Summary
- Lebanon → Turkey
- $197million
- Turkey → Lebanon
- $1.1billion
- Lebanon’s balance
- -$936million
Balance
Lebanon’s trade balance with Turkey
Trade between Lebanon and Turkey grew 7.4-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Lebanon’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.2
- Imports 1.1
- Balance -0.9
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $20 million | $159 million | -$139 million |
| 1996 | $27 million | $182 million | -$154 million |
| 1997 | $41 million | $199 million | -$158 million |
| 1998 | $35 million | $193 million | -$159 million |
| 1999 | $17 million | $195 million | -$178 million |
| 2000 | $31 million | $187 million | -$157 million |
| 2001 | $36 million | $263 million | -$227 million |
| 2002 | $54 million | $268 million | -$214 million |
| 2003 | $107 million | $245 million | -$138 million |
| 2004 | $236 million | $281 million | -$45 million |
| 2005 | $229 million | $220 million | $9 million |
| 2006 | $201 million | $293 million | -$92 million |
| 2007 | $196 million | $436 million | -$240 million |
| 2008 | $299 million | $727 million | -$428 million |
| 2009 | $192 million | $680 million | -$488 million |
| 2010 | $377 million | $717 million | -$340 million |
| 2011 | $293 million | $887 million | -$593 million |
| 2012 | $179 million | $1 billion | -$841 million |
| 2013 | $212 million | $1.1 billion | -$872 million |
| 2014 | $235 million | $776 million | -$541 million |
| 2015 | $125 million | $727 million | -$602 million |
| 2016 | $101 million | $744 million | -$644 million |
| 2017 | $273 million | $977 million | -$704 million |
| 2018 | $260 million | $892 million | -$632 million |
| 2019 | $76 million | $998 million | -$922 million |
| 2020 | $101 million | $894 million | -$793 million |
| 2021 | $101 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2022 | $162 million | $2.5 billion | -$2.4 billion |
| 2023 | $253 million | $1.5 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2024 | $197 million | $1.1 billion | -$936 million |
What they sell each other
What Lebanon sells to Turkey
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Turkey sells to Lebanon
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Beirut and Istanbul is 869 nautical miles (1,610 km) long: ≈ 2–2.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Dardanelles.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Turkey was Lebanon’s 5th largest trading partner (6% of its trade), and Lebanon was Turkey’s 60th (0.2%).
- Turkey in Lebanon’s trade
- 6%
- Turkey’s rank among Lebanon’s partners
- 5th
- Lebanon in Turkey’s trade
- 0.2%
- Lebanon’s rank among Turkey’s partners
- 60th
Compare with
Other partners of Lebanon
Other partners of Turkey
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.