Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Lebanon
Lebanon: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.5935 in 2024. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Lebanon, 2006–2024
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 0.5935 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Lebanon peaked at 0.6436 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.5935, in 2024.
Lebanon ranks 20th of 109 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.5943 | — |
| 2007 | 0.6348 | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 0.6397 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.6316 | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6363 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.6352 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.6436 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.6376 | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.6298 | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.5935 | -5.8% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 0.5935 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5666, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 0.5935 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.5614, 1.1× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6251 | 0.5943 | 0.6397 | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.6365 | 0.6298 | 0.6436 | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.5935 | 0.5935 | 0.5935 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
More poverty & inequality data for Lebanon
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.24 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,415 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.0331 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 5.78 (2021)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 5.8% (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Lebanon?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Lebanon was 0.5935 in 2024, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6436 in 2012.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5935 in 2024.
- How does Lebanon rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Lebanon ranks 20th out of 109 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.