Current account balance in Lebanon

The current account balance of Lebanon was -28.1% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2002 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Lebanon, 2023 -28.1% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +6.5percentage points 2022: -34.6%

Current account balance in Lebanon over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2002 to 2023
Period Lebanon
2023 -28.1%
2022 -34.6%
2021 -19.7%
2020 -8.8%
2019 -21.8%
2018 -24.3%
2017 -22.9%
2016 -20.5%
2015 -17.1%
2014 -26.2%
2013 -25.5%
2012 -23.4%
2011 -13.8%
2010 -19.6%
2009 -19.0%
2008 -14.1%
2007 -6.5%
2006 -5.1%
2005 -12.8%
2004 -20.8%
2003 -25.6%
2002 -23.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +6.5 percentage points from -34.6% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was -25.5%, the figure has changed by −2.6 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2002 to 2023 for Lebanon
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics