Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lebanon
Lebanon: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 5.78 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lebanon, 1993–2021
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lebanon is 5.78, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of down 47.5% on the previous year and down 65.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lebanon peaked at 17.03 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 5.78, in 2021.
Lebanon ranks 177th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 9.41 | — |
| 1994 | 11.17 | +18.6% |
| 1995 | 12.02 | +7.6% |
| 1996 | 14.38 | +19.7% |
| 1997 | 13.88 | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 13.38 | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 12.87 | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 12.37 | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 12.36 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 14.93 | +20.8% |
| 2003 | 16.1 | +7.8% |
| 2004 | 16.78 | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 15.43 | -8.0% |
| 2006 | 15.27 | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 15.15 | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 16.61 | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 17.03 | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 17.03 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 16.72 | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 15.43 | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 14.25 | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 14.3 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 13.65 | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 13.72 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 15.64 | +14.0% |
| 2018 | 15.59 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 15.66 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 11.01 | -29.7% |
| 2021 | 5.78 | -47.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.44 | 9.41 | 14.38 | 7 |
| 2000s | 15.2 | 12.36 | 17.03 | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.2 | 13.65 | 17.03 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.4 | 5.78 | 11.01 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 174 Palestine, State of 6.65 compare
- 175 Myanmar 6.44 compare
- 176 Sierra Leone 6.33 compare
- 178 Chad 5.67 compare
- 179 Brunei Darussalam 5.61 compare
- 180 Qatar 4.43 compare
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 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)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -47.53 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lebanon?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lebanon was 5.78 in 2021, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 17.03 in 2009.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.78 in 2021.
- How does Lebanon rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- Lebanon ranks 177th out of 187 countries with data for 2021.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Tax revenues vs income inequality with 52 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Tax revenues vs income inequality with 52 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.