Historical Prices in Beirut

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Restaurants

Year	Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant	Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course	McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal)
2023	10.62	50.50	7.35
2022	7.63	51.38	6.02
2021	20.06	118.43	15.70
2020	15.32	68.09	12.78
2019	12.26	60.48	8.77
2018	10.55	52.49	8.81
2017	12.72	56.90	8.68
2016	11.14	54.46	8.19
2015	12.06	61.64	8.43
2014	10.73	59.41	7.99
2013	11.83	56.54	8.79
2012	13.01	52.85	8.38
2011	17.44	49.88	7.58
2010	16.67	22.50	5.00

Year	Domestic Beer (0.5 liter draught)	Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle)	Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle)	Water (0.33 liter bottle)	Cappuccino (regular)
2023	2.75	4.25	1.61	1.20	2.39
2022	2.53	3.44	-	-	2.17
2021	6.92	8.32	3.20	1.42	7.40
2020	4.61	5.95	1.90	0.68	5.01
2019	3.79	4.77	0.95	0.53	4.37
2018	3.35	4.72	0.99	0.45	3.40
2017	2.48	4.07	0.82	0.43	3.72
2016	1.76	3.69	0.81	0.54	3.55
2015	1.53	3.37	0.67	0.47	3.19
2014	2.22	3.55	0.85	0.68	4.27
2013	2.50	3.73	0.70	0.58	3.50
2012	2.41	4.04	0.80	1.18	3.36
2011	1.84	2.71	0.80	1.39	3.38
2010	1.00	2.00	0.43	-	-

Markets

Year	Milk (regular), (1 liter)	Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g)	Eggs (regular) (12)	Water (1.5 liter bottle)	Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle)	Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle)
2023	1.62	0.78	2.55	0.40	1.18	1.56
2022	2.58	-	2.14	0.42	-	2.80
2021	6.27	1.34	9.44	1.21	4.21	5.02
2020	3.89	1.04	5.63	1.12	2.27	3.08
2019	2.13	0.94	3.31	0.75	1.67	2.41
2018	2.28	1.08	2.76	0.86	1.13	1.85
2017	2.21	0.91	3.71	0.70	1.17	2.05
2016	2.02	0.85	3.12	0.80	1.30	2.00
2015	2.06	0.84	3.19	0.61	1.06	2.19
2014	1.71	0.80	3.05	0.69	1.26	2.14
2013	1.97	0.91	2.90	0.81	1.10	1.90
2012	2.00	0.86	3.08	1.02	1.03	1.69
2011	2.17	0.72	2.25	0.80	1.10	1.50
2010	1.67	1.00	1.67	0.70	0.83	1.67

Year	Apples (1kg)	Oranges (1kg)	Potato (1kg)	Lettuce (1 head)	Rice (white), (1kg)	Tomato (1kg)	Banana (1kg)	Onion (1kg)
2023	1.57	0.84	0.81	0.70	1.68	1.07	1.45	0.91
2022	1.37	1.06	0.86	0.71	1.96	1.22	-	0.87
2021	5.27	4.09	2.88	1.92	6.97	3.41	3.77	2.63
2020	3.24	2.45	1.73	1.67	3.79	2.61	2.91	2.03
2019	2.03	1.32	0.95	0.81	1.61	1.15	1.38	1.05
2018	1.96	1.52	0.95	1.33	1.92	1.41	1.42	1.01
2017	1.77	1.17	1.02	0.92	2.30	1.43	1.17	0.86
2016	1.82	1.29	0.97	0.88	2.17	1.31	1.36	0.96
2015	2.21	1.91	0.80	0.95	2.16	1.28	1.50	0.79
2014	2.25	1.43	0.96	0.90	2.17	1.64	-	-
2013	1.98	1.85	1.10	0.90	1.67	1.41	-	-
2012	1.85	1.67	0.91	1.24	1.62	1.87	-	-
2011	2.00	1.25	0.80	1.40	-	-	-	-
2010	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Local Cheese (1kg)	Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range)	Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro)	Chicken Fillets (1kg)	Beef Round (1kg) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat)
2023	10.18	6.09	2.11	7.87	10.63
2022	-	6.40	2.87	6.33	12.65
2021	24.23	24.13	9.26	25.36	50.85
2020	12.25	20.14	5.29	13.96	28.79
2019	12.60	12.11	2.51	9.12	13.24
2018	9.76	11.07	2.52	7.89	14.08
2017	9.23	10.72	2.21	9.20	12.76
2016	7.75	11.25	2.19	7.93	11.82
2015	7.89	10.90	2.07	7.29	12.32
2014	9.50	12.83	2.20	7.83	-
2013	8.45	9.44	1.89	7.62	-
2012	8.11	12.71	1.75	9.01	-
2011	7.67	8.67	1.80	4.75	-
2010	3.67	3.67	1.33	4.50	-

