Lebanon Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $5.3 billion (1983 est.)

Natural resources: limestone, iron

Agriculture: fruits, wheat, corn, barley, potatoes, tobacco, olives, onions; not self-sufficient in food; an illegal producer of opium poppy and cannabis for the international drug trade

Major industries: service industries, food processing, textiles, cement, oil refining, chemicals, some metal fabricating

Electric power: 1,047,300 kW capacity (1985); 13.761 billion kWh produced (1985), 5,254 kWh per capita

Exports: $595 million (f.o.b., 1984)

Imports: $2.7 billion (f.o.b., 1984)

Budget: (1985 est.) public revenues, $500 million; public expenditures, $1 5 billion

Monetary conversion rate: 18 Lebanese pounds=US$I (November 1985)

Fiscal year: calendar year

NOTE: The information regarding Lebanon on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Lebanon 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Lebanon 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.