Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Lebanon
Lebanon: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre was 3.53 million USD per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
3.53 million USD per square kilometre
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
38th
of 194 countries
All-time high
5 million USD per square kilometre
in 2017
All-time low
0.8277 million USD per square kilometre
in 1976
Years of data
54
1970–2023
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Lebanon, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million USD per square kilometre.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 3.53 million USD per square kilometre for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Lebanon peaked at 5 million USD per square kilometre in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.8277 million USD per square kilometre, in 1976.
Lebanon ranks 38th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | million USD per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2.1 million USD per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 2.3 million USD per square kilometre | +9.2% |
| 1972 | 2.58 million USD per square kilometre | +12.2% |
| 1973 | 2.7 million USD per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 2.76 million USD per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 1.92 million USD per square kilometre | -30.3% |
| 1976 | 0.8277 million USD per square kilometre | -57.0% |
| 1977 | 1.52 million USD per square kilometre | +83.3% |
| 1978 | 1.47 million USD per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 1.61 million USD per square kilometre | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 1.66 million USD per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 1.67 million USD per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 1.06 million USD per square kilometre | -36.8% |
| 1983 | 1.3 million USD per square kilometre | +22.7% |
| 1984 | 1.88 million USD per square kilometre | +44.5% |
| 1985 | 2.33 million USD per square kilometre | +24.3% |
| 1986 | 2.17 million USD per square kilometre | -6.8% |
| 1987 | 2.54 million USD per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 1988 | 1.82 million USD per square kilometre | -28.2% |
| 1989 | 1.05 million USD per square kilometre | -42.5% |
| 1990 | 1.33 million USD per square kilometre | +26.5% |
| 1991 | 1.83 million USD per square kilometre | +38.2% |
| 1992 | 1.92 million USD per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 2.05 million USD per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 2.21 million USD per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 2.36 million USD per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 2.48 million USD per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 2.42 million USD per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 2.51 million USD per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 2.5 million USD per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 2.53 million USD per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 2.63 million USD per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 2.72 million USD per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 2.81 million USD per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 2.98 million USD per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 3.06 million USD per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 3.11 million USD per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 3.4 million USD per square kilometre | +9.3% |
| 2008 | 3.71 million USD per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 4.09 million USD per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 4.42 million USD per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 2011 | 4.45 million USD per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 4.57 million USD per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 4.74 million USD per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 4.86 million USD per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 4.88 million USD per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 4.96 million USD per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 5 million USD per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 4.91 million USD per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 4.58 million USD per square kilometre | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 3.45 million USD per square kilometre | -24.6% |
| 2021 | 3.52 million USD per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 3.55 million USD per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 3.53 million USD per square kilometre | -0.7% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 3.53 million USD per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.157 million USD per square kilometre, 22.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 3.53 million USD per square kilometre is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.4451 million USD per square kilometre, 7.9× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Lebanon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +83.3% | 0.8277 million USD per square kilometre | 1.52 million USD per square kilometre |
| 1976 | -57.0% | 1.92 million USD per square kilometre | 0.8277 million USD per square kilometre |
| 1989 | -42.5% | 1.82 million USD per square kilometre | 1.05 million USD per square kilometre |
| 1984 | +44.5% | 1.3 million USD per square kilometre | 1.88 million USD per square kilometre |
| 1982 | -36.8% | 1.67 million USD per square kilometre | 1.06 million USD per square kilometre |
| 1991 | +38.2% | 1.33 million USD per square kilometre | 1.83 million USD per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.98 million USD per square kilometre | 0.8277 million USD per square kilometre | 2.76 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.75 million USD per square kilometre | 1.05 million USD per square kilometre | 2.54 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.16 million USD per square kilometre | 1.33 million USD per square kilometre | 2.51 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.11 million USD per square kilometre | 2.53 million USD per square kilometre | 4.09 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.74 million USD per square kilometre | 4.42 million USD per square kilometre | 5 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.51 million USD per square kilometre | 3.45 million USD per square kilometre | 3.55 million USD per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 35 Trinidad and Tobago 4.25 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 36 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.87 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 37 Antigua and Barbuda 3.84 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 39 Saint Lucia 3.36 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 40 Grenada 3.35 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 41 Cyprus 3.25 million USD per square kilometre compare
More economy & growth data for Lebanon
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.87 Percent per annum (2022)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP -0 Percent per annum (2022)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 390.72 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.015 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 67.3 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 1.84 billion BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 181.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0709 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 317.35 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 21.14 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Lebanon?
- Gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Lebanon was 3.53 million USD per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 5 million USD per square kilometre in 2017.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8277 million USD per square kilometre in 1976.
- How does Lebanon rank for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre?
- Lebanon ranks 38th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.