Rent Per Month

Year	Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre	Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre	Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre	Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre
2023	895.00	416.67	2150.00	1000.00
2022	570.00	287.50	1316.67	750.00
2021	1086.14	522.14	2008.21	1216.86
2020	950.65	462.95	1920.82	841.68
2019	833.09	461.78	1958.36	886.43
2018	977.19	515.15	2285.21	982.23
2017	1059.65	597.37	2470.99	979.73
2016	1202.08	551.79	2455.97	1046.33
2015	1271.01	658.60	2812.27	1277.11
2014	906.25	528.57	2222.22	1068.75
2013	802.96	522.79	2279.40	1158.08
2012	864.35	559.03	2225.69	1125.24
2011	916.67	400.00	2000.00	900.00
2010	1100.00	683.33	2180.00	1213.33

Buy Apartment Price

Year	Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment in City Centre	Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre
2023	-	-
2022	-	-
2021	-	1298.89
2020	4090.88	1694.91
2019	4057.96	1808.45
2018	4632.35	1779.56
2017	5715.38	2021.85
2016	4547.55	1900.47
2015	5328.19	2165.34
2014	5937.50	2375.00
2013	5609.23	2294.34
2012	5026.74	1965.01
2011	5166.67	2300.00
2010	8000.00	2500.00

Salaries And Financing

Transportation

Year	One-way Ticket (Local Transport)	Gasoline (1 liter)
2023	-	0.85
2022	-	1.13
2021	2.54	1.31
2020	1.67	0.92
2019	1.31	0.89
2018	1.48	0.95
2017	1.39	0.87
2016	1.33	0.75
2015	1.34	0.84
2014	1.37	1.17
2013	1.22	1.18
2012	1.28	1.27
2011	1.44	1.22
2010	-	1.00

Salaries And Financing

Utilities (Monthly)

Year	Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 85m2 Apartment	Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL)	Mobile Phone Monthly Plan with Calls and 10GB+ Data
2023	281.79	-	57.66
2022	229.75	-	-
2021	230.17	52.96	-
2020	158.37	51.94	-
2019	143.70	62.62	-
2018	151.12	47.18	-
2017	143.64	53.00	-
2016	141.80	69.46	-
2015	144.86	64.86	-
2014	153.61	68.86	-
2013	163.63	69.59	-
2012	203.35	62.61	-
2011	116.67	46.67	-
2010	250.00	56.67	-

Sports And Leisure

Year	Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult	Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend)	Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat
2023	72.86	-	7.17
2022	-	-	-
2021	95.91	34.20	13.31
2020	77.35	24.17	11.04
2019	77.24	29.40	10.28
2018	69.93	30.12	9.98
2017	81.56	23.81	10.27
2016	73.43	19.94	9.65
2015	87.05	23.49	9.39
2014	78.46	24.75	9.99
2013	70.81	17.25	8.82
2012	60.35	12.75	7.99
2011	90.00	13.00	7.67
2010	80.00	25.00	7.00

Clothing And Shoes

Year	1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar)	1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...)	1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range)	1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes
2023	92.50	57.50	112.00	107.50
2022	-	-	-	-
2021	159.56	207.53	246.03	249.25
2020	77.83	63.30	165.33	127.08
2019	69.40	49.38	113.28	118.89
2018	73.99	51.53	111.01	116.84
2017	97.16	52.28	120.53	138.65
2016	82.62	50.26	124.89	174.71
2015	90.50	47.29	128.04	159.18
2014	79.00	55.99	113.09	145.86
2013	74.82	53.12	105.11	110.40
2012	87.55	67.50	120.64	105.82
2011	80.00	66.67	166.67	126.67
2010	36.00	64.50	88.00	79.50

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