The latest market, economy, central-bank, policy and company stories from Lebanon, updated every 15 minutes. Last updated 19 October 2026.
| GDP growth (2024) | -7.1% | The economy is shrinking. |
| Inflation (2025) | 14.6% | High inflation: money loses value quickly. |
| Unemployment (2023) | 11.0% | High: many people can’t find work. |
| GDP per person (2024) | $4,473 | Average output per person: a rough measure of how wealthy a country is. |
| Current account (2023) | -28.1% of GDP | Deficit: spends more abroad than it earns, so it relies on foreign money. |
| Exports (2024) | 23.3% of GDP | Driven mostly by its home market. |
Latest official annual figures from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Context, not a forecast or financial advice.
This Tuesday evening sees the start of the sixth edition of France's Lebanese Film Festival. The festival opens at the Elysées Lincoln cinema in Paris, with Nadim Tabet's supernatural thriller "In This Darkness I See You".