Lebanon — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1980–2024 · 45 observations

About this series

The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

Lebanon's current account reading was −19.7% of GDP in 2024. The period change from −28.1% of GDP in 2023 was +8.43 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of −19.4% of GDP.

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  • Annual data, 1980–2024
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Latest observations

2015–2024

PeriodValue
2024-19.7 % of GDP
2023-28.1 % of GDP
2022-34.6 % of GDP
2021-0.01 % of GDP
2020-6.14 % of GDP
5 earlier values, back to 2015
2019-21 % of GDP
2018-24.2 % of GDP
2017-22.8 % of GDP
2016-20.4 % of GDP
2015-17.1 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.