Cyprus’ coastline is 2.9 times as long as Lebanon’s

Cyprus: 648 km (2026 edition) · Lebanon: 225 km (2026 edition)

Lebanon’s highest peak towers 1,137 m above Cyprus’

Cyprus: 1,951 m (2026 edition) · Lebanon: 3,088 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 64% of Lebanon, versus 14% of Cyprus

Cyprus: 13.6% (2024) · Lebanon: 63.7% (2024)

Lebanon has 4.3 times as many people as Cyprus

Cyprus: 1.37 million (2025) · Lebanon: 5.85 million (2025)

Lebanon is 3.9 times as densely populated as Cyprus

Cyprus: 148 per km² (2025) · Lebanon: 572 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Cyprus is 9.4 years older than in Lebanon

Cyprus: 37.8 years (2023) · Lebanon: 28.3 years (2023)

Women in Lebanon have 0.8 more children on average than in Cyprus

Cyprus: 1.38 children per woman (2024) · Lebanon: 2.23 children per woman (2024)

15% of people in Cyprus are 65 or older, versus 10% in Lebanon

Cyprus: 14.9% (2025) · Lebanon: 10.4% (2025)

Lebanon hosts 2.6 times as many refugees per resident as Cyprus

Cyprus: 35.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Lebanon: 91.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Cyprus has produced 7.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Lebanon 1.7

Cyprus: 7.3 (2026) · Lebanon: 1.7 (2026)

Cyprus and Lebanon are practically level

Cyprus: 2 (2026) · Lebanon: 2 (2026)

Cyprus’ economy is 59% larger than Lebanon’s

Cyprus: $41.2 billion (2025) · Lebanon: $26 billion (2024)

Cyprus produces 5.4 times as much per person as Lebanon

Cyprus: Int$64,575 (2025) · Lebanon: Int$11,918 (2024)

Income is more unequally shared in Lebanon than in Cyprus (Gini 3.7 points higher)

Cyprus: 31.8 (2023) · Lebanon: 35.5 (2022)

5.8% of people in Lebanon live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Cyprus

Cyprus: 0% (2023) · Lebanon: 5.8% (2022)

Unemployment is 11% in Lebanon, versus 4.9% in Cyprus

Cyprus: 4.9% (2025) · Lebanon: 11% (2023)

Lebanon spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Cyprus 1.6%

Cyprus: 1.6% (2025) · Lebanon: 2.5% (2025)

Cyprus’ central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, Lebanon’s 11%

Cyprus: 23.9% (2024) · Lebanon: 11.1% (2024)

Cyprus’ price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Lebanon’s

Cyprus: 65% (2025) · Lebanon: 38% (2024)

Cyprus spends 11 times as much on health per person as Lebanon

Cyprus: $2,899 (2023) · Lebanon: $261 (2023)

A baby in Lebanon is 3.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Cyprus

Cyprus: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Lebanon: 15.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Cyprus has 33% more doctors per person than Lebanon

Cyprus: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Lebanon: 2.7 per 1,000 (2020)

Lebanon has 27% more hospital beds per person than Cyprus

Cyprus: 2.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Lebanon: 2.7 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in Cyprus is 3.2 times that in Lebanon

Cyprus: 3.8 per 100k (2023) · Lebanon: 1.2 per 100k (2022)

31% of adults in Lebanon are obese, versus 24% in Cyprus

Cyprus: 23.7% (2024) · Lebanon: 31.5% (2024)

47% of adults in Lebanon smoke, versus 33% in Cyprus

Cyprus: 32.5% (2024) · Lebanon: 46.9% (2024)

People in Cyprus rate their lives 2.40 points higher than in Lebanon

Cyprus: 6.13 (2025) · Lebanon: 3.72 (2025)

Adults in Cyprus drink 2.4 times as much alcohol as in Lebanon

Cyprus: 4.9 litres (2023) · Lebanon: 2 litres (2023)

Cyprus has 2 times as much meat per person as Lebanon

Cyprus: 77.9 kg (2023) · Lebanon: 38.2 kg (2023)

Cyprus has 49 kcal more food per person per day than Lebanon

Cyprus: 2,876 kcal (2023) · Lebanon: 2,828 kcal (2023)

Workers in Lebanon put in 572 more hours a year than in Cyprus

Cyprus: 1,840 hours (2023) · Lebanon: 2,412 hours (2023)

Adults in Cyprus went to school 2.2 years longer than in Lebanon

Cyprus: 12.6 years (2023) · Lebanon: 10.4 years (2023)

Cyprus welcomed 12 times as many tourists per resident as Lebanon (2019)

Cyprus: 2.97 (2024) · Lebanon: 0.26 (2022)

Lebanon has 4 more World Heritage sites than Cyprus (7 against 3)

Cyprus: 3 (2026) · Lebanon: 7 (2026)

Lebanon has won 4 Olympic medals, Cyprus 2

Cyprus: 2 (2026 edition) · Lebanon: 4 (2026 edition)

90% of people in Cyprus are online, versus 81% in Lebanon

Cyprus: 90% (2024) · Lebanon: 81% (2024)

Home internet in Cyprus is 6.5 times as fast as in Lebanon

Cyprus: 249 Mbps (2026) · Lebanon: 38 Mbps (2026)

Cyprus and Lebanon are practically level

Cyprus: 100% (2024) · Lebanon: 100% (2024)

91% of people in Lebanon live in cities, versus 67% in Cyprus

Cyprus: 67% (2025) · Lebanon: 91% (2025)

Cyprus has 156 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Lebanon 74

Cyprus: 156 (2024) · Lebanon: 74 (2022)

Cyprus: no data · Lebanon: 401 km (2017)

Airlines from Cyprus fly 15% more passengers per resident than those from Lebanon

Cyprus: 0.53 (2023) · Lebanon: 0.46 (2023)

Forest covers 19% of Cyprus, but only 14% of Lebanon

Cyprus: 18.6% (2024) · Lebanon: 13.8% (2024)

The average person in Cyprus emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Lebanon

Cyprus: 5.4 t (2024) · Lebanon: 2.7 t (2024)

44% of Lebanon’s electricity is renewable, versus 28% in Cyprus

Cyprus: 27.7% (2025) · Lebanon: 43.8% (2024)

The air in Lebanon carries 58% more fine dust than in Cyprus

Cyprus: 16.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Lebanon: 26.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.3 times as likely to be murdered in Lebanon as in Cyprus

Cyprus: 1 per 100k (2024) · Lebanon: 2.2 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Lebanon are 89% deadlier than in Cyprus

Cyprus: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · Lebanon: 10.8 per 100k (2023)

Cyprus is on average 3.8 °C warmer than Lebanon

Cyprus: 20.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Lebanon: 16.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Lebanon gets 53% more rain than Cyprus

Cyprus: 373 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Lebanon: 570 mm (2016–2025 avg)