Lebanon — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Lebanon, 1988–2024.
GDP per capita for Lebanon was 4,473 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 37 years, from 1988 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 9,175 in 2018. The lowest was 771 in 1989 (about 5.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.37% per year.
Lebanon ranks 145 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 68%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5,348, so Lebanon sits below it. It peaked in 2018 and has fallen 51% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 41%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 15 of 23 economies; Iran, Islamic Rep. (3,924) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 62% in 1991. That is 31% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1988 level: doubled by 1993. Doubling roughly every 16 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 107th of 176 in 1988 → 136th of 192 in 1990 → 77th of 204 in 2000 → 95th of 212 in 2010 → 113th of 210 in 2020 → 133rd of 200 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1988 to 2024
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4,473.27 | +28.6% |
| 2023 | 3,477.72 | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 3,654.36 | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 4,045.37 | -27.3% |
| 2020 | 5,561.19 | -37.6% |
| 2019 | 8,905.88 | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 9,174.54 | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 8,608.21 | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 8,089.01 | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 7,714.11 | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 7,577.64 | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 8,162.38 | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 8,406.98 | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 7,834.96 | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 7,625.81 | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 7,090.85 | +19.9% |
| 2008 | 5,912.05 | +15.4% |
| 2007 | 5,125.26 | +10.6% |
| 2006 | 4,635.25 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 4,602.2 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4,600.68 | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 4,437.72 | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 4,290.85 | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 4,009.56 | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 3,986.84 | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 4,086.94 | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 4,124.86 | +7.6% |
| 1997 | 3,834.06 | +13.0% |
| 1996 | 3,393.05 | +14.7% |
| 1995 | 2,958.74 | +19.9% |
| 1994 | 2,467.77 | +18.7% |
| 1993 | 2,078.64 | +33.3% |
| 1992 | 1,559.38 | +22.0% |
| 1991 | 1,278.42 | +61.9% |
| 1990 | 789.53 | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 771 | -19.6% |
| 1988 | 959.15 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Lebanon’s GDP per capita in 1989?
771 (1989). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Lebanon’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Lebanon’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1988 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +366.4% in total — about 4.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 4,473.27; 2023: 3,477.72; 2022: 3,654.36; 2021: 4,045.37; 2020: 5,561.19. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.