Foreign aid received as a share of national income net in Lebanon

Lebanon: Foreign aid received as a share of national income net was 8.74 in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
8.74
Change on year
up 23.3%
World rank
31st
of 166 countries
All-time high
8.74
in 2023
All-time low
0.262
in 1971
Years of data
54
1970–2023

Foreign aid received as a share of national income net in Lebanon, 1970–2023

02468197019962023

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Lebanon recorded 8.74 for foreign aid received as a share of national income net in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.3% on the previous year and up 555.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, foreign aid received as a share of national income net in Lebanon peaked at 8.74 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.262, in 1971.

Lebanon ranks 31st of 166 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Foreign aid received as a share of national income net in Lebanon, year by year

Annual values for Foreign aid received as a share of national income net in Lebanon, 1970 to 2023.
Year Value Change
1970 0.971
1971 0.262 -73.0%
1972 0.52 +98.5%
1973 0.309 -40.6%
1974 2.88 +831.4%
1975 0.317 -89.0%
1976 1.98 +525.2%
1977 3.67 +85.4%
1978 5.65 +53.9%
1979 2.6 -54.1%
1980 5.28 +103.6%
1981 8.44 +59.8%
1982 5.09 -39.7%
1983 3.23 -36.5%
1984 2.82 -12.7%
1985 3.5 +24.0%
1986 2.14 -38.7%
1987 4.48 +109.0%
1988 4.01 -10.6%
1989 3.46 -13.7%
1990 8.25 +138.8%
1991 2.61 -68.3%
1992 1.81 -30.8%
1993 1.73 -4.4%
1994 2.3 +32.8%
1995 1.57 -31.8%
1996 1.67 +6.6%
1997 1.63 -2.6%
1998 1.96 +20.5%
1999 1.1 -43.6%
2000 1.14 +3.5%
2001 1.13 -1.0%
2002 1.12 -1.4%
2003 3.19 +185.8%
2004 1.31 -58.9%
2005 1.08 -17.4%
2006 3.69 +241.1%
2007 3.83 +3.6%
2008 3.62 -5.6%
2009 1.65 -54.4%
2010 1.1 -33.2%
2011 1.2 +8.7%
2012 1.62 +35.6%
2013 1.33 -18.0%
2014 1.73 +29.7%
2015 1.95 +13.1%
2016 2.24 +14.8%
2017 2.47 +9.9%
2018 2.64 +7.2%
2019 2.46 -7.0%
2020 4.63 +88.6%
2021 6.62 +42.7%
2022 7.08 +7.1%
2023 8.74 +23.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.92 0.262 5.65 10
1980s 4.25 2.14 8.44 10
1990s 2.46 1.1 8.25 10
2000s 2.18 1.08 3.83 10
2010s 1.88 1.1 2.64 10
2020s 6.77 4.63 8.74 4

Countries ranked near Lebanon

  1. 28 New Caledonia 10.29 compare
  2. 29 Zambia 9.53 compare
  3. 30 Chad 8.93 compare
  4. 32 Togo 7.99 compare
  5. 33 Lesotho 7.93 compare
  6. 34 Guinea-Bissau 7.6 compare

See the full ranking of 169 places →

More reference data data for Lebanon

All data for Lebanon →

Frequently asked questions

What is foreign aid received as a share of national income net in Lebanon?
Foreign aid received as a share of national income net in Lebanon was 8.74 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest foreign aid received as a share of national income net recorded in Lebanon?
The highest recorded value was 8.74 in 2023.
What is the lowest foreign aid received as a share of national income net recorded in Lebanon?
The lowest recorded value was 0.262 in 1971.
How does Lebanon rank for foreign aid received as a share of national income net?
Lebanon ranks 31st out of 166 countries with data for 2023.
Is foreign aid received as a share of national income net rising or falling in Lebanon?
Over the last ten years it is up 555.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Lebanon data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Foreign aid received as a share of national income net. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 54 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Foreign aid received as a share of national income net in Lebanon. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 28 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/foreign-aid-received-as-a-share-of-national-income-net/lebanon/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/foreign-aid-received-as-a-share-of-national-income-net/lebanon/">Foreign aid received as a share of national income net in Lebanon</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Foreign aid received as a share of national income net
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
169 places, 8,655 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed