Lebanon - Trade Openness 2021
78.83%
+28.70% from 2020
Lebanon's trade openness was 78.83% in 2021, increased +28.70% from 50.13% in 2020. This was the 91st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sudan | 4.13% | -58.5% |
| 2nd | United States | 25.61% | 9.4% |
| 3rd | Pakistan | 27.03% | 1.2% |
| 4th | Bangladesh | 27.72% | 5.5% |
| 5th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 29.86% | -7.1% |
| 6th | Tanzania | 29.92% | 7.0% |
| 7th | Turkmenistan | 33.06% | -8.0% |
| 8th | Argentina | 33.08% | 9.5% |
| 9th | Kenya | 35.00% | 15.1% |
| 10th | China | 36.52% | 7.3% |
| 11th | Cameroon | 36.73% | 8.9% |
| 12th | Japan | 36.74% | 17.2% |
| 13th | Niger | 37.02% | 4.2% |
| 14th | Haiti | 37.05% | -1.0% |
| 15th | Brazil | 37.66% | 16.6% |
| 16th | Colombia | 40.06% | 17.6% |
| 17th | Australia | 40.20% | -9.7% |
| 18th | Indonesia | 40.20% | 21.9% |
| 19th | Sri Lanka | 41.23% | 11.2% |
| 20th | Uganda | 41.71% | 12.7% |
| 21st | Comoros | 42.07% | 24.7% |
| 22nd | Gambia, The | 42.10% | -11.2% |
| 23rd | Sierra Leone | 42.14% | 37.7% |
| 24th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 42.67% | -2.8% |
| 25th | Nepal | 43.05% | 5.2% |
| 26th | Chad | 43.95% | 8.1% |
| 27th | Zimbabwe | 44.11% | 9.8% |
| 28th | Central African Republic | 44.16% | -10.8% |
| 29th | Malawi | 44.60% | 8.7% |
| 30th | Guinea-Bissau | 44.81% | 4.5% |
| 31st | Côte d'Ivoire | 45.11% | 7.6% |
| 32nd | India | 45.42% | 20.3% |
| 33rd | Algeria | 46.84% | 16.0% |
| 34th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 47.67% | 27.1% |
| 35th | Benin | 48.05% | 7.2% |
| 36th | New Zealand | 48.54% | 10.4% |
| 37th | New Caledonia | 49.04% | -10.1% |
| 38th | Guatemala | 49.26% | 19.7% |
| 39th | Russian Federation | 50.59% | 10.0% |
| 40th | Saudi Arabia | 50.88% | 7.0% |
| 41st | Afghanistan | 51.41% | 10.1% |
| 42nd | Dominican Republic | 51.95% | 16.1% |
| 43rd | French Polynesia | 52.98% | 15.6% |
| 44th | Ecuador | 53.26% | 21.1% |
| 45th | Rwanda | 54.29% | -1.6% |
| 46th | Israel | 54.90% | 7.2% |
| 47th | Madagascar | 55.22% | 12.7% |
| 48th | Peru | 55.43% | 25.3% |
| 49th | South Africa | 56.16% | 10.6% |
| 50th | Togo | 56.38% | 2.4% |
| 51st | Mali | 56.72% | 1.2% |
| 52nd | Uzbekistan | 57.46% | 2.5% |
| 53rd | Uruguay | 58.32% | 22.2% |
| 54th | United Kingdom | 58.54% | -1.1% |
| 55th | Kazakhstan | 58.67% | 2.9% |
| 56th | Samoa | 59.77% | -22.9% |
| 57th | Vanuatu | 59.95% | -14.2% |
| 58th | Italy | 60.30% | 11.8% |
| 59th | Syrian Arab Republic | 61.22% | 36.6% |
| 60th | Iraq | 61.50% | 6.5% |
| 61st | Angola | 61.53% | 13.2% |
| 62nd | Guam | 61.84% | -2.9% |
| 63rd | Canada | 62.25% | 1.8% |
| 64th | Burkina Faso | 62.42% | 2.8% |
| 65th | Ghana | 62.71% | -5.8% |
| 66th | Philippines | 63.48% | 9.1% |
| 67th | France | 63.79% | 8.4% |
| 68th | Chile | 64.88% | 11.5% |
| 69th | Bahamas, The | 65.93% | 23.4% |
| 70th | Spain | 66.52% | 11.9% |
| 71st | Solomon Islands | 67.42% | 12.0% |
| 72nd | Tonga | 68.55% | -16.3% |
| 73rd | Senegal | 69.38% | 15.5% |
| 74th | Türkiye | 69.61% | 15.3% |
| 75th | Paraguay | 69.74% | 11.1% |
| 76th | Costa Rica | 70.78% | 17.7% |
| 77th | Norway | 71.22% | 9.0% |
| 78th | Bermuda | 71.41% | 3.2% |
| 79th | Tajikistan | 71.83% | 28.8% |
| 80th | West Bank and Gaza | 73.08% | 8.6% |
| 81st | Kiribati | 74.50% | -5.0% |
| 82nd | Korea | 75.31% | 14.9% |
| 83rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 75.39% | 23.5% |
| 84th | Morocco | 75.52% | 9.7% |
| 85th | Albania | 75.59% | 27.0% |
| 86th | Iceland | 76.23% | 11.0% |
| 87th | Azerbaijan | 76.29% | 5.9% |
| 88th | Equatorial Guinea | 76.97% | -1.2% |
| 89th | Cabo Verde | 77.46% | -1.2% |
| 90th | Bhutan | 77.58% | 8.0% |
| 91st | Lebanon | 78.83% | 57.2% |
| 92nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 78.88% | -0.1% |
| 93rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 79.10% | 4.5% |
| 94th | Armenia | 79.25% | 13.0% |
| 95th | Finland | 79.79% | 10.5% |
| 96th | Germany | 79.92% | 9.6% |
| 97th | Cuba | 80.02% | 410.3% |
| 98th | Panama | 80.13% | 16.6% |
| 99th | Jordan | 80.33% | 21.6% |
| 100th | Palau | 81.15% | -21.5% |
| 101st | El Salvador | 81.85% | 23.2% |
| 102nd | Kuwait | 82.00% | 0.0% |
| 103rd | Ukraine | 82.70% | 4.5% |
| 104th | Mexico | 83.07% | 8.1% |
| 105th | Namibia | 83.54% | 8.6% |
| 106th | Greenland | 83.68% | 1.2% |
| 107th | Gabon | 85.35% | 21.7% |
| 108th | Congo, Republic of | 85.55% | 23.4% |
| 109th | Portugal | 85.87% | 12.2% |
| 110th | Zambia | 86.21% | 8.8% |
| 111th | Romania | 87.07% | 11.1% |
| 112th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 87.33% | 2.7% |
| 113th | Greece | 88.01% | 25.2% |
| 114th | Mauritania | 88.31% | 1.8% |
| 115th | Moldova | 88.47% | 11.6% |
| 116th | Botswana | 88.76% | 14.3% |
| 117th | Eswatini | 89.93% | 7.0% |
| 118th | Sweden | 91.11% | 7.9% |
| 119th | European Union | 91.20% | 8.8% |
| 120th | Qatar | 92.78% | 3.1% |
| 121st | Tunisia | 93.63% | 11.0% |
| 122nd | Oman | 95.95% | 4.4% |
| 123rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 96.74% | 17.2% |
| 124th | Puerto Rico (US) | 96.75% | -6.5% |
| 125th | Kosovo | 98.64% | 30.5% |
| 126th | Belize | 98.98% | 21.2% |
| 127th | Timor-Leste | 99.86% | 17.8% |
| 128th | Kyrgyz Republic | 100.26% | 26.9% |
| 129th | Antigua and Barbuda | 101.07% | 7.2% |
| 130th | Georgia | 101.60% | 9.4% |
| 131st | Croatia | 102.33% | 14.3% |
| 132nd | Honduras | 103.37% | 17.5% |
| 133rd | Faroe Islands | 103.49% | 7.5% |
| 134th | Montenegro | 105.72% | 20.3% |
| 135th | Nicaragua | 106.21% | 19.8% |
