Lebanon: Poverty ratio

The latest value from 2012 is 27.4 percent, unchanged from 27.4 percent in 2011. In comparison, the world average is 19.36 percent, based on data from 49 countries. Historically, the average for Lebanon from 2004 to 2012 is 27.8 percent. The minimum value, 27.4 percent, was reached in 2011 while the maximum of 28.6 percent was recorded in 2004. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.