Non-Lebanese Property Ownership: 39 Million m2 Owned by 79,000 Foreigners
Non-Lebanese Property Ownership:
39 Million m2 Owned
by 79,000 Foreigners
Property ownership by foreigners remains a major concern for government officials, municipalities, and citizens as it might radically change the identity of some “Christian areas” witnessing large property acquisitions. A draft law was submitted by parliamentary and political forces to prevent sects from selling land to each other, yet it was not passed.
Current Situation
Based on the current figures, the total area owned by non-Lebanese until mid-July 2017 amounted to around 39 million m2 (square meters), distributed across all Lebanese Aqdiya as illustrated in the table below.
The table shows the following:
- The largest area owned by non-Lebanese is in the Qada’a of Baabda, amounting to around 5 million m2. It represents 2.57% of the area of the Qada’a, i.e. very close to the legal limit (3%). This means that the remaining area to be acquired by non-Lebanese is very small in this Qada’a. It is followed by the Qada’a of Aley, where the ownership proportion stands at 2.19%, then by the Qada’a of Matn at 1.8%.
- Despite the Syrian war and instability in Lebanon, the area owned by foreigners increased from 15.8 million m2 in 2006 to 35 million m2 in 2011 and 39 million m2 in July 2017, i.e. around 4 million m2 from 2011 to 2017. The overall area is owned by 79,000 foreigners.
Note: The calculated area does not include the foreigners’ properties that are not registered at the Cadastre. This means that the area owned by foreigners is larger than what is mentioned in the table.
Table showing the non-Lebanese property ownership between 1-1-1969 and 18-7-2017.
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Total area owned by non-Lebanese until July 2017 |
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Mohafaza |
Qada’a |
Area of Qada’a (m2) |
Total area owned by non-Lebanese from 1-1-1969 to 4-5-2006 (m2) |
Total area owned by non-Lebanese from 1-1-1969 to 18-2-2011 (m2) |
Number of Owners |
Area (m2) |
Percent of Qada’a area % |
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Nabatieh |
Bint Jbeil |
325,000,000 |
0 |
0 |
227 |
356,426 |
0.149 |
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Nabatieh |
Marjeyoun |
330,000,000 |
5,558 |
1,334,776 |
1,131 |
847,107 |
0.188 |
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Nabatieh |
Nabatieh |
270,000,000 |
62,428 |
253,021 |
6,122 |
1,646,065 |
0.610 |
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Nabatieh |
Hasbaya |
290,000,000 |
0 |
21,263 |
1,614 |
856,726 |
0.314 |
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Beqa’a |
Hermel |
381,665,497 |
65,765 |
473,326 |
585 |
314,535 |
0.182 |
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Beqa’a |
Western Beqa’a |
480,000,000 |
80,869 |
478,702 |
93 |
25,494 |
0.016 |
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Beqa’a |
Baalbeck |
2,412,000,000 |
298,270 |
1,711,724 |
223 |
67,239 |
0.036 |
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Beqa’a |
Rashaya |
530,000,000 |
19,305 |
98,811 |
3,745 |
1,380,770 |
0.321 |
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Beqa’a |
Zahle |
423,215,093 |
1,028,211 |
2,699,395 |
553 |
409,803 |
0.49 |
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Total area owned by non-Lebanese until July 2017 |
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Mohafaza |
Qada’a |
Area of Qada’a (m2) |
Total area owned by non-Lebanese from 1-1-1969 to 4-5-2006 (m2) |
Total area owned by non-Lebanese from 1-1-1969 to 18-2-2011 (m2) |
Number of Owners |
Area (m2) |
Percent of Qada’a area % |
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South Lebanon |
Sour |
450,000,000 |
303,859 |
388,872 |
402 |
358,356 |
0.133 |
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South Lebanon |
Saida |
270,000,000 |
1,106,399 |
1,765,702 |
16 |
8,778 |
0.003 |
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South Lebanon |
Jezzine |
240,000,000 |
22,983 |
285,233 |
34 |
31,460 |
0.011 |
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North Lebanon |
Batroun |
273,000,000 |
243,092 |
822,848 |
153 |
1,338,699 |
0.406 |
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North Lebanon |
Zgharta |
185,000,000 |
40,635 |
42,051 |
16,174 |
1,201,690 |
6.751 |
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North Lebanon |
Trablous |
430,000,000 |
375,747 |
935,523 |
4,348 |
2,790,957 |
0.594 |
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North Lebanon |
Koura |
172,449,251 |
207,026 |
365,019 |
9,975 |
4,958,785 |
1.837 |
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North Lebanon |
Bsharri |
160,000,000 |
11,175 |
24,702 |
11,065 |
4,885,310 |
2.571 |
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North Lebanon |
Akkar |
840,000,000 |
215,514 |
327,208 |
937 |
1,432,786 |
0.363 |
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Beirut |
Beirut |
17,800,065 |
896,762 |
1,164,413 |
11,390 |
5,912,731 |
2.190 |
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Mount Lebanon |
Jbeil |
395,000,000 |
252,556 |
1,323,085 |
4,468 |
1,281,809 |
0.394 |
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Mount Lebanon |
Kessrouan |
325,000,000 |
787,042 |
1,327,865 |
777 |
765,026 |
0.159 |
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Mount Lebanon |
Aley |
270,000,000 |
3,405,153 |
5,812,570 |
64 |
484,585 |
0.127 |
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Mount Lebanon |
Matn |
270,000,000 |
1,403,890 |
5,607,192 |
1,456 |
4,949,114 |
0.205 |
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Mount Lebanon |
Shouf |
470,000,000 |
1,286,743 |
2,647,177 |
157 |
117,043 |
0.022 |
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Mount Lebanon |
Baabda |
190,000,000 |
3,735,479 |
5,014,217 |
3,263 |
2,354,665 |
0.556 |
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Lebanon |
10,400,129,906 |
15,854,461 |
34,924,696 |
78,972 |
38,775,959 |
0.373 |
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