Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Lebanon

27.4% of people in Lebanon lived below the national poverty line in 2012.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 2004 to 2012 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Lebanon is for 2012. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Lebanon, 2012 27.4% % of population
Change from 2011 0percentage points 2011: 27.4%

Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Lebanon over time

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

Poverty rate at national poverty lines (% of population), 2004 to 2012
Period Lebanon
2012 27.4%
2011 27.4%
2004 28.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2011.
  • Since 2004, when it was 28.6%, the figure has changed by −1.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2004 to 2012 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, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources