Lebanon is a unitary parliamentary republic in which offices are divided among recognised religious communities. Its government under President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam faces economic crisis, a postponed 2026 election and tensions over Hezbollah's weapons.
In the 12 Axes register, Lebanon leans hardest on Collectivize – Privatize: Privatize 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Lebanon sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Unitary
Unitary state; power shared among sects, not regions
Centrist
Parliament elections postponed to 2028
Liberal
Free press, defamation laws used
Non-Interventionist
Arab League member, formally non-aligned
Neutral
Army weak, Hezbollah arms disputed
Polyculturalist
Confessional quotas for recognised communities
Capitalist
Open economy, banking sector dominant
Free Market
Minimal state intervention, post-2019 crisis
Globalist
Open trade, dollarised economy
Spiritual
Eighteen recognised sects share offices
Conservative
Personal status law run by sects
Neutral
No distinct state stance
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Collectivize – Privatize
On Collectivize – Privatize, Lebanon is at Privatize 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Lebanon is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · freedomhouse.org
Map: Eli+ 00:28, 15 January 2012 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
