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Lebanon: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 53 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
164.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−28.0 pointsfrom 192.1%
Average, 2015–2024
187.7%10 years
Record high and low
360.9% (2021)low 3.98% (1972)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2024164.1
2023192.1
2022246.5
2021360.9
2020148.7
2019172.1
2018155.1
2017150.0
2016146.4
2015140.8

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1993–1996
  • World Development Indicators1997–1999

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Lebanon documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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