Lebanon - Trade Openness 2020
50.13%
−12.85% from 2019
Lebanon's trade openness was 50.13% in 2020, decreased +12.85% from 62.98% in 2019. This was the 49th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sudan | 9.96% | -61.9% |
| 2nd | Cuba | 15.68% | -31.3% |
| 3rd | United States | 23.40% | -11.5% |
| 4th | Bangladesh | 26.27% | -16.8% |
| 5th | Pakistan | 26.72% | -7.6% |
| 6th | Tanzania | 27.96% | -15.3% |
| 7th | Argentina | 30.20% | -7.4% |
| 8th | Kenya | 30.40% | -4.3% |
| 9th | Sierra Leone | 30.61% | -18.5% |
| 10th | Japan | 31.34% | -11.0% |
| 11th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 32.13% | -21.9% |
| 12th | Brazil | 32.30% | 11.8% |
| 13th | Indonesia | 32.97% | -12.4% |
| 14th | Comoros | 33.73% | -20.2% |
| 15th | Cameroon | 33.74% | -22.2% |
| 16th | China | 34.04% | -3.3% |
| 17th | Colombia | 34.06% | -9.3% |
| 18th | Niger | 35.51% | -4.3% |
| 19th | Turkmenistan | 35.94% | -18.9% |
| 20th | Uganda | 37.00% | -6.0% |
| 21st | Sri Lanka | 37.09% | -25.0% |
| 22nd | Haiti | 37.41% | -16.1% |
| 23rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 37.52% | -18.1% |
| 24th | India | 37.76% | -5.4% |
| 25th | Zimbabwe | 40.18% | -12.9% |
| 26th | Algeria | 40.39% | -13.2% |
| 27th | Chad | 40.64% | -12.9% |
| 28th | Nepal | 40.92% | -16.9% |
| 29th | Malawi | 41.03% | -7.2% |
| 30th | Guatemala | 41.14% | -9.6% |
| 31st | Côte d'Ivoire | 41.94% | -6.1% |
| 32nd | Guinea-Bissau | 42.89% | -14.1% |
| 33rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 43.88% | -9.7% |
| 34th | New Zealand | 43.98% | -19.2% |
| 35th | Ecuador | 43.99% | -8.5% |
| 36th | Peru | 44.25% | -5.7% |
| 37th | Australia | 44.50% | -3.3% |
| 38th | Dominican Republic | 44.73% | -12.1% |
| 39th | Syrian Arab Republic | 44.82% | 6.7% |
| 40th | Benin | 44.83% | -29.6% |
| 41st | French Polynesia | 45.83% | -27.6% |
| 42nd | Russian Federation | 45.97% | -6.6% |
| 43rd | Afghanistan | 46.71% | - |
| 44th | Gambia, The | 47.40% | -15.4% |
| 45th | Saudi Arabia | 47.53% | -16.3% |
| 46th | Uruguay | 47.73% | -4.0% |
| 47th | Madagascar | 49.01% | -21.7% |
| 48th | Central African Republic | 49.52% | -1.1% |
| 49th | Lebanon | 50.13% | -20.4% |
| 50th | South Africa | 50.76% | -5.8% |
| 51st | Libya | 50.98% | -35.5% |
| 52nd | Israel | 51.24% | -9.0% |
| 53rd | Bahamas, The | 53.42% | -22.3% |
| 54th | Italy | 53.94% | -8.1% |
| 55th | Angola | 54.34% | -10.5% |
| 56th | New Caledonia | 54.58% | -6.2% |
| 57th | Togo | 55.07% | -2.3% |
| 58th | Rwanda | 55.19% | -4.8% |
| 59th | Tajikistan | 55.75% | -0.5% |
| 60th | Mali | 56.04% | 3.8% |
| 61st | Uzbekistan | 56.05% | -13.7% |
| 62nd | Kazakhstan | 57.03% | -12.1% |
| 63rd | Iraq | 57.74% | -16.3% |
| 64th | Philippines | 58.17% | -15.5% |
| 65th | Chile | 58.18% | 1.0% |
| 66th | France | 58.84% | -11.4% |
