El Salvador vs Lebanon

El Salvador and Lebanon compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• El Salvador and Lebanon have about the same number of people: 6.4 million and 5.8 million in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Lebanon (14.6%) than in El Salvador (0.3%), a difference of 14.3 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Lebanon can expect to live 5.6 years longer than one born in El Salvador: 77.9 years against 72.3 years in 2024.
• The population of Lebanon is older: half of its people are over 28.3 years, against 27 years in El Salvador in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Lebanon (80.6%) than in El Salvador (66.5%), a difference of 14.1 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Lebanon (1.9 tonnes) are 27% higher than in El Salvador (1.5 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in El Salvador (33%) than in Lebanon (13.8%), a difference of 19.2 percentage points in 2024.