World Bank · Debt
Lebanon: Net flows on external debt, long-term
-246.16Mcurrent USD · 2025-106.9% since 2015
Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Lebanon from 1970 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -246,162,000 | |
| 2024 | -888,469,000 | |
| 2023 | -2,422,015,000 | |
| 2022 | -2,393,172,000 | |
| 2021 | -5,494,285,000 | |
| 2020 | -10,255,373,000 | |
| 2019 | -5,163,662,000 | |
| 2018 | 8,750,506,000 | |
| 2017 | 3,573,771,000 | |
| 2016 | 2,071,084,000 | |
| 2015 | 3,587,680,000 | |
| 2014 | 1,632,520,000 | |
| 2013 | 3,316,053,000 | |
| 2012 | 5,331,768,000 | |
| 2011 | 2,119,045,000 | |
| 2010 | 1,230,706,000 | |
| 2009 | 1,925,488,000 | |
| 2008 | -166,158,000 | |
| 2007 | 309,578,000 | |
| 2006 | 833,554,000 | |
| 2005 | 1,021,861,000 | |
| 2004 | 2,596,726,000 | |
| 2003 | 689,886,000 | |
| 2002 | 4,604,787,000 | |
| 2001 | 2,645,938,000 | |
| 2000 | 1,560,295,000 | |
| 1999 | 1,394,878,000 | |
| 1998 | 1,667,051,000 | |
| 1997 | 988,519,000 | |
| 1996 | 774,504,000 | |
| 1995 | 804,591,000 | |
| 1994 | 384,797,000 | |
| 1993 | 10,223,000 | |
| 1992 | -33,969,000 | |
| 1991 | -20,432,000 | |
| 1990 | -15,896,000 | |
| 1989 | -21,879,000 | |
| 1988 | -12,379,000 | |
| 1987 | -24,486,000 | |
| 1986 | -20,128,000 | |
| 1985 | -23,197,000 | |
| 1984 | -6,133,000 | |
| 1983 | 31,678,000 | |
| 1982 | 68,373,000 | |
| 1981 | 79,163,000 | |
| 1980 | 112,368,000 | |
| 1979 | 54,104,000 | |
| 1978 | 11,930,000 | |
| 1977 | -270,000 | |
| 1976 | -6,166,000 | |
| 1975 | -3,480,000 | |
| 1974 | -7,954,000 | |
| 1973 | -8,521,000 | |
| 1972 | -6,841,000 | |
| 1971 | 1,265,000 | |
| 1970 | 9,726,000 |
Source
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