Taxes on goods and services in Lebanon
Lebanon: Taxes on goods and services was 17.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taxes on goods and services in Lebanon, 2000–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % value added of industry and services.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taxes on goods and services in Lebanon is 17.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 568.1% on the previous year and up 124.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on goods and services in Lebanon peaked at 17.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2021.
That places Lebanon 15th out of 154 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Taxes on goods and services in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | % value added of industry and services | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.0% | — |
| 2001 | 5.6% | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 10.3% | +84.8% |
| 2003 | 12.1% | +17.8% |
| 2004 | 11.8% | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 9.8% | -17.0% |
| 2006 | 8.6% | -12.0% |
| 2007 | 9.0% | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 9.8% | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 11.5% | +16.9% |
| 2010 | 10.8% | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 9.5% | -11.6% |
| 2012 | 8.7% | -9.0% |
| 2013 | 7.9% | -8.9% |
| 2014 | 7.6% | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 7.2% | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 7.2% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 7.5% | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 7.6% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 6.6% | -12.6% |
| 2020 | 3.0% | -54.9% |
| 2021 | 2.5% | -14.9% |
| 2024 | 17.0% | +568.1% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 17.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8.7%, 2.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 17.0% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6.7%, 2.5× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on goods and services in Lebanon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +568.1% | 2.5% | 17.0% |
| 2002 | +84.8% | 5.6% | 10.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.4% | 5.0% | 12.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 6.6% | 10.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.5% | 2.5% | 17.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
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 taxes on goods and services in Lebanon?
- Taxes on goods and services in Lebanon was 17.0% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on goods and services recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 17.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest taxes on goods and services recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2021.
- How does Lebanon rank for taxes on goods and services?
- Lebanon ranks 15th out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on goods and services rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 124.6%. 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 Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in industry and services which is the contribution to the economy by industries in ISIC (Rev. 3) divisions 05-43 and 50-99.