Middle East
Lebanon
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Lebanon's #1 import source (world lens). Lebanon is the EU's #121 goods supplier.
Lebanon on the world stage
Total imports
$17.3bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$4.3bn
189 partners
#1 import source
China
11.4%
#1 export dest.
United Arab Emirates
24.1%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Lebanon and the EU
EU imports from
€569m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€5.5bn
0.2% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #121 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 9.73
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
488
EUR/MWh
Consumer
239
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
369
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Conflict / governance collapseMarket model
State monopoly (EDL, collapsed)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
ERA (Electricity Regulatory Authority)
EDL (state utility) is effectively bankrupt, providing only 2 to 4 hours of grid power per day. The population depends on expensive private diesel generators, pushing effective electricity costs to 488 EUR/MWh for…
Tracked infrastructure
4 gas plants
1.2 GW
1 hydro plants
108 MW · 1 building
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
28.6
→ 36.5 by 2050
Fertility
2.23
above replacement
Working-age
63.7%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
15.9
→ 25.7 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 5.81M · peaks 2080
By 2050: +20% (7M)