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Unemployment rate in Lebanon

How hard is it to have a job there?

Lebanon's unemployment rate is 10.98 % — #108 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2023.

10.98%

Checked 7 Sept 2026Period 2023

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Lebanon over time

13.25 %9.80 %6.36 %13.25 % · 20206.36 % · 20092000: 8.64 %2001: 8.50 %2002: 8.25 %2003: 8.06 %2004: 7.85 %2005: 8.25 %2006: 8.68 %2007: 8.98 %2008: 7.67 %2009: 6.36 %2010: 6.77 %2011: 7.35 %2012: 7.95 %2013: 8.48 %2014: 8.84 %2015: 9.31 %2016: 9.79 %2017: 10.26 %2018: 10.76 %2019: 11.30 %2020: 13.25 %2021: 12.71 %2022: 11.11 %2023: 10.98 %20002011202310.98 %
24 official observations, 2000 → 2023. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#108 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
13 %
16 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.12 pp
since 2022
Below its peak
2.27 pp
peak 13.25 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 2.34 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #32 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +5.73 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Lebanon: ahead of 13 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentLebanon 10.98 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Lebanon is ahead of 13 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Lebanon
106 Spain10.38 %−0.61 pp
107 Nepal10.46 %−0.52 pp
108 Lebanon10.98 %—
109 Bosnia and Herzegovina11.04 %+0.05 pp
110 Rwanda11.36 %+0.38 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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