Lebanon

 

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Lebanon
RegionGreater Middle East
GDP79.51[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita11649.05[$]
Population6.83[millions]
Land Area10446.30[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 142 32.20 -4.70
Ecosystem Vitality 175 20.40 -4.50
Biodiversity 169 12.80 1.30
Terrestrial biomes (natl) 166 11.00 2.20
Terrestrial biomes (global) 166 11.00 2.20
Marine protected areas 84 2.20 0.20
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 145 13.80 4.50
Biodiversity Habitat Index 164 32.50 NA
Species Protection Index 165 5.60 1.40
Species Habitat Index 88 84.70 -13.70
Ecosystem Services 92 26.40 -3.20
Tree cover loss 88 14.20 -3.70
Grassland loss 1 100.00 NA
Wetland loss NA NA NA
Fisheries 94 15.40 NA
Fish Stock Status NA NA NA
Marine Trophic Index 52 16.10 NA
Fish caught by trawling 31 14.60 NA
Acidification 157 37.90 -39.80
SO2 growth rate 159 32.60 -53.20
NOx growth rate 143 43.20 -26.40
Agriculture 159 17.50 -7.10
Pesticide 151 0.90 NA
N Mgmt Index 111 34.10 -14.30
Water Resources 48 38.20 NA
Wastewater treatment 48 38.20 NA
Health 64 46.30 7.00
Air Quality 72 41.20 8.60
PM2.5 143 15.60 4.20
Household solid fuels 39 79.70 16.40
Ozone 106 41.30 6.50
NOx 167 2.70 -1.30
SO2 167 9.40 -0.20
CO 154 20.80 -1.40
VOC 61 45.00 4.30
Sanitation Drinking Water 53 59.80 5.90
Sanitation 42 79.40 11.70
Drinking water 81 46.80 2.10
Heavy Metals 109 43.00 8.30
Lead 109 43.00 8.30
Waste Management 60 44.40 0.10
Solid waste 56 65.70 NA
Recycling 101 15.00 0.80
Ocean Plastics 83 31.10 -0.50
Climate Policy 98 37.90 -11.10
Climate Change 98 37.90 -11.10
CO2 growth rate 69 43.80 -13.90
CH4 growth rate 165 11.80 -5.10
F-gas growth rate NA NA NA
N2O growth rate 164 25.90 -52.50
Black Carbon growth rate 178 NA -99.60
Proj. GHG Emissions 79 39.90 -1.00
CO2 from land cover 62 53.40 9.30
GHG intensity trend 155 25.10 -46.60
GHG per capita 77 58.30 10.20

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

Environmental Protection Index
Qatar 33
Cote d'Ivoire 32.8
Rwanda 32.8
Sierra Leone 32.7
Lesotho 32.3
Lebanon 32.2
Ethiopia 31.8
Eritrea 31.7
Mozambique 31.7
Guinea 31.6
GDP per capita
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 53.2
Ukraine 49.6
Saint Lucia 49.4
Peru 39.8
South Africa 37.2
Egypt 35.5
Lebanon 32.2
Fiji 31.3
Mongolia 29.6
Indonesia 28.2
Issue Performance
Moldova 42.7
Tunisia 40.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.4
Georgia 39.1
Vanuatu 36.9
Samoa 36.4
Lebanon 32.2
Fiji 31.3
Guatemala 28
Turkey 26.3
Government Effectiveness
Zimbabwe 46.2
Turkmenistan 37
Sierra Leone 32.7
Lebanon 32.2
Angola 30.5
Burundi 30.5
Mali 28.5
Nigeria 28.3
Madagascar 28
Iraq 27.8
Regulatory Quality
Belarus 48.5
Zambia 38.4
Nicaragua 37.7
Tanzania 34.2
Togo 34
Lebanon 32.2
Cambodia 30.1
Mali 28.5
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Myanmar 19.4
Voice and Accountability
Kuwait 42.4
Guinea-Bissau 40.2
Niger 37.7
Honduras 36.5
Kyrgyzstan 35.7
Cote d'Ivoire 32.8
Lebanon 32.2
Mozambique 31.7
Morocco 28.4
Nigeria 28.3
Rule of Law
Honduras 36.5
Kyrgyzstan 35.7
Iran 34.5
Lebanon 32.2
Laos 30.7
Angola 30.5
Cambodia 30.1
Mali 28.5
Nigeria 28.3
Madagascar 28
Control of Corruption
Comoros 42.5
Azerbaijan 38.6
Kyrgyzstan 35.7
Iran 34.5
Lebanon 32.2
Laos 30.7
Cameroon 30.2
Cambodia 30.1
Nigeria 28.3
Guatemala 28
Political Stability / Absence of Violence
Venezuela 46.4
Niger 37.7
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.9
Burkina Faso 35.5
Iran 34.5
Lebanon 32.2
Ethiopia 31.8
Cameroon 30.2
Sudan 27.6
Myanmar 19.4
Greater Middle East
Saudi Arabia 37.9
Egypt 35.5
Iran 34.5
Qatar 33
Lebanon 32.2
Oman 30.7
Algeria 29.6
Morocco 28.4
Iraq 27.8
Sudan 27.6
Francophonie
Togo 34
Senegal 33.9
Cote d'Ivoire 32.8
Rwanda 32.8
Lebanon 32.2
Guinea 31.6
Laos 30.7
Burundi 30.5
Cameroon 30.2
Cambodia 30.1
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