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Country description

Lebanon is a lower middle income country. It has a GDP per capita of around 4.14 Thousand USD (2021) and HDI value of 0.72 (2022)

Index description

The FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, gauges legal barriers to foreign direct investment. The four major categories of FDI limitations are used to evaluate how restrictive a nation's FDI regulations are: 1) Limits on foreign stock; 2) Discriminatory screening or approval methods; 3) Limitations on hiring foreigners as key employees; and 4) Additional operational constraints, such as limitations on branching, capital repatriation, or land ownership by foreign-owned firms.

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Results for Lebanon

	2020	Simulator projection
Rank	20
Score	0.15Value: 0.148416666666667	Value: 0.148416666666667

Comparison benchmarks

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Income Group

Region

Primary Rank 40 / Score 0.1
KPI	2020 - Lebanon
KPI	Weight	Best	Worst	Aspirational value	Current Value
Agriculture	Initial Value: 1	0.80	0.00	Worst: Tajikistan 0.80 Best: Armenia 0.00 93.75%	0.05Value: 0.05
Forestry	Initial Value: 1	0.83	0.00	Worst: Malaysia 0.83 Best: Armenia 0.00 93.98%	0.05Value: 0.05
Fishing	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.00	Worst: China 1.00 Best: Armenia 0.00 74%	0.26Value: 0.26
Mining and quarrying	Initial Value: 1	0.67	0.00	Worst: Philippines 0.67 Best: Armenia 0.00 91.04%	0.06Value: 0.06
Secondary Rank 30 / Score 0.05
Food and other manufacturing	Initial Value: 1	0.63	0.00	Worst: Libya 0.63 Best: Armenia 0.00 98.41%	0.01Value: 0.01
Oil refining & chemicals	Initial Value: 1	0.63	0.00	Worst: Libya 0.63 Best: Armenia 0.00 98.41%	0.01Value: 0.01
Metals, machinery & other minerals	Initial Value: 1	0.63	0.00	Worst: Libya 0.63 Best: Armenia 0.00 98.41%	0.01Value: 0.01
Electronic, electricrics & other instruments	Initial Value: 1	0.63	0.00	Worst: Libya 0.63 Best: Armenia 0.00 98.41%	0.01Value: 0.01
Transport equipment	Initial Value: 1	0.63	0.00	Worst: Libya 0.63 Best: Armenia 0.00 98.41%	0.01Value: 0.01
Electricity Generation	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.00	Worst: Austria 1.00 Best: Armenia 0.00 47%	0.53Value: 0.53
Electricity Distribution	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.00	Worst: Austria 1.00 Best: Armenia 0.00 100%	0Value: 0
Construction	Initial Value: 1	0.93	0.00	Worst: Libya 0.93 Best: Armenia 0.00 98.92%	0.01Value: 0.01
Tertiary Rank 16 / Score 0.23
Wholesale trade	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.00	Worst: Libya 1.00 Best: Armenia 0.00 74%	0.26Value: 0.26
Retail trade	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.00	Worst: Libya 1.00 Best: Armenia 0.00 74%	0.26Value: 0.26
Land	Initial Value: 1	0.82	0.00	Worst: Libya 0.82 Best: Armenia 0.00 37.8%	0.51Value: 0.51
Maritime	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.00	Worst: United States 1.00 Best: Armenia 0.00 74%	0.26Value: 0.26
Air	Initial Value: 1	0.83	0.00	Worst: Algeria 0.83 Best: Montenegro 0.00 56.63%	0.36Value: 0.36
Hotels and restaurants	Initial Value: 1	0.80	0.00	Worst: Libya 0.80 Best: Armenia 0.00 97.13%	0.02Value: 0.023
Radio & TV broadcasting	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.00	Worst: Algeria 1.00 Best: Austria 0.00 0%	1Value: 1
Other media	Initial Value: 1	0.99	0.00	Worst: Philippines 0.99 Best: Armenia 0.00 48.48%	0.51Value: 0.51
Fixed telecoms	Initial Value: 1	0.75	0.00	Worst: China 0.75 Best: Armenia 0.00 100%	0Value: 0
Mobile telecoms	Initial Value: 1	0.72	0.00	Worst: China 0.72 Best: Armenia 0.00 29.17%	0.51Value: 0.51
Banking	Initial Value: 1	0.65	0.00	Worst: Algeria 0.65 Best: Armenia 0.00 95.38%	0.03Value: 0.03
Insurance	Initial Value: 1	0.80	0.00	Worst: Russian Federation 0.80 Best: Armenia 0.00 83.75%	0.13Value: 0.13
Other finance	Initial Value: 1	0.63	0.00	Worst: Libya 0.63 Best: Armenia 0.00 88.73%	0.07Value: 0.071
Legal services	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.00	Worst: Belarus 1.00 Best: Armenia 0.00 0%	1Value: 1
Accounting & audit	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.00	Worst: India 1.00 Best: Colombia 0.00 89%	0.11Value: 0.11
Architectural services	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.00	Worst: Morocco 1.00 Best: Armenia 0.00 99%	0.01Value: 0.01
Engineering Services	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.00	Worst: Philippines 1.00 Best: Armenia 0.00 99%	0.01Value: 0.01
Real estate	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.00	Worst: Libya 1.00 Best: Armenia 0.00 92.3%	0.08Value: 0.077

Index Global Highlights

Custom Region
Average
Weighted Average by population
Highest Ranked Country		Country
		Score
		Rank
Lowest Ranked Country		Country
		Score
		Rank

