The Beck Anxiety Inventory was administered to 202 Lebanese and 557 Canadian students at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon and at the University of Calgary, CanadThe students were separated into male and female subgroups and comparisons were made on the basis of total symptom scores as well as subscale scores reflecting neurophysiological, subjective, panic, and autonomic symptoms. On all comparisons, Lebanese students obtained significantly higher scores than the Canadian students. One-way ANOVA tests across the subscales indicated that the Lebanese female students consistently, received the highest symptom scores. Symptoms which differentiated the Lebanese students from the Canadian student in descending order of significance, were feeling hot, unable to relax, terrified, dizzy, and lightheaded, and difficulty breathing.