Life expectancy
77.9 · 2024
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Lebanon
$3,478GDP per capita · 2023
Long-run GDP per capita
Real GDP per capita in 2011 international dollars, 1820–2022. Maddison Project Database 2023.
Economic events
Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.
- 1873–1879Long Depression
- 1918–1920Influenza pandemic
- 1929–1939Great Depression
- 1973–19741973 oil crisis
- 19791979 oil crisis
- 1997–1998Asian financial crisis
- 2000–2002Dot-com crash
- 2008–2009Global financial crisis
- 2010–2012European sovereign-debt crisis
- 2020–2021COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022Global inflation surge
Demographics
Population
5.8M · 2024
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Population growth
0.6% · 2024
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Urban population
90.7% · 2024
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Environment
CO₂ per capita
1.9 · 2024
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External
Current account balance
-28.1% · 2023
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Current account balance (IMF)
-22.5% · 2025
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Government
Central government debt
128.6% · 1999
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Government gross debt
139.4% · 2025
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Labour
Unemployment
11.0% · 2023
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Unemployment rate (IMF)
11.5% · 2023
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Output & growth
GDP
$20.1B · 2023
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GDP (IMF)
$34.5B · 2025
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GDP (PPP)
Int’l$ 70.2B · 2025
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GDP growth
-0.8% · 2023
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GDP per capita
$3,478 · 2023
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GDP per capita (IMF)
$6,443 · 2025
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GNI per capita
$3,700 · 2023
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Real GDP growth
4.0% · 2025
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Prices
Inflation (CPI)
45.2% · 2024
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Inflation (avg CPI)
14.6% · 2025
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Society
Income inequality (Gini)
35.5 · 2022
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Internet users
80.6% · 2024
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Trade
Exports
30.6% · 2023
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Imports
73.7% · 2023
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Trade
104.2% · 2023
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