Investment share of GDP in Lebanon

Investment in Lebanon was equal to 1.4% of GDP in 2024.

Lebanon, 2024 1.4% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.5percentage points 2023: 1.9%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 168th of 169 See the full ranking

Investment share of GDP 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.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2024
Period LebanonWorld
2024 1.4% 26.3%
2023 1.9% 26.7%
2022 1.2% 27.5%
2021 5.4% 27.2%
2020 8.1% 26.5%
2019 12.3% 26.6%
2018 22.5% 26.7%
2017 21.8% 26.1%
2016 23.1% 25.7%
2015 22.2% 25.9%
2014 25.0% 25.9%
2013 27.6% 25.6%
2012 24.8% 25.5%
2011 26.8% 25.3%
2010 24.9% 24.6%
2009 26.9% 23.4%
2008 28.0% 25.5%
2007 24.3% 25.5%
2006 20.5% 25.0%
2005 23.0% 24.5%
2004 23.1% 24.1%
2003 19.2% 23.4%
2002 18.7% 23.3%
2001 22.8% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 1.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 25.0%, the figure has changed by −23.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 169 countries with data for 2024, Lebanon has the 168th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 26.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices