Lebanon, year by year

Every index this site holds for Lebanon, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 2005

Human development rose from 0.710 in 2005 to 0.752 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 19 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 77.9 years2024at birthUp 1.9 years from 76.1 years in 2005
Internet users: 81%2024of people onlineUp 66 points from 15% in 2006
Urban population: 91%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 4 points from 87% in 2006
Births per woman: 2.232024births per womanDown 0.06 from 2.29 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 7%2021of energy usedUp 1 point from 6% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 1 point from 99% in 2005
Infant mortality: 152024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsUp 2 from 14 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 1.9 t2024of CO2 per person a yearDown 1.6 t from 3.5 t in 2005
Forest area: 14%2023of land under forestUp 1 point from 13% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 12 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	65.5	—	—	3.27	11.3	—	28	1.7	13.7	—	—
1991	—	70.9	—	83.8	3.16	8.5	—	27	2.0	13.6	—	—
1992	—	71.2	—	84.2	3.05	8.0	—	26	2.1	13.6	—	—
1993	—	71.6	—	84.5	2.94	5.4	—	25	3.0	13.6	—	—
1994	—	72.0	—	84.8	2.82	5.3	—	23	3.2	13.6	—	—
1995	—	72.4	0.1	85.1	2.73	4.4	—	22	3.7	13.6	—	—
1996	—	72.6	0.1	85.4	2.70	5.0	—	21	3.7	13.6	—	—
1997	—	72.9	1.2	85.6	2.67	4.4	—	20	4.0	13.6	—	—
1998	—	73.2	2.7	85.8	2.65	5.5	—	20	3.9	13.5	—	—
1999	—	73.5	5.4	85.9	2.63	4.3	—	19	4.0	13.5	—	—
2000	—	73.9	8.0	86.0	2.60	4.9	99	18	3.5	13.5	—	—
2001	—	74.3	6.8	86.2	2.58	4.6	99	17	3.8	13.5	—	—
2002	—	74.8	7.0	86.3	2.52	5.7	99	16	3.7	13.5	—	—
2003	—	75.3	8.0	86.5	2.46	7.0	99	15	3.6	13.5	—	—
2004	—	75.7	9.0	86.6	2.38	6.1	100	14	3.6	13.5	—	—
2005	0.710	76.1	10.1	86.8	2.29	6.4	99	14	3.5	13.5	—	—
2006	0.713	75.7	15.0	86.9	2.24	6.4	99	13	3.4	13.5	4635	10312
2007	0.726	76.7	18.7	87.1	2.20	7.3	98	12	3.1	13.4	5125	11356
2008	0.734	77.0	22.5	87.3	2.17	5.1	100	12	3.7	13.4	5912	12416
2009	0.743	77.3	30.1	87.5	2.19	4.3	99	12	4.3	13.4	7091	13586
2010	0.750	77.5	43.7	87.6	2.26	5.7	100	11	4.1	13.4	7626	14704
2011	0.758	77.8	52.0	87.8	2.32	6.2	100	11	4.1	13.5	7835	14975
2012	0.762	77.9	61.3	88.0	2.35	5.6	100	11	4.5	13.5	8407	16121
2013	0.762	78.0	70.5	88.2	2.36	5.9	100	11	4.0	13.6	8162	16316
2014	0.761	78.2	73.0	88.4	2.38	4.2	100	11	3.9	13.7	7578	16140
2015	0.763	78.3	74.0	88.6	2.38	4.2	100	11	4.2	13.7	7714	17046
2016	0.767	78.3	76.1	88.8	2.39	4.0	100	12	4.4	13.8	8089	18941
2017	0.772	78.2	78.2	89.0	2.37	4.0	100	12	4.8	13.8	8608	20964
2018	0.774	78.3	80.9	89.3	2.35	4.7	100	12	4.6	13.9	9175	21985
2019	0.771	78.2	81.5	89.5	2.33	5.1	100	13	4.7	13.9	8906	21710
2020	0.750	76.3	82.1	89.7	2.31	6.3	100	13	3.8	14.0	5561	16260
2021	0.733	73.7	82.7	90.0	2.28	6.8	100	14	2.9	14.1	4045	11600
2022	0.755	78.0	81.5	90.2	2.26	—	100	14	1.8	14.1	3654	12291
2023	0.752	77.8	81.7	90.5	2.24	—	100	15	1.9	14.2	3478	12585
2024	—	77.9	80.6	90.7	2.23	—	100	15	1.9	—	4473	11917
2025	—	—	—	91.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
On the profile	0.752	77.9	80.6	91.0	2.23	6.8	—	—	1.9	14.2	4473	11917

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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