Lebanon vs Syria

Lebanon vs Syria: GDP growth

GDP growth: -5.2% a year in Lebanon in 2024 and 3.4% a year in Syria in 2010, by IMF estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Lebanon, by 4.5 percentage points, or 2.32 times that in Syria.

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% a year · IMF

Lebanon vs Syria: GDP growthGDP growth: -5.2% a year in Lebanon in 2024 and 3.4% a year in Syria in 2010, by IMF estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Lebanon, by 4.5 percentage points, or 2.32 times that in Syria.
LebanonSyriaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Lebanon has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Syria.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Lebanon at 4% a year in 2025.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearLebanonSyria
2024-5.2–
2023-0.5–
20221.4–
20211.6–
2020-28.7–
2019-6.6–
2018-1.9–
20170.8–
20161.6–
20150.5–
20142.5–
20133.8–
20122.8–
20110.9–
201083.4
200910.25.9
20089.14.5
20079.35.7
20061.55
20052.56.2
20047.56.9
20031.7-2
20023.45.9
20013.93.7
20001.12.3
1999-0.8-3.1
19983.95.6
199710.2-1.1
199643
19956.55.4
199485.5
199377.4
19924.513.3
199138.210.7
1990-13.410.4
1989-42.2-6.1
1988-28.212.7
198716.71.3
1986-6.8-4.8
198524.37.3
198444.5-6.5
198322.71.6
1982-36.82.6
19810.68.5
19801.510.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2025
YearLebanonSyria
20254–

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Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • 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.

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