Kenya vs Lebanon: Economic Indicators Comparison

Kenya with a GDP of $87.9B ranked the 66th largest economy in the world, while Lebanon ranked 81st with $56.6B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Kenya and Lebanon ranked 25th vs 156th and 153rd vs 83rd, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatKenyaLebanon
GDP$87.9B$56.6B
GDP growth, 1 year6%0.3%
GDP growth, 5-years average5.6%0.9%
Population48.5M6.1M
GDP per capita$1.7k$8.3k
GDP per capita growth3.9%-0.34%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor49.97953.03
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.490.63
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$3.7k$15k
GNI, Atlas method$83.1B$54.2B
GNI per capita$1.6k$7.9k
GNI, PPP adjusted$176.7B$89.1B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$3.4k$13k

Financial system and Human development

StatKenyaLebanon
Income Tax Rate30%20%
Corporate Tax Rate30%17%
Inflation, consumer prices4.7%6.1%
Inflation, GDP deflator2.8%5.9%
Unemployment9.3%6.2%
Economic Freedom Index55.351.7
Personal Freedom Index6.486.29
Human Freedom Index6.616.72
Property Rights Index63.244.6
Judical Effectiveness Index48.630.8
Business Freedom Index5545.6
Fiscal Health Index13.50
Labor Freedom Index55.847.8
Investment Freedom Index5560
Financial Freedom Index5050
Trade Freedom Index60.477.4
Monetary Freedom Index7575.6
Government Spending Index79.672.5
Tax Burden Index78.790.8
Government Integrity Index28.225
Corruption Perceptions Index2728
Life expectancy at birth, years65.978.8
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people3.23.3
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people27.818.1
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people54
International tourism, number of arrivals1.4M2M

Government debt & reserves

StatKenyaLebanon
Central government debt, % of GDP57.2%150.9%
External debt stocks, % of GNI36.1%145.1%
External debt stocks$31.5B$79.3B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves31.1%10.6%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income22.6%72.1%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI-2.2%-16.9%
Gross savings, % of GDP10.5%5.5%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP18.4%19.5%
Total reserves including gold$8.2B$52.4B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$1.6B$2.6B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatKenyaLebanon
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP13.2%23.3%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP23%39.6%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$5B-$12.4B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP22%19.8%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$1.5B$1.2B
Personal remittances received$2.7B$6.9B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP16.4%14.1%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP34.2%2.9%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$206.8M$15.7M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$68.6M$17.7M
Expense, % of GDP26.2%25.8%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP26.1%30.3%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Kenya vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Vietnam
$2.6k
94.7M
Egypt
$2.5k
94.8M
Laos
$2.5k
6.86M
Honduras
$2.5k
9.27M
Ghana
$2.2k
26.9M
Congo
$2.1k
5.26M
Zimbabwe
$2.1k
16.5M
Solomon Islands
$2.1k
611k
East Timor
$2k
1.3M
Syria
$2k
18.3M
Nicaragua
$2k
6.22M
Nigeria
$2k
191M
India
$2k
1.33B
Sao Tome and Principe
$2k
204k
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M
Senegal
$1.5k
15.9M
Cambodia
$1.5k
16M
Pakistan
$1.5k
197M
Comoros
$1.4k
824k
Myanmar
$1.3k
53.4M
Lesotho
$1.3k
2.23M
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M

Lebanon vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Russia
$11k
147M
Mauritius
$11k
1.26M
Grenada
$11k
108k
Saint Lucia
$11k
179k
Maldives
$10k
436k
Equatorial Guinea
$10k
1.27M
Nauru
$9.9k
13.7k
Kazakhstan
$9.8k
18.3M
China
$9.8k
1.41B
Mexico
$9.7k
131M
Turkey
$9.4k
82M
Bulgaria
$9.3k
7M
Brazil
$8.9k
210M
Montenegro
$8.8k
622k
Cuba
$8.8k
11.5M
Botswana
$8.3k
2.29M
Dominican Republic
$8.1k
10.4M
Gabon
$8k
2.03M
Dominica
$7.7k
73.9k
Saint Vincent
$7.4k
110k
Thailand
$7.3k
65.9M
Serbia
$7.2k
7.02M
Libya
$7.2k
6.68M
Turkmenistan
$7k
5.85M
Peru
$6.9k
29.4M
Colombia
$6.7k
49.1M
South Africa
$6.4k
57.7M
Ecuador
$6.3k
16.6M
Belarus
$6.3k
9.41M
Fiji
$6.3k
906k