Global Details
Global Average		0.11 Value: 0.105463248556999
Developed Economies Average		0.06 0.0555829889807162
Developing Economies Average		0.14 0.144709217171717
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Libya
	Score	0.71 0.713409090909091
	Global Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Kosovo
	Score	0 0.000795454545454545
	Global Rank	84
Highest Ranked Developed Country	Country	New Zealand
	Score	0.24 0.235287878787879
	Global Rank	9
Lowest Ranked Developed Country	Country	Luxembourg
	Score	0 0.00363636363636364
	Global Rank	83
Highest Ranked Developing Country	Country	Philippines
	Score	0.37 0.373670454545455
	Global Rank	3
Lowest Ranked Developing Country	Country	Colombia
	Score	0.03 0.0262954545454545
	Global Rank	68

Arab Region Details
Arab Average		0.26 0.256204966329966
Arab Diversified Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, State of Palestine		0.22 0.218256628787879
Arab LDC Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen		0 0
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Libya
	Score	0.71 0.713409090909091
	Global Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Morocco
	Score	0.07 0.0666666666666667
	Global Rank	43
Highest Arab Diversified Country	Country	State of Palestine
	Score	0.39 0.388049242424242
	Global Rank	2
Lowest Arab Diversified Country	Country	Egypt
	Score	0.12 0.116772727272727
	Global Rank	29
Highest Arab LDC	Country
	Score	0 0
	Global Rank	0
Lowest Arab LDC	Country
	Score	0 0
	Global Rank	0

Economies per capita
High-Income Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Nauru, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Monaco, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Qatar, Korea, Rep., Romania, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Czech Republic, Hong Kong SAR			0.07 0.0656876456876457
Upper-Middle-Income Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Montenegro, Namibia, Paraguay, Peru, Russian Federation, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Serbia, Kosovo, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Venezuela, South Africa, North Macedonia			0.13 0.132258741258741
Lower-Middle-Income Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Myanmar, Comoros, Congo, Rep., Djibouti, Egypt, El Salvador, Eswatini, Ghana, Honduras, India, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Moldova, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Ukraine, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Uruguay, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Cote d'Ivoire, State of Palestine			0.15 0.152112584175084
Low Income Afghanistan, Chad, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Korea Dem Rep., Congo, Democratic Rep., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Haiti, Malawi, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, Somalia, Rwanda, Togo, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Uganda, Yemen, Central African Republic			0.12 0.120340909090909

Oil Exporting/Importing
Oil Exporting Average Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Chad, China, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Congo, Rep., Congo, Democratic Rep., Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Slovak Republic, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen		0.14 0.141672946570973
Oil Importing Average Afghanistan, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Croatia, Korea Dem Rep., Myanmar, Nauru, Chile, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Haiti, Malawi, Mali, Monaco, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Somalia, Korea, Rep., Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Togo, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Uruguay, Czech Republic, Hong Kong SAR, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, South Africa, State of Palestine, North Macedonia		0.08 0.0755508893280633
Oil Exporting Best	Country	Libya
	Score	0.71 0.713409090909091
	Global Rank	1
Oil Exporting Worst	Country	Netherlands
	Score	0.02 0.0152575757575758
	Global Rank	78
Oil Importing Best	Country	State of Palestine
	Score	0.39 0.388049242424242
	Global Rank	2
Oil Importing Worst	Country	Kosovo
	Score	0 0.000795454545454545
	Global Rank	84

OECD
OECD Average		0.06 0.0640169942669943
OECD Developed Average Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Czech Republic		0.06 0.0633581267217631
OECD Developing Average Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Korea, Rep., Turkey		0.09 0.0931621212121212
OECD Best	Country	New Zealand
	Score	0.24 0.235287878787879
	Global Rank	9
OECD Worst	Country	Luxembourg
	Score	0 0.00363636363636364
	Global Rank	83
OECD Developed Best	Country	New Zealand
	Score	0.24 0.235287878787879
	Global Rank	9
OECD Developed Worst	Country	Luxembourg
	Score	0 0.00363636363636364
	Global Rank	83
OECD Developing Best	Country	Mexico
	Score	0.19 0.188
	Global Rank	15
OECD Developing Worst	Country	Colombia
	Score	0.03 0.0262954545454545
	Global Rank	68

Arab region
Simple Average		0.26
Weighted Average by population		0.11
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Libya
	Score	0.71
	Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Morocco
	Score	0.07
	Rank	43

AMU
Simple Average		0.31
Weighted Average by population		0.2
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Libya
	Score	0.71
	Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Morocco
	Score	0.07
	Rank	43

East Asia and Pacific
Simple Average		0.18
Weighted Average by population		0.22
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Philippines
	Score	0.37
	Rank	3
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Japan
	Score	0.05
	Rank	52

Europe and Central Asia
Simple Average		0.06
Weighted Average by population		0.08
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Russian Federation
	Score	0.26
	Rank	7
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Luxembourg
	Score	0
	Rank	83

Latin America and The Caribbean
Simple Average		0.08
Weighted Average by population		0.08
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Mexico
	Score	0.19
	Rank	15
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Colombia
	Score	0.03
	Rank	68

North America
Simple Average		0.13
Weighted Average by population		0.1
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Canada
	Score	0.16
	Rank	18
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	United States
	Score	0.09
	Rank	33

South Asia
Simple Average		0.21
Weighted Average by population		0.15
Highest Ranked Country	Country	India
	Score	0.21
	Rank	13
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	India
	Score	0.21
	Rank	13

Sub-Saharan Africa
Simple Average		0.06
Weighted Average by population		0
Highest Ranked Country	Country	South Africa
	Score	0.06
	Rank	50
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	South Africa
	Score	0.06
	Rank	50

Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Simple Average		0.19
Weighted Average by population		0.08
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Libya
	Score	0.71
	Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Albania
	Score	0.06
	Rank	49

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