Lebanon
Lebanese Republic
- Capital
- Beirut
- Region
- Western Asia
- Population, 2025
- 5.8 million
- Currency
- LBP
- Area
- 10,452 kmยฒ
Across Lebanon's 18 priced cities, one person needs about $1,879 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $723.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
48out of 100
- Purchasing power25%31
- Safety20%53
- Health care15%64
- Climate10%95
- Air quality10%76
- Connectivity10%5
- Cost10%30
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #99
What it costs
Averages over the countryโs cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
62.3
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
21.3
New York = 100
Purchasing power
44.0
New York = 100
One person
$1,879
A month, rent included
Net salary
$723
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$944
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$4,473
2024
Growth
โ7.1%
2024
Unemployment
11.0%
2023
Inflation
14.6%
2025
Life expectancy
77.9 years
2024
Internet users
81%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 25%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 2%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 17%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 11%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 15%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 3%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 22.5%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeoโs crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 53.2
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 46.8
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2020
- 2.2
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #141 worldwide
- 22
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #92 worldwide
- 37
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +34%
Cities in Lebanon
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Sidon | 60 | 58.6 | โ | โ | โ | 163.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 2Raโs Bayrลซt | 60 | โ | โ | โ | โ | 1.3M | Low confidence |
| 3Nabatรฎyรฉ et Tahta | 60 | โ | โ | โ | โ | 120K | Low confidence |
| 4Aley | 59 | โ | โ | โ | โ | 130K | Low confidence |
| 5Tyre (Sour) | 58 | 55.5 | $1,100 | โ | โ | 135.2K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 6Tripoli | 53 | 48.7 | $400 | $450 | 45.5 | 229.4K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 7Byblos (Jbail, Jbeil, Jubayl) | 52 | 49.5 | $300 | $1,000 | 109.6 | 20.8K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 8Beirut | 49 | 62.3 | $944 | $723 | 44.0 | 1.9M | High confidence, 39 contributors |
| 9Juniyah | 47 | 58.1 | $380 | โ | โ | 96.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 10Zahlah | 47 | 58.6 | โ | โ | โ | 78.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 11Ba'labakk | 47 | 58.6 | โ | โ | โ | 30.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 12Hermel | 47 | 58.6 | โ | โ | โ | 22.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 13Baabda | 47 | 58.6 | โ | โ | โ | 9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 14Sin el Fil | 47 | 58.6 | โ | โ | โ | โ | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 15Zgharta | 47 | 58.6 | โ | โ | โ | โ | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 16Zouk Mikael | 47 | 58.6 | โ | โ | โ | โ | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 17Adma | 47 | 58.6 | โ | โ | โ | โ | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 18Hamra | 47 | 58.6 | โ | โ | โ | โ | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 19Jal el Dib | 47 | 58.6 | โ | โ | โ | โ | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 20Metn | 47 | 60.4 | โ | โ | โ | โ | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 21Bourj Hammoud | 45 | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | Low confidence |
| 22Broumana | 45 | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 23Baalbek | 44 | 58.6 | $942 | โ | โ | 30.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |