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Lebanon vs Syria
How Lebanon and Syria compare on 35 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Lebanon was higher: 77.8 years against 72.1 years
- GDP per person · In 2022, Lebanon was higher: $5,909 against $717
- Population · In 2023, Syria was higher: 23.6 million people against 5.77 million people
- Military spending · In 2010, Lebanon was higher: 4.12% of GDP against 4.06% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Lebanon was higher: 1.9 tonnes against 1.28 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyLebanon: 77.8 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLebanon: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLebanon: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionLebanon: 3.68% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide rateLebanon: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLebanon: 5.77 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthLebanon: 0.43% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLebanon: 2.24 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLebanon: 91% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median ageLebanon: 28.3 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLebanon: 9.8% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateLebanon: -5.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLebanon: 2.51% of GDP in 2025Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per personLebanon: $142 in 2025Syria: $110 in 2011
- Military share of state spendingLebanon: 16.6% of government spending in 2025Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnelLebanon: 80,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerLebanon: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLebanon: 4.1% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLebanon: 9 million TIV in 2024Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsLebanon: 48 million TIV in 2002Syria: 30 million TIV in 2010
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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