The surface area of construction permits rose by 36.76% y-o-y in the first nine months of 2025 to just above 6.69 million sqm compared to around 4.89 million sqm in the same period last year.
Lebanon ranked 96th in the world and 14th in the Arab region in the 2025 Henley Passport Index ceding 1 position when compared to the 95th place it occupied in the 2024 index.
Lebanon’s balance of trade deficit widened by $0.94 billion y-o-y in the first eight months of 2025 to around $10.57 billion, up from around $9.63 billion in the same period in 2024.