Lebanon — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Lebanon, 1988–2024.
GDP for Lebanon was 25.97 billion in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 37 years, from 1988 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 54.90 billion in 2018. The lowest was 2.72 billion in 1989 (about 9.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.89% per year.
Lebanon ranks 122 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 58%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 109.60 billion, so Lebanon sits below it. It peaked in 2018 and has fallen 53% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 46%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 18 of 23 economies; Syrian Arab Republic (23.74 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 65% in 1991. That is 34% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1988 level: doubled by 1993; grown tenfold by 2009. Doubling roughly every 12 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 103rd of 176 in 1988 → 125th of 192 in 1990 → 76th of 204 in 2000 → 85th of 212 in 2010 → 102nd of 210 in 2020 → 114th of 200 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1988 to 2024
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25,971,643,441.34 | +29.3% |
| 2023 | 20,078,620,356.99 | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 20,992,421,948.81 | -9.2% |
| 2021 | 23,131,941,556.78 | -27.1% |
| 2020 | 31,712,128,253.8 | -38.5% |
| 2019 | 51,605,959,131.27 | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 54,901,519,155.56 | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 53,027,680,685.9 | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 51,147,308,774.13 | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 49,929,337,836.82 | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 48,095,213,746.6 | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 46,880,103,080.6 | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 44,016,799,515.75 | +10.2% |
| 2011 | 39,927,125,961.53 | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 38,443,907,042.12 | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 35,399,582,928.69 | +21.6% |
| 2008 | 29,118,916,105.47 | +17.3% |
| 2007 | 24,827,355,014.93 | +12.7% |
| 2006 | 22,022,709,851.41 | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 21,497,336,498.84 | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 21,159,827,992.04 | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 20,082,918,739.64 | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 19,152,238,805.97 | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 17,649,751,243.78 | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 17,260,364,842.45 | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 17,391,056,369.23 | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 17,247,179,005.52 | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 15,751,867,489.44 | +15.1% |
| 1996 | 13,690,217,333.59 | +16.8% |
| 1995 | 11,718,795,528.56 | +22.1% |
| 1994 | 9,599,127,050.18 | +20.9% |
| 1993 | 7,941,744,492.24 | +35.9% |
| 1992 | 5,843,579,160.9 | +24.6% |
| 1991 | 4,690,415,092.54 | +65.2% |
| 1990 | 2,838,485,353.96 | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 2,717,998,687.71 | -18.0% |
| 1988 | 3,313,540,067.93 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Lebanon’s GDP in 1989?
2,717,998,687.71 (1989). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Lebanon’s GDP 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1988 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +683.8% in total — about 5.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.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: 25,971,643,441.34; 2023: 20,078,620,356.99; 2022: 20,992,421,948.81; 2021: 23,131,941,556.78; 2020: 31,712,128,253.8. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.