| 67th | United Kingdom | 59.16% | -9.0% |
| 68th | Spain | 59.45% | -10.4% |
| 69th | Albania | 59.52% | -21.0% |
| 70th | Senegal | 60.05% | -6.5% |
| 71st | Costa Rica | 60.14% | -8.5% |
| 72nd | Solomon Islands | 60.22% | -27.4% |
| 73rd | Türkiye | 60.39% | -3.5% |
| 74th | Burkina Faso | 60.74% | 0.5% |
| 75th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 61.03% | 0.2% |
| 76th | Canada | 61.16% | -7.6% |
| 77th | Paraguay | 62.76% | -11.9% |
| 78th | Guam | 63.67% | -18.4% |
| 79th | Norway | 65.35% | -7.8% |
| 80th | Korea | 65.54% | -8.3% |
| 81st | Jordan | 66.06% | -22.9% |
| 82nd | El Salvador | 66.46% | -12.6% |
| 83rd | Ghana | 66.58% | -13.3% |
| 84th | West Bank and Gaza | 67.29% | -2.5% |
| 85th | Iceland | 68.66% | -18.1% |
| 86th | Panama | 68.70% | -14.6% |
| 87th | Morocco | 68.84% | -9.4% |
| 88th | Bermuda | 69.19% | -10.8% |
| 89th | Congo, Republic of | 69.31% | -24.3% |
| 90th | Vanuatu | 69.91% | -29.7% |
| 91st | Gabon | 70.11% | -4.5% |
| 92nd | Armenia | 70.12% | -28.3% |
| 93rd | Greece | 70.29% | -12.8% |
| 94th | Bhutan | 71.83% | -5.6% |
| 95th | Azerbaijan | 72.02% | -16.1% |
| 96th | Finland | 72.18% | -10.4% |
| 97th | Germany | 72.93% | -7.8% |
| 98th | Kosovo | 75.61% | -11.8% |
| 99th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 75.70% | 7.7% |
| 100th | Portugal | 76.51% | -11.8% |
| 101st | Mexico | 76.85% | -0.8% |
| 102nd | Namibia | 76.93% | -7.2% |
| 103rd | Samoa | 77.48% | -7.0% |
| 104th | Botswana | 77.66% | -6.5% |
| 105th | Equatorial Guinea | 77.93% | -17.9% |
| 106th | Romania | 78.36% | -7.7% |
| 107th | Cabo Verde | 78.39% | -24.3% |
| 108th | Kiribati | 78.41% | -20.3% |
| 109th | Northern Mariana Islands | 78.98% | -24.6% |
| 110th | Kyrgyz Republic | 78.99% | -16.3% |
| 111th | Ukraine | 79.16% | -12.5% |
| 112th | Zambia | 79.21% | 15.1% |
| 113th | Moldova | 79.27% | -9.5% |
| 114th | Belize | 81.64% | -20.3% |
| 115th | Tonga | 81.85% | -7.0% |
| 116th | Kuwait | 82.01% | -10.6% |
| 117th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 82.52% | -12.7% |
| 118th | Greenland | 82.66% | -10.3% |
| 119th | European Union | 83.82% | -7.4% |
| 120th | Eswatini | 84.01% | -3.0% |
| 121st | Tunisia | 84.33% | -17.6% |
| 122nd | Sweden | 84.47% | -8.9% |
| 123rd | Timor-Leste | 84.75% | 20.0% |
| 124th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 85.01% | -11.2% |
| 125th | Mauritania | 86.78% | -7.2% |
| 126th | Montenegro | 87.86% | -20.1% |
| 127th | Honduras | 88.00% | -11.5% |
| 128th | Nicaragua | 88.64% | -5.7% |
| 129th | Croatia | 89.55% | -11.7% |
| 130th | Qatar | 90.02% | 0.0% |
| 131st | Oman | 91.88% | 6.2% |
| 132nd | Georgia | 92.89% | -21.2% |
| 133rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 94.29% | -31.4% |
| 134th | Faroe Islands | 96.22% | -11.4% |
| 135th | Thailand | 97.80% | -10.8% |
