Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Lebanon
Lebanon: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 4,955 USD in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Lebanon, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
In 2024, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Lebanon stood at 4,955 USD.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% on the previous year and down 34.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Lebanon peaked at 9,189 USD in 2019 and was at its lowest, 643.99 USD, in 1987.
That places Lebanon 145th out of 228 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 833.8 USD | — |
| 1971 | 913.89 USD | +9.6% |
| 1972 | 1,111 USD | +21.6% |
| 1973 | 1,414 USD | +27.2% |
| 1974 | 1,773 USD | +25.4% |
| 1975 | 1,617 USD | -8.8% |
| 1976 | 699.93 USD | -56.7% |
| 1977 | 1,293 USD | +84.8% |
| 1978 | 1,410 USD | +9.0% |
| 1979 | 1,595 USD | +13.1% |
| 1980 | 1,850 USD | +16.0% |
| 1981 | 1,730 USD | -6.5% |
| 1982 | 1,162 USD | -32.8% |
| 1983 | 1,216 USD | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 838.32 USD | -31.0% |
| 1985 | 707.23 USD | -15.6% |
| 1986 | 850.99 USD | +20.3% |
| 1987 | 643.99 USD | -24.3% |
| 1988 | 1,006 USD | +56.3% |
| 1989 | 809.02 USD | -19.6% |
| 1990 | 820.6 USD | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 1,187 USD | +44.7% |
| 1992 | 1,530 USD | +28.9% |
| 1993 | 2,070 USD | +35.3% |
| 1994 | 2,407 USD | +16.3% |
| 1995 | 2,905 USD | +20.7% |
| 1996 | 3,379 USD | +16.3% |
| 1997 | 3,796 USD | +12.3% |
| 1998 | 4,044 USD | +6.5% |
| 1999 | 3,998 USD | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 3,852 USD | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 3,877 USD | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 4,192 USD | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 4,376 USD | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 4,601 USD | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 4,602 USD | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4,635 USD | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 5,125 USD | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 5,912 USD | +15.4% |
| 2009 | 7,091 USD | +19.9% |
| 2010 | 7,626 USD | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 7,835 USD | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 8,407 USD | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 8,162 USD | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 7,578 USD | -7.2% |
| 2015 | 7,714 USD | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 8,090 USD | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 8,609 USD | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 9,174 USD | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 9,189 USD | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 4,056 USD | -55.9% |
| 2021 | 4,315 USD | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 4,647 USD | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 4,757 USD | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 4,955 USD | +4.2% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 4,955 USD is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,292 USD, 2.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 4,955 USD is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 5,093 USD, 97% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 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 | +84.8% | 699.93 USD | 1,293 USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,266 USD | 699.93 USD | 1,773 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,081 USD | 643.99 USD | 1,850 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,614 USD | 820.6 USD | 4,044 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,826 USD | 3,852 USD | 7,091 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,238 USD | 7,578 USD | 9,189 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,546 USD | 4,056 USD | 4,955 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
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)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -18.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 1.42 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -22.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 1.03 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0255 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Lebanon?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Lebanon was 4,955 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 9,189 USD in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 643.99 USD in 1987.
- How does Lebanon rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- Lebanon ranks 145th out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).