Lebanon
GDP per person in Lebanon
GDP per person in Lebanon: $3,934 in 1988 and $5,391 in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- $5,391
- Since 1988
- +$1,457
- World, 2024
- $11,890
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was $8,956 in 2010, the lowest $2,219 in 1989.
- Older estimates from Maddison reach back to 1820: 1,084 international dollars at 2011 prices.
The long run, in international dollars at 2011 prices
Maddison Project Database, version 2023 by Bolt, Jutta and Jan Luiten van Zanden (2024), “Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update”, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1–41. DOI: 10.1111/joes.12618
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Lebanon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $5,391 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $5,835 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $5,909 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $5,973 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $6,441 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $8,064 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $8,389 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $8,306 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $8,019 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $7,714 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $7,830 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $8,444 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $8,921 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $8,936 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $8,956 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $8,375 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $7,701 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $7,179 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $6,696 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $6,707 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $6,634 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $6,320 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $6,207 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $6,086 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $5,959 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $5,982 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $6,120 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $6,009 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $6,055 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $5,542 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $5,301 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $4,993 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $4,596 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $4,031 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $2,753 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $2,219 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $3,934 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | – | $6,446 |
| 1986 | – | $6,326 |
| 1985 | – | $6,233 |
| 1984 | – | $6,120 |
| 1983 | – | $5,947 |
| 1982 | – | $5,903 |
| 1981 | – | $5,986 |
| 1980 | – | $5,980 |
| 1979 | – | $5,978 |
| 1978 | – | $5,843 |
| 1977 | – | $5,710 |
| 1976 | – | $5,591 |
| 1975 | – | $5,410 |
| 1974 | – | $5,467 |
| 1973 | – | $5,465 |
| 1972 | – | $5,236 |
| 1971 | – | $5,061 |
| 1970 | – | $4,964 |
| 1969 | – | $4,885 |
| 1968 | – | $4,707 |
| 1967 | – | $4,535 |
| 1966 | – | $4,461 |
| 1965 | – | $4,321 |
| 1964 | – | $4,176 |
| 1963 | – | $3,999 |
| 1962 | – | $3,889 |
| 1961 | – | $3,759 |
| 1960 | – | $3,667 |
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Military
- Military spending2.51% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$736M in 2025
- Military spending per person$142 in 2025
- Military share of state spending16.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel80,000 people in 2020
- National power0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers4.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports9 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports48 million TIV in 2002