Arab AI Governance Lab

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Lebanon LBN

Regulatory maturity stage: Nascent   Index: 29.8 (rank 13/19)   Levant and Iraq  

Lebanon is placed at the Nascent stage in the 2025 release. National AI strategy: None coded; dedicated governance bodies: 0; AI-relevant regulations: 0; data protection law: None coded.

National AI strategy
None coded
Dedicated AI governance bodies
0
AI-relevant regulations
0
Data protection law
None coded
International frameworks referenced
0
OECD.AI registered initiatives
0

Index pillars

Regulation0.0
Readiness34.3
Digital government54.5
Cybersecurity30.4

Indicators

Position among Arab League states with data

Oxford Insights AI readiness, 202534.26
UN E-Government Development Index, 2024rank 1260.5449
Human Capital Index, 20240.5433
ITU Global Cybersecurity Index30.44
National Cyber Security Indexn/a
Internet users, 2023 (% of population)83.49
AI publications, 202324

Trends

AI readiness score

2020: 35.912023: 47.622025: 34.2635.9134.2620202025

Human Capital Index

2018: 0.6652020: 0.6572022: 0.6662024: 0.5430.6650.54320182024

AI publications per year

2020: 292021: 272022: 282023: 24292420202023

Typology coding

Governance type
To be defined
Regulatory approach
To be defined
Enforcement model
To be defined
Sovereignty posture
To be defined
International alignment
To be defined
Cluster label (M3)
Fragile or conflict-affected context

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Cite this profile

Arab AI Governance Lab (2025). Lebanon: country profile. https://arablab.ai/countries/lebanon/ Data: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MOVIFA

 

Sources: Oxford Insights; UN DESA; World Bank WDI; ITU; e-Governance Academy; OECD.AI; Lab coding (F1, M3).