| 136th | Nauru | 110.80% | -17.9% |
| 137th | Poland | 110.87% | 11.7% |
| 138th | Austria | 111.03% | 11.1% |
| 139th | Mozambique | 112.08% | 12.2% |
| 140th | Denmark | 112.32% | 7.6% |
| 141st | Serbia | 112.34% | 12.0% |
| 142nd | Guinea | 115.20% | -0.5% |
| 143rd | Thailand | 117.25% | 19.9% |
| 144th | Mongolia | 119.10% | 5.5% |
| 145th | Marshall Islands | 120.06% | 11.3% |
| 146th | Bulgaria | 121.21% | 9.8% |
| 147th | Switzerland | 130.02% | 6.8% |
| 148th | Malaysia | 134.04% | 14.8% |
| 149th | Mauritius | 135.19% | 11.6% |
| 150th | Belarus | 136.01% | 14.4% |
| 151st | Latvia | 136.80% | 10.4% |
| 152nd | American Samoa | 136.80% | -11.4% |
| 153rd | Czechia | 137.38% | 6.7% |
| 154th | Lesotho | 139.19% | -1.4% |
| 155th | Aruba | 139.92% | 14.0% |
| 156th | Maldives | 142.61% | 24.7% |
| 157th | Cambodia | 146.18% | 19.7% |
| 158th | North Macedonia | 146.72% | 14.4% |
| 159th | Brunei Darussalam | 147.12% | 33.4% |
| 160th | Bahrain | 153.80% | 13.5% |
| 161st | Lithuania | 154.81% | 14.0% |
| 162nd | Hungary | 159.19% | 3.0% |
| 163rd | Estonia | 160.47% | 16.8% |
| 164th | Slovenia | 161.79% | 9.7% |
| 165th | Netherlands | 163.15% | 7.2% |
| 166th | Libya | 164.28% | 222.3% |
| 167th | Macao SAR, China | 171.32% | 38.8% |
| 168th | Cyprus | 176.83% | 10.1% |
| 169th | Belgium | 177.38% | 13.0% |
| 170th | Virgin Islands (US) | 180.30% | 58.7% |
| 171st | Slovak Republic | 181.98% | 8.6% |
| 172nd | United Arab Emirates | 182.91% | 0.9% |
| 173rd | Seychelles | 183.77% | 19.7% |
| 174th | Viet Nam | 186.68% | 14.4% |
| 175th | Malta | 220.17% | -9.2% |
| 176th | Ireland | 231.03% | -10.7% |
| 177th | Djibouti | 263.48% | 16.7% |
| 178th | Singapore | 329.16% | -0.9% |
| 179th | San Marino | 342.47% | 12.3% |
| 180th | Luxembourg | 397.51% | 5.8% |
| 181st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 402.46% | 14.8% |
FAQ
What was Lebanon's trade openness in 2021?▾
Lebanon's trade openness in 2021 was 78.83%. This ranked 91st globally.
How did Lebanon's trade openness change in 2021?▾
Lebanon's trade openness increased by 57.2% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest trade openness in 2021?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China had the highest trade openness in 2021 at 402.46%.
What is the trade openness of Lebanon in 2021?▾
The trade openness of Lebanon in 2021 was 78.83%. This ranked 91st globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Lebanon's trade openness?▾
Lebanon's trade openness went from 50.13% in 2020 to 78.83% in 2021, a 57.2% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Lebanon matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 2021. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 221.3%. View full analysis →
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