Government Debt / Lebanon
Lebanon Government Debt
Lebanon government debt data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 128.64%.
COUNTRY: Lebanon
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-10-13 04:45:06
GM ECONOMY RATING
Lebanon · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
CCC
37 / 100
High vulnerability
Fiscal stability
6.5 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
5.1 / 20
External stability
2.3 / 15
Financial robustness
13.0 / 15
Structural stability
8.8 / 15
Future capacity
1.5 / 10
Demographic capacity
1.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Lebanon · government debt data as percent of GDP.
Latest
128.64%
Previous
106.96%
Range avg.
110.84%
Rank
3
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CountryLebanon
IndicatorGovernment Debt
128.64%1999 · Rank 3
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Lebanon recorded 128.64% for Government Debt in 1999, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 1998, the indicator increased by 21.68 percentage points, from 106.96% to 128.64%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 3 available observations (110.84%).
Within the last 3 available observations, the low was 96.91% in 1997 and the high was 128.64% in 1999.
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