Lebanon

Response to the United Nations national accounts questionnaire from the Administration Centrale de la Statistique, Conseil des ministres du plan, Beyrouth. The official estimates were published annually by the Administration Centrale de la Statistique in "Les Comptes Economiques." For the period 1997 to 2010, the publication Economic Accounts of Lebanon (EAL) was prepared by a unit in the Office of the President of the Council of Ministers. These annual accounts and the estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) in particular, were compiled by establishing “benchmark” estimates for the year 1997 and by using a specific set of available annual statistics to produce estimates for subsequent years. As the responsibility for preparing and publishing the national accounts was transferred back to CAS in line with government decision, the opportunity was seized to prepare a new benchmark and develop a new system for compiling the estimates annually, based on data previously unavailable or not used - a work done with the help of European Union Twinning project started in 2010 and completed this year under a consultancy funded by UNDP.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Decent Work and Economic Growth

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure