Highest refugees hosted per 1,000 residents91.5 per 1,000 · #1 of 181 · 2025
2nd highest smoking46.9% · #2 of 166 · 2024
8th highest working hours2,412 hours · #8 of 130 · 2023
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Surprising facts about Lebanon
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Lebanon’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Lebanon among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Lebanon sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Lebanon across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Lebanon
vs Israel 
vs Syria