Tax revenues vs income inequality in Lebanon
Lebanon: Tax revenues vs income inequality was 5.78 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
5.78
Change on year
down 47.5%
World rank
176th
of 186 countries
All-time high
17.03
in 2009
All-time low
5.78
in 2021
Years of data
26
1993–2021
Tax revenues vs income inequality in Lebanon, 1993–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 5.78 for tax revenues vs income inequality in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 26 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 in Lebanon peaked at 17.03 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 5.78, in 2021.
Lebanon ranks 176th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality 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% |
| 2000 | 12.37 | -14.0% |
| 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 | 11.74 | 9.41 | 14.38 | 4 |
| 2000s | 15.2 | 12.36 | 17.03 | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.2 | 13.65 | 17.03 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.4 | 5.78 | 11.01 | 2 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Lebanon
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 1 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 2.24 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 2,415 (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 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)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.36 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 14.24 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality in Lebanon?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality in Lebanon was 5.78 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 17.03 in 2009.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.78 in 2021.
- How does Lebanon rank for tax revenues vs income inequality?
- Lebanon ranks 176th out of 186 countries with data for 2021.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Tax revenues vs income inequality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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