Lebanon's GDP per capita (annual % growth) was -7.6% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.34 percentage points from -7.26% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | -7.6% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | -3.87% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | -7.26% | 2014 |
| Highest | 46.44% | 1991 |
| Lowest | -43.6% | 1989 |
| Average since 2015 | -3.42% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | -43.6% | 1989 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Lebanon's GDP per capita (annual % growth) fell 6.34 percentage points on 2023 (from -1.26% to -7.6%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.54 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 67.68 percentage points in 1990 and the biggest yearly fall was 32.44 percentage points in 1992. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 16% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Lebanon had the 14th highest value of the 14 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | -7.6% | 2024 |
| World | 1.99% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 4.6% | 2025 |
Closest to Lebanon in the 2024 ranking
- Cuba — 10th of 14: -0.7%
- United Arab Emirates — 11th of 14: -0.77%
- Afghanistan — 12th of 14: -0.98%
- New Caledonia — 14th of 14: -14.32%
What this measures
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 36 values
| Year | GDP per capita (annual % growth) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | -7.6 |
| 2023 | -1.26 |
| 2022 | -1.08 |
| 2021 | -7.26 |
| 2020 | -20.13 |
| 2019 | -3.87 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3.57 |
| 2016 | 3.95 |
| 2015 | -1.49 |
| 2014 |
GDP per capita (annual % growth) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — -0.98% (2024)
- Algeria — 2.46% (2025)
- Bahrain — 2.73% (2025)
- Djibouti — 5.11% (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 2.78% (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — -3.72% (2025)
- Iraq — -4.19% (2025)
- Israel — 1.7% (2025)
- Jordan — 3.11% (2025)
- Kuwait — 3.41% (2025)
- Libya — 12.19% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Lebanon
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$33.3 billion (2024)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$9.24 billion (2024)
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$1.42 billion (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$330.71 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$1.43 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$1.75 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$1.75 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$1.75 billion (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Lebanon's GDP per capita (annual % growth)?
- -7.6% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1989?
- It is up 36 percentage points from -43.6% in 1989. The highest value was 46.44% in 1991 and the lowest -43.6% in 1989.
- How does Lebanon rank?
- 14th highest of 14 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in GDP per capita (annual % growth) unusual for Lebanon?
- In 2024, Lebanon's GDP per capita (annual % growth) fell 6.34 percentage points on 2023 (from -1.26% to -7.6%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.54 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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