Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Lebanon
Lebanon: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains was 9.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Lebanon, 1997–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of total taxes.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 9.5% for taxes on income, profits and capital gains in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 69.6% on the previous year and down 65.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Lebanon peaked at 39.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9.5%, in 2024.
Lebanon ranks 149th of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | % of total taxes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 11.8% | — |
| 1998 | 12.2% | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 15.1% | +23.8% |
| 2000 | 16.1% | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 19.8% | +22.9% |
| 2002 | 17.4% | -12.0% |
| 2003 | 16.8% | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 17.2% | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 21.3% | +23.6% |
| 2006 | 23.4% | +9.9% |
| 2007 | 23.4% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 21.7% | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 20.4% | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 21.0% | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 24.6% | +17.1% |
| 2012 | 25.0% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 25.2% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 27.3% | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 28.5% | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 28.9% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 28.0% | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 28.6% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 37.0% | +29.5% |
| 2020 | 39.8% | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 31.2% | -21.6% |
| 2024 | 9.5% | -69.6% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 9.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 35.7%, 26% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 9.5% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 38.8%, 24% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 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 | -69.6% | 31.2% | 9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.0% | 11.8% | 15.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 19.8% | 16.1% | 23.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.4% | 21.0% | 37.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.8% | 9.5% | 39.8% | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Lebanon?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Lebanon was 9.5% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 39.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5% in 2024.
- How does Lebanon rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Lebanon ranks 149th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on income, profits and capital gains rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of total taxes which includes all compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.