Lebanon
Capital: Beirut · Lower middle income · Pop. 5.8 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Lebanon, 47.7% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 3.0 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 25.67% use safely managed sanitation services and 99.2% have at least a basic service (2024).
Lebanon has about 836 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year — below the ~1,000 m³ threshold widely used to define water scarcity. It withdraws the equivalent of 38% of those internal resources annually (medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 38% of Lebanon's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Lebanon have safe drinking water?
47.7% of Lebanon's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 3.0 million people do not.
Does Lebanon have enough freshwater?
Lebanon has roughly 836 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 38% of it annually (medium stress).