Lebanon
- Official Name:
- Lebanese Republic (Lebanon)
- Area:
- 10.400 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 3.925.502 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 225 km
- Capital:
- Beirut
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Beirut, Chekka, Jounie, Tripoli
- Maritime claims:
-
- Political divisions:
- 8 governorates (mohafazat, singular - mohafazah); Aakar, Baalbek-Hermel, Beyrouth, Beqaa, Liban-Nord, Liban-Sud, Mont-Liban, Nabatiye
- Language(s):
- Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian
- National holiday:
- Independence Day, 22 November (1943)
- Nationality:
- Lebanese (singular and plural)
- Official time:
- UTC 2. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
- Member of:
- ABEDA, ACCT, AFESD, AMF, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
- Internet country code:
- .lb
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Lebanese pound (LBP) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD5.700 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 19.890.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- -6,4% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2005 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 7%
- Industry: 21%
- Services: 72%
- Labor force:
- 1.500.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (1999):
-
- Agriculture ND
- Industry: ND
- Services ND
- Unemployment rate:
- 20% (2006 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 4.8% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 17,8% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD4.444.000.000
- Expenditures: USD7.429.000.000
- Public debt:
- 209% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD -5.339.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 1.881.000.000 FOB (2005 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Authentic jewelry, inorganic chemicals, miscellaneous consumer goods, fruit, tobacco, construction minerals, electric power machinery and switchgear, textile fibers, paper
- Exports - Partners:
- Syria 25,3%, UAE 11,4%, Switzerland 8,1%, Turkey 6%, Saudi Arabia 5,4% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 9.340.000.000 FOB (2005 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Petroleum products, cars, medicinal products, clothing, meat and live animals, consumer goods, paper, textile fabrics, tobacco
- Imports - partners:
- Italy 11,1%, Syria 10,7%, France 9,2%, Germany 6,4%, China 5,4%, US 5,3%, UK 4,4%, Saudi Arabia 4,3% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 16.780.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 31.100.000.000 (2006)
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