 Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria. Geography: Nahr el Litani is the only major river in Near East not crossing an international boundary; rugged terrain historically helped isolate, protect, and develop numerous factional groups based on religion, clan, and ethnicity.
Area: total: 10,400 sq km, land: 10,230 sq km, water: 170 sq km.
Capital: Beirut.
Industries: banking, tourism, food processing, wine, jewelry, cement, textiles, mineral and chemical products, wood and furniture products, oil refining, metal fabricating.
Languages: Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian.
National Holiday: Independence Day, 22 November (1943).
Population: 4,125,247 (July 2010 est.).
Labor force: 1.481 million In addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.) |
GDP (purchasing power parity):
• $61.44 billion (2011 est.)
• $60.53 billio (2010 est.)
• $56.57 billion (2009 est.)
• $51.18 billion (2008 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$38.41 billion (2011 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
• 1.5% (2011 est.)
• 7% (2010 est.)
• 8.5% (2009 est.)
• 9.3% (2008 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
• $15,500 (2011 est.)
• $15,500 (2010 est.)
• $14,700 (2009 est.)
• $12,700 (2008 est.)
Budget:
Revenues: $9.334 billion
Expenditures: $11.67 billion (2011 est.)
Public debt:
134% of GDP (2011 est.)
141.7% of GDP (2010 est.)
Exports:
• $5.386 billion (2011 est.)
• $4.689 billion (2010 est.)
• $4.716 billion (2009 est.)
Imports:
• $19.3 billion (2011 est.)
• $17.19 billion (2010 est.)
• $15.9 billion (2009 est.)
Debt - external:
• $34.45 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
• $31.89 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
• $29.47 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
• $28.42 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
• $31.89 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Military expenditures: 3.1% of GDP (2005 est.)
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Airports: 7
Airports - with paved runways: 5
• Over 3,047 m: 1
• 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
• 914 to 1,523 m: 1
• Under 914 m: 1
Airports - with unpaved runways: 2
• 914 to 1,523 m: 2
Aircraft Departures: 10,300. |
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