Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in Lebanon
Lebanon: Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP was 99.8% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in Lebanon, 1995–2020
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Lebanon stood at 99.8%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 42.5% on the previous year and up 74.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Lebanon peaked at 99.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 1996.
That places Lebanon 1st out of 116 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2.6% | — |
| 1996 | 2.2% | -14.4% |
| 1997 | 6.0% | +172.3% |
| 1998 | 13.9% | +133.1% |
| 1999 | 20.3% | +46.1% |
| 2000 | 30.2% | +48.8% |
| 2001 | 42.7% | +41.3% |
| 2002 | 70.4% | +64.9% |
| 2003 | 71.1% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 86.0% | +21.0% |
| 2005 | 82.3% | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 96.6% | +17.4% |
| 2007 | 85.9% | -11.2% |
| 2008 | 73.5% | -14.4% |
| 2009 | 58.9% | -19.9% |
| 2010 | 57.1% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 66.4% | +16.3% |
| 2012 | 72.1% | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 70.3% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 69.3% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 71.7% | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 73.4% | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 66.4% | -9.5% |
| 2018 | 66.5% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 70.0% | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 99.8% | +42.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.0% | 2.2% | 20.3% | 5 |
| 2000s | 69.8% | 30.2% | 96.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.3% | 57.1% | 73.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 1 |
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- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0063 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 29.61 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0049 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 21.62 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0063 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 29.61 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Lebanon?
- Outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Lebanon was 99.8% in 2020, according to Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
- What is the highest outstanding international public debt securities to gdp recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest outstanding international public debt securities to gdp recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 1996.
- How does Lebanon rank for outstanding international public debt securities to gdp?
- Lebanon ranks 1st out of 116 countries with data for 2020.
- Is outstanding international public debt securities to gdp rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as part of Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Amount of public international debt securities (amounts outstanding), as a share of GDP. It covers long-term bonds and notes and money market instruments placed on international markets. Table 12D (international debt amount): governments / GDP. End of year data (i.e. December data) are considered for debt securities. The figures are deflated using the following methodology: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is the level international public debt, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. GDP is from World Development Indicators. End-of period CPI is taken from IFS line 64M..ZF month of December (or if not available Q4). Average annual CPI is constructed from the monthly CPI figure taken from IFS line 64..ZF.