Lebanon's taxes on international trade (% of revenue) was 9.25% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3.95 percentage points from 5.29% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 9.25% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 3.98% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 5.29% | 2014 |
| Highest | 45.52% | 1997 |
| Lowest | 2.36% | 2020 |
| Average since 2015 | 4.69% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 45.52% | 1997 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.75 percentage points in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 15.7 percentage points in 1999. 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 9% of the movement over 8 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 13th highest value of the 68 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 | 9.25% | 2024 |
| World | 3.75% | 2022 |
| Lower middle income | 9.32% | 2021 |
Closest to Lebanon in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
Taxes on international trade are taxes that become payable when goods cross the national or customs frontiers of the economic territory or when transactions in services exchange between residents and non-residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.
Limitations: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 26 values
| Year | Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.25 |
| 2023 | no data |
| 2022 | no data |
| 2021 | 2.52 |
| 2020 | 2.36 |
| 2019 | 3.98 |
| 2018 | 4.57 |
| 2017 | 4.51 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2015 | 5.35 |
| 2014 |
Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 7.42% (2017)
- Bahrain — 4.09% (2020)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 4.06% (2015)
- Israel — 0.26% (2024)
- Jordan — 2.63% (2023)
- Morocco — 3.85% (2024)
- Saudi Arabia — 1.95% (2024)
- United Arab Emirates — 0.01% (2024)
More public sector data for Lebanon
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 828.3 million (2025)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 74.02 trillion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 2.51% (2025)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 9 million (2024)
- Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 16.63% (2025)
- Armed forces personnel, total — 80,000 (2020)
- Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 4.1% (2020)
- Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU) — 28.69 trillion (2024)
- Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP) — 1.23% (2024)
- Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Lebanon's taxes on international trade (% of revenue)?
- 9.25% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1997?
- It is down 36.28 percentage points from 45.52% in 1997. The highest value was 45.52% in 1997 and the lowest 2.36% in 2020.
- How does Lebanon rank?
- 13th highest of 68 economies with data for 2024.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator GC.TAX.INTT.RV.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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