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Lebanon: Interest payments (% of revenue)

5.42percent · 2024-86.9% since 2012

Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector. Annual figures for Lebanon from 1997 to 2024.

19972024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20245.417
202113.591
202021
201950.825
201849.98
201745.696
201650.835
201550.426
201443.646
201343.664
201241.232
201142.958
201050.505
200948.7
200850.139
200755.957
200655.718
200549.746
200456.028
200379.959
200281.073
200196.042
200095.501
199974.259
199875.347
199791.028

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Interest payments (% of revenue). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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