Myth-Busting Lebanese Wealth ?

A widely circulated fact in Lebanon is that the Lebanese who live abroad make much more money than those who live in the mainland. A new study by the Center for Global Development exposes the real figures for the first time.

So far, all previous studies made on average incomes were country-centric. That means that all figures relate to what is being produced in the country itself. But now, a new statistic by the Center for Global Development measures the average incomes of people who are born in a certain country, not those of people who live in it

After looking at the paper, I made this table for Arab countries’ “income per naturals”:

It turns out that the average Lebanese makes outside of Lebanon 31.6% more than he or she makes inside of Lebanon. A league of our own if we compare the figure to other Arab countries.