Country facts
- Total population: 6.1 million
- People displaced by crisis: 1.5 million Syrians (1 in 4 people)
- Rank in Human Development Index: 112 of 191
IRC response
- Started work in Lebanon: 2012
- People assisted in 2018: 84,000
Breaking point
Lebanon
The International Rescue Committee provides support to Syrian refugees struggling to get by in Lebanon and the resource-strapped Lebanese communities hosting them. We also responded to the explosion in Beirut in 2020.
