Lebanon: Economic growth forecast

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 Lebanon

Economic growth forecast

 Latest value 4.00
 Year 2025
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1980 - 2025
 Average 2.15
 Min - Max -42.20 - 44.48
 Source International Monetary Fund
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The latest value from 2025 is 4 percent, an increase from -7.5 percent in 2024. In comparison, the world average is 3.52 percent, based on data from 186 countries. Historically, the average for Lebanon from 1980 to 2025 is 2.15 percent. The minimum value, -42.2 percent, was reached in 1989 while the maximum of 44.48 percent was recorded in 1984. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Lebanon: Economic growth forecast
 2025 4.00
 2024 -7.50
 2023 -0.70
 2022 1.00
 2021 2.08
 2020 -26.82
 2019 -6.64
 2018 -1.89




Definition: Year-on-year percent changes in constant price GDP. The base year is country-specific. Expenditure-based GDP is the total final expenditure at purchasers prices including the f.o.b. value of exports of goods and services, less the f.o.b. value of imports of goods and services. The series includes actual historical values for past years and forecast values for the current and the next few years.

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