United Nations: Population, ranked 124 out of 223 countriesCIA World Factbook: Urbanization ranked 21 out of 193 countriesThe Wall Street Journal and Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom 2009, ranked 95 out of 179 countriesWorld Bank: Ease of Doing Business Index 2009, ranked 99 out of 181 countriesInternational Monetary Fund: GDP per capita 2015, ranked 57 out of 179 countriesWorld Bank: GDP per capita 2014, ranked 65 out of 170 countries CIA World Factbook: GDP per capita 2013, ranked 67 out of 192 countries In the 2009 quality of life index, Lebanon ranked in the 54th place ( out of 194 countries ) [1]
Lebanon ranked in the 35th largest exporter of IT ICT enabled services among 173 countries [2]
Listed by the World Economic Forum’s 2013 Global Information Technology Report, Lebanon has been ranked globally as the fourth best country for math and science education, and as the tenth best overall for quality of education. In Quality of management schools, the country was ranked 13th worldwide. These rankings are based on the Executive Opinion Survey, carried out as part of the WEF's Global Competitiveness Report, based on polling a sample of business leaders in each respective country.
United Nations gross enrolment ratio 2005, ranked 47 out of 177 countriesUnited Nations Development Programme: literacy rate 2007/2008, ranked 96 out of 177 countries Total area ranked 166 out of 233 countries and outlying territoriesRenewable water resources ranked 145 out of 174 countries [3]CIA World Factbook: Military expenditures ranked 78 out of 171 countriesCIA World Factbook: Military expenditures ratio to GDP, ranked 45 out of 174 countries Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2007, ranked 99 out of 179 countriesReporters Without Borders: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2008, ranked 66 out of 173 countriesThe Economist EIU: Democracy Index 2008, ranked 89 out of 167 countriesGrowth in tourism for 2009, Lebanon came first out of 165 countries examined by ( UNWTO ) with an increase of 60% from 2008.
Motor vehicles per capita ranked 23 out of 140 countries