Lebanon: Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Lebanon's short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) rose 18.77 percentage points on 2022 (from 117.09% to 135.85%).

Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2022), the average change was +3.9 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 20.13 percentage points 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 74.52 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 18.45 percentage points in 2003. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 12.63 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 68% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to Lebanon in the 2023 ranking

• Senegal — 2nd of 5: 63.08%
• Benin — 3rd of 5: 26.66%
• Guyana — 4th of 5: 0.44%

What this measures

Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 22 values

Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 25.35% (2020)
• Algeria — 3.16% (2024)
• Djibouti — 9.38% (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 46.27% (2024)
• Iraq — 0.63% (2024)
• Jordan — 72.1% (2024)
• Morocco — 10.86% (2024)
• Pakistan — 23.26% (2024)
• Tunisia

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)

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Questions people ask

What is Lebanon's short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)?

135.85% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2002?

It is up 96.76 percentage points from 39.1% in 2002. The highest value was 135.85% in 2023 and the lowest 12.4% in 2008.

Is the latest change in short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) unusual for Lebanon?

In 2023, Lebanon's short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) rose 18.77 percentage points on 2022 (from 117.09% to 135.85%). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2022), the average change was +3.9 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 20.13 percentage points 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.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.DOD.DSTC.XP.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, 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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