Israel vs Lebanon
Israel vs Lebanon: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 6.8% in Israel and 13.8% in Lebanon, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Lebanon, by 7 percentage points, or 2.02 times that in Israel.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Lebanon has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Israel ranked 173 and Lebanon ranked 147 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Israel | Lebanon | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.8 | 13.8 | – |
| 2023 | 6.7 | 13.8 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 6.7 | 13.8 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 6.6 | 13.8 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 6.5 | 13.8 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 6.7 | 13.8 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 6.9 | 13.8 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 7.2 | 13.7 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 7.4 | 13.7 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 7.6 | 13.7 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 7.5 | 13.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 7.4 | 13.7 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 7.3 | 13.7 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 7.2 | 13.7 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 7.1 | 13.7 | 32 |
| 2009 | 7.1 | 13.7 | 32 |
| 2008 | 7.1 | 13.7 | 32 |
| 2007 | 7.1 | 13.6 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 7.1 | 13.6 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 7.1 | 13.6 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 7.1 | 13.6 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 7.1 | 13.6 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 7.1 | 13.6 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 7.1 | 13.6 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 7.1 | 13.6 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 7 | 13.6 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 6.9 | 13.6 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 6.8 | 13.6 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 6.7 | 13.5 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 6.6 | 13.5 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 6.5 | 13.5 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 6.4 | 13.5 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 6.3 | 13.5 | 33 |
| 1991 | 6.2 | 13.5 | – |
| 1990 | 6.1 | 13.5 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Israel vs Lebanon
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Lebanon: 77.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Lebanon: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Lebanon: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Lebanon: 47.7% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Lebanon: 3.68% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Lebanon: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Lebanon: 5.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Lebanon: 0.43% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Lebanon: 2.24 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Lebanon: 91% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Lebanon: 28.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Lebanon: 9.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Lebanon: -5.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Lebanon: 2.51% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Lebanon: $736M in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Lebanon: $142 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Lebanon: 16.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Lebanon: 80,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Lebanon: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Lebanon: 4.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Lebanon: 9 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Lebanon: 48 million TIV in 2002