Interest payments in Lebanon
Lebanon: Interest payments was 5.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Interest payments in Lebanon, 1997–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2024, interest payments in Lebanon stood at 5.4%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 60.1% on the previous year and down 87.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Lebanon peaked at 96.0% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 2024.
Lebanon ranks 86th of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Interest payments in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 91.0% | — |
| 1998 | 75.3% | -17.2% |
| 1999 | 74.3% | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 95.5% | +28.6% |
| 2001 | 96.0% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 81.1% | -15.6% |
| 2003 | 80.0% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 56.0% | -29.9% |
| 2005 | 49.7% | -11.2% |
| 2006 | 55.7% | +12.0% |
| 2007 | 56.0% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 50.1% | -10.4% |
| 2009 | 48.7% | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 50.5% | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 43.0% | -14.9% |
| 2012 | 41.2% | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 43.7% | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 43.6% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 50.4% | +15.5% |
| 2016 | 50.8% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 45.7% | -10.1% |
| 2018 | 50.0% | +9.4% |
| 2019 | 50.8% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 21.0% | -58.7% |
| 2021 | 13.6% | -35.3% |
| 2024 | 5.4% | -60.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 80.2% | 74.3% | 91.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 66.9% | 48.7% | 96.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.0% | 41.2% | 50.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.3% | 5.4% | 21.0% | 3 |
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More public sector data for Lebanon
- Arms imports 9.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.55 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -35.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 9.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 109.45 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0245 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 122.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 635.47 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1,369 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Lebanon?
- Interest payments in Lebanon was 5.4% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 96.0% in 2001.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4% in 2024.
- How does Lebanon rank for interest payments?
- Lebanon ranks 86th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 87.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Interest payments (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.