Interest payments in Lebanon
Lebanon: Interest payments was 15.2% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Interest payments in Lebanon, 1998–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
The most recent figure for interest payments in Lebanon is 15.2%, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 8.7% on the previous year and down 57.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Lebanon peaked at 53.6% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 15.2%, in 2021.
That places Lebanon 26th out of 152 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.1% | 49.0% | 49.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 45.1% | 37.0% | 53.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.9% | 30.3% | 39.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.0% | 15.2% | 16.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 23 Saint Lucia 16.1% compare
- 24 Mexico 15.8% compare
- 25 Philippines 15.3% compare
- 27 Malaysia 14.9% compare
- 28 Guinea-Bissau 14.9% compare
- 29 Iceland 14.7% compare
More public sector data for Lebanon
- Arms imports 9.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Tax revenue 11.1% (2024)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 7.8% (2024)
- Taxes on goods and services 48.4% (2024)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 0.3% (2024)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) 1.2% (2024)
- Interest payments 5.4% (2024)
- Grants and other revenue 17.2% (2024)
- Other taxes 17.3% (2024)
- Compensation of employees 32.1% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Lebanon?
- Interest payments in Lebanon was 15.2% in 2021, 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 53.6% in 2003.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.2% in 2021.
- How does Lebanon rank for interest payments?
- Lebanon ranks 26th out of 152 countries with data for 2021.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.2%. 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 expense). 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 percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.