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Lebanon
Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product

Global rank#33out of 147 countries
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Historical trend

13.510.47.34.21.1196419942024Lebanon · 2024: 2.59%Lebanon

Analytical takeaways

  • Lebanon records 2.59% for Military expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024, ranking #33 globally out of 147 countries.
  • Military expenditure (% of GDP) declined from 3.66% in 1964 to 2.59% in 2024, a decrease of 1.07%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

Comparison

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