Israel vs Lebanon
Israel vs Lebanon: Government debt
Government debt: 67.9% of GDP in Israel in 2025 and 357.5% of GDP in Lebanon in 2021, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Lebanon, by 289.3 percentage points, or 5.24 times that in Israel.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Lebanon has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Israel at 72.7% of GDP in 2031.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Lebanon at 139.4% of GDP in 2025.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Israel | Lebanon |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.9 | 139.4 |
| 2024 | 67.7 | 152 |
| 2023 | 61.9 | 175.6 |
| 2022 | 60.9 | 260.3 |
| 2021 | 68.2 | 357.5 |
| 2020 | 71.4 | 158.1 |
| 2019 | 59.5 | 171.9 |
| 2018 | 60.3 | 154 |
| 2017 | 60.1 | 150.4 |
| 2016 | 62 | 147.9 |
| 2015 | 63.2 | 140.9 |
| 2014 | 66.1 | 138.5 |
| 2013 | 66.4 | 135.4 |
| 2012 | 67.2 | 131.1 |
| 2011 | 67.5 | 134.4 |
| 2010 | 69.4 | 136.8 |
| 2009 | 73 | 144.5 |
| 2008 | 70.6 | 161.5 |
| 2007 | 71.2 | 169.3 |
| 2006 | 78.1 | 183.3 |
| 2005 | 85.7 | 178.9 |
| 2004 | 88.7 | 169.5 |
| 2003 | 90.1 | 171.3 |
| 2002 | 87.6 | 163.1 |
| 2001 | 81.4 | 163.1 |
| 2000 | 77.5 | 148.1 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Israel | Lebanon |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68.8 | – |
| 2027 | 69.5 | – |
| 2028 | 70.5 | – |
| 2029 | 71.2 | – |
| 2030 | 71.9 | – |
| 2031 | 72.7 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Israel vs Lebanon
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Lebanon: 77.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Lebanon: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Lebanon: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Lebanon: 47.7% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Lebanon: 3.68% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Lebanon: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Lebanon: 5.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Lebanon: 0.43% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Lebanon: 2.24 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Lebanon: 91% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Lebanon: 28.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Lebanon: 9.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Lebanon: -5.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Lebanon: 2.51% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Lebanon: $736M in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Lebanon: $142 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Lebanon: 16.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Lebanon: 80,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Lebanon: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Lebanon: 4.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Lebanon: 9 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Lebanon: 48 million TIV in 2002