Lebanon vs Syria
Lebanon vs Syria: Inflation
Inflation: 14.6% a year in Lebanon in 2025 and 4.4% a year in Syria in 2010, by IMF estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Syria, by 0.4 percentage points, or 1.11 times that in Lebanon.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Syria has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Lebanon.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Lebanon | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.6 | – |
| 2024 | 45.2 | – |
| 2023 | 221.3 | – |
| 2022 | 171.2 | – |
| 2021 | 154.8 | – |
| 2020 | 84.9 | – |
| 2019 | 2.9 | – |
| 2018 | 6.1 | – |
| 2017 | 4.4 | – |
| 2016 | -0.8 | – |
| 2015 | -3.7 | – |
| 2014 | 1.9 | – |
| 2013 | 4.8 | – |
| 2012 | 6.6 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 2009 | 1.2 | 2.8 |
| 2008 | 10.7 | 15.2 |
| 2007 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 2006 | 4.1 | 10.4 |
| 2005 | -1.4 | 7.2 |
| 2004 | 1.7 | 4.4 |
| 2003 | 1.3 | 5.8 |
| 2002 | 1.8 | -0.5 |
| 2001 | -0.4 | 3.4 |
| 2000 | -0.4 | -3.9 |
| 1999 | 0.2 | -3.7 |
| 1998 | 4.5 | -1 |
| 1997 | 7.7 | 1.9 |
| 1996 | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| 1995 | 10.3 | 7.7 |
| 1994 | 8.2 | 15.3 |
| 1993 | 24.7 | 13.2 |
| 1992 | 99.9 | 11.1 |
| 1991 | 50.1 | 9 |
| 1990 | 68.9 | 11.1 |
| 1989 | 72.2 | 15.4 |
| 1988 | 155 | 30 |
| 1987 | 487.2 | 71.4 |
| 1986 | 95.4 | 36.2 |
| 1985 | 69.4 | 16.8 |
| 1984 | 17.6 | 9.5 |
| 1983 | 7.2 | 6 |
| 1982 | 18.6 | 14.3 |
| 1981 | 19.3 | 18.4 |
| 1980 | 23.9 | 19.3 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- Ranks count the 179 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
Lebanon vs Syria
Health
- Life expectancyLebanon: 77.8 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLebanon: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLebanon: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionLebanon: 3.68% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide rateLebanon: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLebanon: 5.77 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthLebanon: 0.43% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLebanon: 2.24 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLebanon: 91% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median ageLebanon: 28.3 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLebanon: 9.8% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateLebanon: -5.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLebanon: 2.51% of GDP in 2025Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per personLebanon: $142 in 2025Syria: $110 in 2011
- Military share of state spendingLebanon: 16.6% of government spending in 2025Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnelLebanon: 80,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerLebanon: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLebanon: 4.1% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLebanon: 9 million TIV in 2024Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsLebanon: 48 million TIV in 2002Syria: 30 million TIV in 2010