47%
Complete Arabic RTL root
8 of 17. Sets an Arabic lang value and dir="rtl" on the HTML element.
13 pp below full sample
Country report · .lb
17 measured sitesLebanon Arabic and RTL website statistics
A measured view of how ranked .lb homepages implement Arabic language metadata, document direction, logical CSS, web fonts, and search-friendly markup.
Dataset v3 · collected July 24, 2026 · domains anonymized
Direct answer
47% set a complete Arabic RTL document root
8 of 17 measured .lb homepages set both an Arabic language value and dir="rtl" on the HTML element. That places Lebanon 9 of 11 publishable country samples for this implementation signal. Rankings are descriptive and sensitive to the sample.
Country benchmark
Lebanon compared with the full sample
59%
Arabic language metadata
10 of 17. Declares Arabic using an HTML language tag.
16 pp below full sample
47%
Root RTL direction
8 of 17. Declares dir="rtl" on the HTML element.
16 pp below full sample
12%
Logical CSS dominant
2 of 17. Uses more logical than physical directional CSS properties.
7 pp above full sample
47%
Arabic web font
8 of 17. Deliberately loads an Arabic-supporting web font.
12 pp below full sample
59%
Canonical link
10 of 17. Publishes a canonical URL in the initial server response.
4 pp above full sample
65%
Meta description
11 of 17. Publishes a meta description in the initial response.
4 pp below full sample
18%
JSON-LD
3 of 17. Publishes JSON-LD structured data.
17 pp below full sample
Strongest measured signal
Meta description: 65%
This is the highest-adoption signal among the eight indicators summarized in this country report. It describes technical presence, not implementation quality.
Largest opportunity
Logical CSS dominant: 12%
This is the least-adopted measured signal. Teams should verify relevance against their own pages before treating it as a remediation priority.
Country comparison
Comparable country samples
Interpretation limits
What this report can—and cannot—say
The sample includes ranked .lb homepages returning substantial Arabic content. It does not cover every website hosted in Lebanon, domains using other TLDs, internal pages, or JavaScript changes after the initial response. Country percentages can move as the ranked list and qualifying sample change.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How many Lebanese websites use RTL correctly at the document root?
8 of 17 measured .lb homepages (47%) set both an Arabic language and dir="rtl" on the HTML element. This is a ranked ccTLD sample, not a census of every website in Lebanon.
Is this representative of every website in Lebanon?
No. The report measures 17 qualifying Arabic-language homepages from the .lb portion of the Tranco ranked-domain list. It describes this sample and should not be generalized to every Lebanese website.
Why compare percentage points rather than relative percentages?
Percentage-point differences make adoption rates directly comparable. A rate of 70% versus 60% is 10 percentage points higher; describing that as a relative percentage can exaggerate the practical gap.