Lebanon
Inflation in Lebanon
Inflation in Lebanon: 23.9% a year in 1980 and 14.6% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 14.6% a year
- Since 1980
- −9.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 15 of 179
- counting from the highest
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The highest was 487.2% a year in 1987, the lowest -3.7% a year in 2015.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Lebanon |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2009 | 1.2 |
| 2008 | 10.7 |
| 2007 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | 4.1 |
| 2005 | -1.4 |
| 2004 | 1.7 |
| 2003 | 1.3 |
| 2002 | 1.8 |
| 2001 | -0.4 |
| 2000 | -0.4 |
| 1999 | 0.2 |
| 1998 | 4.5 |
| 1997 | 7.7 |
| 1996 | 8.9 |
| 1995 | 10.3 |
| 1994 | 8.2 |
| 1993 | 24.7 |
| 1992 | 99.9 |
| 1991 | 50.1 |
| 1990 | 68.9 |
| 1989 | 72.2 |
| 1988 | 155 |
| 1987 | 487.2 |
| 1986 | 95.4 |
| 1985 | 69.4 |
| 1984 | 17.6 |
| 1983 | 7.2 |
| 1982 | 18.6 |
| 1981 | 19.3 |
| 1980 | 23.9 |
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 in numbers
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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