Poverty & Inequality in Lebanon 30 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Lebanon. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 unchanged 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 up 10.7% 82nd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2024 up 85.2% 77th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.24 live births per woman 2023 down 5.2% 96th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,415 kg per hectare 2023 down 19.0% 110th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 89.1% 50th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.0331 % change on previous year 2023 down 99.0% 98th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 5.78 2021 down 65.4% 177th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 5.8% 2021 down 65.4% 177th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2021 down 40.3% 110th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -47.53 % change on previous year 2021 down 2,517.0% 186th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.36 2023 down 16.7% 80th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 14.2% 2023 up 23.4% 143rd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0963 2023 up 4.6% 132nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0963 2023 up 4.6% 132nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1052 2023 up 5.6% 166th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2024 2023 unchanged 115th Population living in slums 4.5% 2022 down 73.5% 113th Three metrics of inequality 62.16 2024 down 5.3% 20th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6216 2024 down 5.3% 20th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 77.46 2023 down 63.7% 112th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 2.17 2023 up 625.9% 15th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5935 2024 down 5.8% 20th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5935 2024 down 5.8% 20th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 2.2% 2023 up 623.3% 14th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 12,881 2017 up 29.7% 73rd Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 49.4% 2024 down 11.0% 24th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 19.9% 2024 down 7.1% 20th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 33.3% 2024 up 11,771.3% 34th