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Lebanon
RegionGreater Middle East
GDP79.50[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita11607.18[$]
Population6.85[millions]
Urbanization88.92[%]
Land Area10446.30[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 78 45.4 1.1
Health 55 53.1 6.6
Air Quality 65 47.8 8.3
PM2.5 143 25 3.9
Household solid fuels 39 80.3 14.7
Ozone 106 38.7 5.6
Sanitation & Drinking Water 53 59.7 5
Sanitation 42 79.4 10
Drinking water 81 46.6 1.7
Heavy Metals 110 43.6 7.7
Lead 110 43.6 7.7
Waste Management 56 61.4 -
Solid waste 56 61.4 -
Ecosystem Vitality 122 40.3 -2.5
Biodiversity 168 21.8 -0.2
Terrestrial biomes (nat'l) 162 15.1 2
Terrestrial biomes (global) 162 15.1 2
Marine protected areas 117 - -
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 136 13.5 4.1
Species Habitat Index 88 84.6 -13.8
Species Protection Index 145 25.7 0.1
Biodiversity Habitat Index 175 34.2 -0.1
Ecosystem Services 79 36.6 5.6
Tree cover loss 79 33.1 0.9
Grassland loss 1 100 91
Wetland loss - - -
Fisheries 57 14.2 -
Fish Stock Status - - -
Marine Trophic Index 71 14.2 -
Fish caught by trawling - - -
Climate Change 66 56.8 -5.5
CO2 growth rate 25 63.4 -1.5
CH4 growth rate 152 36 3.7
F-gas growth rate - - -
N2O growth rate 148 34 -44
Black Carbon growth rate 80 58 -42
CO2 from land cover 60 61.2 -
GHG intensity trend 40 63.7 -9.2
GHG per capita 68 63.9 4.4
Pollution Emissions 77 67.1 -4.4
SO2 growth rate 99 63.1 -24.2
NOx growth rate 66 71.1 15.4
Agriculture 111 34.1 -14.3
Sustainable N Mgmt Index 111 34.1 -14.3
Water Resources 46 38.2 -
Wastewater treatment 46 38.2 -

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

EPI Performance
Gabon 45.8
Barbados 45.6
Lebanon 45.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.4
Thailand 45.4
Suriname 45.2
Mauritius 45.1
Tonga 45.1
Algeria 44.8
Kazakhstan 44.7
GDP per capita
Albania 49
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48.4
Tunisia 46.7
Paraguay 46.4
Lebanon 45.4
Egypt 43.3
South Africa 43.1
Sri Lanka 39
Indonesia 37.8
Mongolia 32.2
Issue Performance
Jordan 53.4
Tunisia 46.7
Lebanon 45.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.4
Algeria 44.8
Moldova 44.4
El Salvador 43.1
Grenada 43.1
Turkey 42.6
China 37.3
Regulatory Quality
Brazil 51.2
Azerbaijan 46.5
Lebanon 45.4
Tonga 45.1
Grenada 43.1
Kyrgyzstan 39.8
Bhutan 39.3
Burkina Faso 38.3
Viet Nam 33.4
Benin 30
Voice & Accountability
Kuwait 53.6
Lebanon 45.4
Kyrgyzstan 39.8
Honduras 37.8
Kenya 34.7
Mozambique 33.9
Comoros 32.1
Tanzania 31.1
Nigeria 31
Niger 30.8
Political Stability
Venezuela 50.3
Ukraine 49.5
Lebanon 45.4
Turkey 42.6
Sudan 34.8
Ethiopia 34.4
Cameroon 33.6
Burundi 27
Chad 26.7
Myanmar 25.1
Greater Middle East
Bahrain 51
Iran 48
Tunisia 46.7
Lebanon 45.4
Algeria 44.8
Saudi Arabia 44
Egypt 43.3
Morocco 42.3
Iraq 39.5
Oman 38.5
Francophonie
Albania 49
Tunisia 46.7
Gabon 45.8
Lebanon 45.4
Mauritius 45.1
Dominica 44.6
Moldova 44.4
Egypt 43.3
Saint Lucia 43.1
Morocco 42.3
Ease of Doing Business Index
Lebanon 45.4
Belize 41.9
Nicaragua 39.2
Mozambique 33.9
Cambodia 33.6
Cabo Verde 32.8
Tanzania 31.1
Senegal 30.7
Togo 29.5
Solomon Islands 26.7
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