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Lebanon — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1970–2025 · 37 observations

About this series

The combined government deficit series records the period's fiscal balance under the source's accounting and sign convention. A deficit indicates a shortfall; the series is a flow, not a debt stock. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

The combined government deficit reading for Lebanon was 3.25% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was 0.39% of GDP in 2024; the period change was +2.86 percentage points. Relative to the selected 10-year average of −5.24% of GDP, the latest reading was above.

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Latest observations

2016–2025

PeriodValue
20253.25 % of GDP
20240.39 % of GDP
2023-1.64 % of GDP
2022-7.49 % of GDP
2021-2.49 % of GDP
5 earlier values, back to 2016
2020-5.62 % of GDP
2019-10.9 % of GDP
2018-11.3 % of GDP
2017-7.04 % of GDP
2016-9.62 % of GDP
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.