• UNDP Latest Poverty Assessment Report: 30% of Lebanese are Poor
  • 17 sep 2018

    UNDP Latest Poverty Assessment Report: 30% of Lebanese are Poor

     

    The last “Rapid Poverty Assessment in Lebanon” report conducted by UNDP was back in 2008 back when the Syrian Crisis hadn’t begun yet. That’s why a more recent one was conducted over a year ago and the numbers were even more alarming than 8 years ago:

     

    You can find bellow the MTV report and a summary of the full report


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBXeSO-JQZU


    – 30% (or 1.5M individuals) of the Lebanese population live on less than 4$/day or 120$/month
    – About 300,000 are considered extremely poor and live on less than 2.5$/day (unable to meet their basic food needs)

    You can find above the MTV report and below a summary of the full report:

    3% of the population own more than $100,000

    – 30% of the population own between $10,000 and $100,000
    – The remaining 67% own less than $10,000

    % Poverty across Lebanon:
    – 16% in Beirut
    – 22% in Mount Lebanon
    – 25% in Nabatieh
    – 32% in the South
    – 36% in the North
    – 38% in the Bekaa Valley