Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$16.62 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$26 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$2.2 billion received (2003), out of the $4.2 billion in soft loans
pledged at the November 2002 Paris II Aid Conference
Currency (code):
Lebanese pound (LBP)
Currency code:
LBP
Exchange rates:
Lebanese pounds per US dollar - 1,507.5 (2005), 1,507.5 (2004),
1,507.5 (2003), 1,507.5 (2002), 1,507.5 (2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Lebanon
Telephones - main lines in use:
990,000 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
990,000 (2005)