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Countdown Indicators Breakdown

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) is a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to monitor global food systems. The Countdown developed a framework that includes five themes: (1) diets, nutrition, and health; (2) environment, natural resources, and production; (3) livelihoods, poverty, and equity; (4) governance; and (5) resilience and identified 50 indicators across these themes. This page presents national level data for these 50 indicators for Lebanon.

Lebanon income group: Upper Middle Income
Comparison
Lebanon
Northern Africa & Western Asia
World

Diets, Nutrition, and Health

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cost of a healthy diet
6.25 PPP dollar/capita/day
Percent of the population who cannot afford a healthy diet
4%
Availability of fruits
270.8 g/capita/day
Availability of vegetables
418.1 g/capita/day
Percent of the population using safely managed drinking water services (SDG 6.1.1)
48%
Retail value (total sales) of ultra-processed foods per capita
157.9 USD/capita
MDD-W: Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (SDG 2.2.4)
56%
All-5: Consumption of all five food groups
26%
Age 15+: Soft drink consumption
16%
Age 15+: NCD-Protect
3.2
Age 15+: NCD-Risk
1.2
Age 15+: Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
11%
Prevalence of undernourishment (SDG 2.1.1)
9%
Percent of the population experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity (SDG 2.1.2)
42%
MDD-C: Minimum Dietary Diversity for Children (SDG 2.2.4)
26%
Children (6-23 months): Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
36% population 6-23 months
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Environment, Natural Resources, and Production

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cropland nitrogen use efficiency
56%
Cereals yield
0.241530 tonnes/ha
Fruit yield
1.584100 tonnes/ha
Vegetable yield
2.444300 tonnes/ha
Cow's milk yield
54,424 100 g/animal
Beef yield
21.4 kg/animal
Fishery health index progress score
1.8
Agri-food systems greenhouse gas emissions
7,268.7 kT CO2eq
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cereals (excluding rice)
0.1 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for rice
No Data
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cow's milk
0.3 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for beef
1.0 kg CO2eq/kg product
Cropland area change
0% change
Functional integrity: Agricultural land with minimum level of natural habitat
50% agricultural land
Agriculture water withdrawal as percent of total renewable water resources
16%
Pesticide use per area of cropland
6.6 kg/ha
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Livelihoods, Poverty, and Equity

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Share of agriculture in GDP (SDG 2.a.1)
4% GDP
Unemployment rate (Rural)
12% working age population
Underemployment rate (Rural)
No Data
Social protection coverage
55% population
Social protection adequacy
No Data
Percent of children 5-17 years engaged in child labor
No Data
Share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land (SDG 5.a.1)
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Governance

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Civil society participation index
0.8
Percent of the urban population living in cities signed onto the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
0%
Degree of legal recognition of the right to food
None
Presence of a national food system transformation pathway
Yes
Government effectiveness index
-1.6
Food safety capacity
60.0
Presence of national health-related food environment policies
None
V-Dem accountability index
0.6
Open budget index score
17.1
Guarantees for public access to information (SDG 16.10.2)
Yes
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Resilience

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Ratio of total damages from all disasters to GDP
0.047
Dietary sourcing flexibility index
0.9
Mobile cellular subscriptions
76.7 Number per 100 people
Social capital index
0.118220
Proportion of agricultural land with minimum level of species diversity (crop and pasture)
43% agricultural land
Number of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities (SDG 2.5.1a)
2,358.0
Number of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities (SDG 2.5.1b)
0.0
Prevalence of severe coping strategies
0.4
Food price volatility
0.4
Food supply variability
39.0 kcal/capita/day
Less Desirable
More Desirable