| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $17.82 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
3% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $4,800 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 12%
industry: 21%
services: 67% (2000) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
28% (1999 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
2.5% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
1.5 million
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2001 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $4.414 billion
expenditures: $7.026 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
banking; food processing; jewelry; cement; textiles; mineral and chemical products; wood and furniture products; oil refining; metal fabricating |
| Electricity - Production : |
6.728 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 97.2%
hydro: 2.8%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
7.44 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
1.183 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
citrus, grapes, tomatoes, apples, vegetables, potatoes, olives, tobacco; sheep, goats |
| Exports : |
$1.359 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
authentic jewelry, inorganic chemicals, miscellaneous consumer goods, fruit, tobacco, construction minerals, electric power machinery and switchgear, textile fibers, paper |
| Exports - Partners : |
UAE 10.3%, Switzerland 9.3%, Saudi Arabia 7.7%, US 7.5%, Turkey 4.6%, Jordan 4.5% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$6.073 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
petroleum products, cars, medicinal products, clothing, meat and live animals, consumer goods, paper, textile fabrics, tobacco |
| Imports - Partners : |
France 13.1%, Germany 11.4%, Italy 10.5%, Syria 5.2%, China 5.1%, UK 4.8%, US 4.4% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$20.79 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$3.5 billion (pledges 1997-2001); $4.2 billion in soft loan pledges November 2002 Paris II Aid Conference (2002) |
| Currency : |
Lebanese pound (LBP) |
| Currency Code : |
LBP |
| Exchange Rates : |
Lebanese pounds per US dollar - 1,507.5 (2003), 1,507.5 (2002), 1,507.5 (2001), 1,507.5 (2000), 1,507.84 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