| 136th | Poland | 99.26% | -2.3% |
| 137th | Mozambique | 99.91% | -5.4% |
| 138th | Austria | 99.95% | -7.6% |
| 139th | Serbia | 100.32% | -6.7% |
| 140th | Palau | 103.35% | -10.5% |
| 141st | Puerto Rico (US) | 103.51% | -3.8% |
| 142nd | Denmark | 104.43% | -6.7% |
| 143rd | Cayman Islands | 105.47% | -8.2% |
| 144th | Marshall Islands | 107.83% | -29.5% |
| 145th | Brunei Darussalam | 110.29% | 1.6% |
| 146th | Bulgaria | 110.42% | -11.8% |
| 147th | Mongolia | 112.84% | -9.3% |
| 148th | Virgin Islands (US) | 113.60% | -26.9% |
| 149th | Maldives | 114.36% | -16.6% |
| 150th | Guinea | 115.77% | 47.6% |
| 151st | Malaysia | 116.79% | -5.1% |
| 152nd | Belarus | 118.93% | -9.1% |
| 153rd | Mauritius | 121.13% | -5.3% |
| 154th | Switzerland | 121.79% | -1.9% |
| 155th | Cambodia | 122.11% | 5.5% |
| 156th | Aruba | 122.72% | -11.0% |
| 157th | Macao SAR, China | 123.43% | 7.1% |
| 158th | Latvia | 123.88% | -1.1% |
| 159th | North Macedonia | 128.24% | -7.5% |
| 160th | Czechia | 128.78% | -6.8% |
| 161st | Nauru | 134.98% | -13.4% |
| 162nd | Bahrain | 135.46% | 0.0% |
| 163rd | Lithuania | 135.80% | -8.5% |
| 164th | Estonia | 137.39% | -2.1% |
| 165th | Lesotho | 141.10% | 0.4% |
| 166th | Slovenia | 147.55% | -7.8% |
| 167th | Netherlands | 152.23% | -5.3% |
| 168th | Seychelles | 153.48% | -11.5% |
| 169th | American Samoa | 154.37% | -1.4% |
| 170th | Hungary | 154.53% | -3.4% |
| 171st | Belgium | 156.95% | -5.1% |
| 172nd | Cyprus | 160.67% | 6.8% |
| 173rd | Viet Nam | 163.25% | -0.9% |
| 174th | Slovak Republic | 167.53% | -8.8% |
| 175th | United Arab Emirates | 181.29% | 10.7% |
| 176th | Djibouti | 225.74% | -29.7% |
| 177th | Malta | 242.36% | 4.0% |
| 178th | Ireland | 258.78% | 0.4% |
| 179th | San Marino | 304.90% | -0.8% |
| 180th | Singapore | 332.04% | 2.4% |
| 181st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 350.68% | -0.9% |
| 182nd | Luxembourg | 375.58% | -1.9% |
FAQ
What was Lebanon's trade openness in 2020?▾
Lebanon's trade openness in 2020 was 50.13%. This ranked 49th globally.
How did Lebanon's trade openness change in 2020?▾
Lebanon's trade openness decreased by 20.4% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest trade openness in 2020?▾
Luxembourg had the highest trade openness in 2020 at 375.58%.
What is the trade openness of Lebanon in 2020?▾
The trade openness of Lebanon in 2020 was 50.13%. This ranked 49th globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Lebanon's trade openness?▾
Lebanon's trade openness went from 62.98% in 2019 to 50.13% in 2020, a 20.4% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Lebanon matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 2020. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 171.2%. View full analysis →
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