In its quarterly survey of the country risk level in 186 countries, the Euromoney Group ranked Lebanon in 101st place worldwide and in 11th place among 19 Arab countries in the third quarter of 2018. Also, Lebanon came in 29th place among 53 upper middle-income countries (UMICs) included in the survey. Lebanon's global and regional ranks were unchanged from the second quarter of 2018. The survey evaluates individual country risk by assigning a weighting to six categories that cover Political Risks, Economic Performance, Access to Bank Finance & Capital Markets, Debt Indicators, Credit Ratings, and Structural Assessment. A higher score reflects a lower country risk level.  

Globally, Lebanon had a lower country risk level than Kenya, Ecuador and Angola, and a higher risk level than Gabon, Egypt and the Dominican Republic among economies with a GDP of $10bn or more. It also ranked ahead of Ecuador and Jamaica, and came behind Gabon and the Dominican Republic among UMICs. Lebanon's global rank improved by one spot on the Structural Assessment category in the third quarter of 2018, while it was unchanged on the Credit Ratings, Political Risks,  Economic Performance, Debt Indicators, and the Access to Bank Finance & Capital Markets categories. 

Lebanon received a score of 37.6 points in the third quarter of 2018, unchanged from the preceding quarter. Lebanon's score came below the global average score of 43.2 points and the average score of 38.8 points for UMICs and of 39.2 for Arab countries. Also, its score was lower than the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries' average score of 58.8 points, but it came above the average score of non-GCC Arab countries of 30.1 points.