Foreign direct investment inflows in Lebanon
Net foreign direct investment inflows to Lebanon were 6.8% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2012.
Lebanon, 2024
6.8%
Change from 2023
+3.5percentage points
World, 2024
1.2%
Foreign direct investment inflows in Lebanon over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Lebanon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 6.8% | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 3.3% | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 2.5% | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 5.1% | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 4.8% | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 4.8% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 5.0% | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 4.3% | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 6.0% | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 7.1% | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 7.9% | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 11.1% | 2.7% |
| 2009 | 13.6% | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 14.9% | 3.7% |
| 2007 | 13.6% | 5.3% |
| 2006 | 12.1% | 4.2% |
| 2005 | 12.2% | 3.3% |
| 2004 | 9.0% | 2.2% |
| 2003 | 14.2% | 1.9% |
| 2002 | 7.0% | 2.1% |
| 2001 | 8.2% | 2.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.5 percentage points from 3.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 6.0%, the figure has changed by +0.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 1.2%.