International rankings of Lebanon

The following are international rankings of Lebanon.

Demographics

Economy

In the 2009 quality of life index, Lebanon ranked in the 54th place ( out of 194 countries )

Lebanon ranked in the 35th largest exporter of IT ICT enabled services among 173 countries

Education

Listed by the World Economic Forum’s 2013 Global Information Technology Report, Lebanon has been ranked globally as the fifth best country for math and science education, and as the tenth best overall for quality of education.[6] In Quality of management schools, the country was ranked 13th worldwide.[7] 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.[8][9]

Geography

Main article: Geography of Lebanon
Lebanon from space. Snow cover can be seen on the western and eastern mountain ranges

Military

Main article: Military of Lebanon

Politics

Main article: Politics of Lebanon

Tourism

Main article: Tourism in Lebanon

Growth in tourism for 2009, Lebanon came first out of 165 countries examined by ( UNWTO ) with an increase of 60% from 2008.

Transportation

Main article: Transport in Lebanon

References

  1. CIA World Factbook, CIA
  2. Index of Economic Freedom 2009
  3. "Ease of Doing Business Index 2009".
  4. Data refer to the year 2008. Total GDP 2008 & Population 2008, World Development Indicators database, World Bank, July 1, 2009. Note: Per capita values were obtained by dividing the Total GDP data by the Population data.
  5. GDP (official exchange rate), The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, last updated on April 23, 2009; accessed on April 25, 2009. Population data obtained from Total Midyear Population, US Census Bureau International Data Base, accessed on April 25, 2009. Note: Per capita values were obtained by dividing the GDP (official exchange rate) data by the Population data.
  6. Bilbao-Osorio, Benat; Dutta, Soumitra; Lanvin, Bruno, eds. (2013). "The Global Information Technology Report 2013: Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Geneva. pp. 324–325. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  7. Bilbao-Osorio, Benat; Dutta, Soumitra; Lanvin, Bruno, eds. (2013). "The Global Information Technology Report 2013: Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Geneva. p. 311. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  8. Bilbao-Osorio, Benat; Dutta, Soumitra; Lanvin, Bruno, eds. (2013). "The Global Information Technology Report 2013: Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Geneva. p. 289. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  9. Schwab, Klaus; Sala-i-Martin, Xavier; Brende, Børge (2013). "The Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014: Full Data Edition" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Geneva. pp. 83–85. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  10. "Human development indicators Lebanon". United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Reports. Retrieved 2008-11-17.{}
  11. Human Development Report 2007/2008 Table 1
  12. CIA World Factbook
  13. Corruption Perception Report 2007
  14. Index of Democracy 2008 (PDF) Economist Intelligence Unit
  15. Motor vehicles per capita


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