP per capita 2013, ranked 67 out of 192 countries In the 2009 quality of life index, Lebanon ranked in the last place ( out of 194 countries

Lebanon ranked in the 35th largest exporter of IT ICT enabled services among 173 countrie

Education

Listed by the

World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab. The foundation, ...

's 2013 Global Information Technology Report, Lebanon has been ranked globally as the fourth best country for math and science education, and as the tenth best overall for quality of education. In Quality of management schools, the country was ranked 131st worldwide. These rankings are based on the Executive Opinion Survey, carried out as part of the WEF's

Global Competitiveness Report The ''Global Competitiveness Report'' (GCR) is a yearly report published by the World Economic Forum. Since 2004, the ''Global Competitiveness Report'' ranks countries based on the Global Competitiveness Index, developed by Xavier Sala-i-Martin an ...

, based on polling a sample of business leaders in each respective country. *

gross enrolment ratio 2005, ranked 47 out of 177 countries *

United Nations Development Programme The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)french: Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human dev ...

literacy rate Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

2007/2008, ranked 96 out of 177 countries

Geography

Satellite image of Lebanon in March 2002

* Total area ranked 166 out of 233 countries and outlying territories * Renewable water resources ranked 145 out of 174 countrie

Military

* CIA World Factbook: List of countries by military expenditures, Military expenditures ranked 78 out of 171 countries * CIA World Factbook: Military expenditures ratio to GDP, ranked 45 out of 174 countries

Politics

Transparency International Transparency International e.V. (TI) is a German registered association founded in 1993 by former employees of the World Bank. Based in Berlin, its nonprofit and non-governmental purpose is to take action to combat global corruption with civil ...

: Corruption Perceptions Index 2007, ranked 99 out of 179 countries * Reporters Without Borders: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2008, ranked 66 out of 173 countries *

The Economist ''The Economist'' is a British weekly newspaper printed in demitab format and published digitally. It focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, technology, and culture. Based in London, the newspaper is owned by The Eco ...

EIU:

Democracy Index The ''Democracy Index'' is an index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research division of the Economist Group, a UK-based private company which publishes the weekly newspaper ''The Economist''. Akin to a Human Development I ...

2008, ranked 89 out of 167 countries

Tourism

Growth in tourism for 2009, Lebanon came first out of 165 countries examined by ( UNWTO ) with an increase of 60% from 2008.

Transportation

* Motor vehicles per capita ranked 23 out of 140 countries Motor vehicles per capita
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