Lebanon ranked 93rd in the world and 14th in the Arab region in the 2026 Henley Passport Index gaining three positions when compared to the 96th place it occupied in the index of the previous year.
Lebanon’s Consumer Price Index rallied by 17.25% to 8,697.61 in June 2026, compared to 7,417.78 in June 2025
Lebanon’s balance of trade deficit widened by $542.42 million y-o-y in the first five months of 2026 to just above $7.20 billion up from around $6.66 billion in the same period in 2025.
The foreign reserve assets of the Central Bank fell by $107.82 million in the first half of July 2026 to $11.44 billion while gold reserves increased by $96.56 million to $37.15 billion.
Lebanon ranked 7th in the region and 93rd in the world in the 2026 Environmental Performance Index with a score of 39.67.