Lebanon
Lebanese Republic
U.S. sanctions — Hizballah-related sanctions. Targeted designations of Hizballah-linked persons and financiers.
As of August 2026 — verify with OFAC and screen counterparties with the xin.bz OFAC search.
- Region
- Asia · Western Asia
- Capital
- Beirut
- Population
- 5,849,421 (2025)
- Government
- parliamentary democratic republic
- Currency
- Lebanese pound (LBP)
- Official languages
- Arabic, French
- Spoken languages
- Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian
- Written scripts
- Arabic, Latin
- Area
- 10,452 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- IMF, Arab League, OIC, WCO, WTO (observer)
- Borders
- Israel , Syria
Political stability
42 / 100
Economic stability
25 / 100
Population stability
72 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- jewelry, cars, diamonds, scrap iron, gold (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, gold, cars, packaged medicine, garments (2023)
- Natural resources
- limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land
- Primary route
- Gulf and Red Sea hubs (Jebel Ali, Jeddah) on Asia–Europe lanes
- Secondary route
- Suez Canal corridor to the Mediterranean
The xin.bz view
- Lebanon still imports ~1.3M t of cereals with elevated food prices while renewed conflict adds reconstruction requirements — the binding constraint is foreign-exchange and financing capacity as much as commodity access.
xin.bz coverage
El Niño Is Raising the Middle East's Food and Water Needs — While War Is Rewriting How Supply Gets In and Energy Gets Out
Gulf desalination and grain buying, Egypt's Nile and Suez loops, Hormuz fertilizer constraints, and $280B+ in reconstruction demand — the Middle East sits on both sides of the El Niño shock.
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.