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Lebanon's inflation, consumer prices fell below 20% in 2025, to 14.6%, the first time since 2019.
Prices & money · data through 2025
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Lebanon
Lower-middle income · Import-dependent economy · Data availability: partial
Historically the region’s banking and services hub, now in one of the world’s deepest financial crises: collapsed currency, insolvent banks, and hollowed-out state institutions. Remittances and diaspora ties keep the economy breathing.
Alerts · what moved recentlyAll signals →
Financing
Cabinet approved a budget transfer of credit to the High Relief Commission for 2026.
Oct 22, 2026 · Council of Ministers of Lebanon
Policy reform
The Finance Ministry approved a settlement of tax assessment and collection penalties for some violations.
Sep 9, 2026 · Ministry of Finance
Vitals
Core figures — the latest value each source holds, the previous reading and the bloc median.
GDP
$26.0B
as of 2024
up from $20.1B (2023)
Mashreq median $169.1B
Real GDP growth
-7.1%
as of 2024
down from -0.8% (2023)
Mashreq median 0.4%
Inflation, year-on-year
16.7%
as of Aug 2026
up from 15.7% (Jul 2026)
GDP per person
$4,473
as of 2024
up from $3,478 (2023)
Mashreq median $4,206
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Quarterly report
Written once from the quarter's findings, then frozen.
Q3 2026 · Lebanon
LBN — Q3 2026 brief
Lebanon’s Q3 2026 findings recorded a sustained easing in annual inflation. Inflation fell for 3 straight months, from 20.0% in April 2026 to 15.7% in July 2026, a decline of 4.3 percentage points. Prices continued to rise year-on-year despite the slowdown.
Read the full reportSignals & patterns
Everything MENACodex detects for this economy — the lead finding charted, the rest filtered by pattern and sector.
Lebanon's government spending as a share of GDP reached 4.90% in 2024, 8.5 points below its 1990–2023 average of 13.4%. A gap that large has appeared twice in the past 35 years.
General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)4.9
MilestoneLebanon's inflation, consumer prices fell below 20% in 2025, to 14.6%, the first time since 2019.
TrendLebanon's export purchasing power at constant prices have fallen for 5 straight years, from 19.7 trillion (local currency) in 2019 to 7.8 trillion in 2024: down 61%.
TrendLebanon's gross domestic income at constant prices have fallen for 7 straight years, from 67.2 trillion (local currency) in 2017 to 39.5 trillion in 2024: down 41%.
TrendLebanon's methane emissions compared with 1990 have risen for 6 straight years, from 157% in 2018 to 204% in 2024: up 47 points.
TrendLebanon's services output as a share of GDP has fallen for 3 straight years, from 94.1% in 2021 to 35.7% in 2024: down 58 points.
Agenda Watch
Official decisions and what the news is reporting, with the original source named.
| Date | Decision | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | Cabinet approved a budget transfer of credit to the High Relief Commission for 2026. | Financing | Council of Ministers of Lebanon (pcm.gov.lb) |
| Oct 21, 2026 | The president backed moving ahead with Lebanon Telecom and Ogero staff transfers with full safeguards. | Policy reform | Presidency of the Lebanese Republic (presidency.gov.lb) |
| Oct 21, 2026 | The president backed the electricity board's governance plan and reform steps for Electricite du Liban. | Policy reform | Presidency of the Lebanese Republic (presidency.gov.lb) |
| Oct 2, 2026 | The president signed the 2027 budget bill and approved an extra 1,450.8 billion lira appropriation for public drivers. | Policy reform | Presidency of the Lebanese Republic (presidency.gov.lb) |
| Sep 10, 2026 | The cabinet approved a bill to block sales of property in areas occupied by the Israeli army. | Policy reform | Council of Ministers of Lebanon (presidency.gov.lb) |
| Sep 9, 2026 | The Finance Ministry approved a settlement of tax assessment and collection penalties for some violations. | Policy reform | Ministry of Finance (finance.gov.lb) |
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Every series we hold for Lebanon, by sector — open one in the Database to chart it against its neighbours.
Economy & growth
GDP, output, investment, savings · 239 series
Open indicators →Prices & moneyInflation, policy rate, money, exchange rate · 23 series
Open indicators →Trade & externalExports, imports, reserves, current account · 55 series
Open indicators →Public financeRevenue, spending, debt, balance · 56 series
Open indicators →Financial sectorCredit, banks, markets · 52 series
Open indicators →Energy & environmentOil, gas, power, emissions · 96 series
Open indicators →Technology & infrastructureInternet, mobile, transport · 34 series
Open indicators →PeoplePopulation, jobs, health, education · 43 series
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