Lebanon's manufacturing, value added (current LCU) was 3.88 trillion in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 14.95% from 4.56 trillion in 2011 (1.61% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3.88 trillion | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 6.44 trillion | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.56 trillion | 2011 |
| Highest | 6.63 trillion | 2017 |
| Lowest | 2.05 trillion | 1994 |
| Average since 2012 | 5.39 trillion | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 2.05 trillion |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Lebanon's manufacturing, value added (current LCU) rose 12.7% on 2020 (from 3.44 trillion to 3.88 trillion).
Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2020), the average change was +3.1% and a typical year strayed about 14.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 34.6% in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 39.1% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 13% 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.
Closest to Lebanon in the 2021 ranking
- United States — 2nd of 3: 2.5 trillion
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) — 3rd of 3: 28.35 million
What this measures
Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 28 values
| Year | Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,879,778,342,800 |
| 2020 | 3,442,807,374,700 |
| 2019 | 5,654,974,314,600 |
| 2018 | 6,161,824,398,500 |
| 2017 | 6,625,276,580,700 |
| 2016 | 6,443,173,960,700 |
| 2015 | 6,058,012,939,000 |
| 2014 | 5,461,377,087,900 |
| 2013 | 5,317,635,426,000 |
| 2012 | 4,902,353,208,500 |
Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 106.23 billion (2024)
- Algeria — 3.41 trillion (2024)
- Bahrain — 3.66 billion (2025)
- Djibouti — 38.99 billion (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 2.63 trillion (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 44,316.8 trillion (2024)
- Iraq — 13.22 trillion (2025)
- Israel — 225.55 billion (2024)
- Jordan — 7.6 billion (2025)
- Kuwait — 3.73 billion (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 manufacturing, value added (current LCU)?
- 3.88 trillion in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1994?
- It is up 89.17% from 2.05 trillion in 1994 (2.39% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 6.63 trillion in 2017 and the lowest 2.05 trillion in 1994.
- Is the latest change in manufacturing, value added (current LCU) unusual for Lebanon?
- In 2021, Lebanon's manufacturing, value added (current LCU) rose 12.7% on 2020 (from 3.44 trillion to 3.88 trillion). Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2020), the average change was +3.1% and a typical year strayed about 14.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.IND.MANF.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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