Unemployment rate: Lebanon
10.985% in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 33 years from 1991 to 2023 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.985 |
| 2022 | 11.105 |
| 2021 | 12.715 |
| 2020 | 13.252 |
| 2019 | 11.301 |
| 2018 | 10.755 |
| 2017 | 10.258 |
| 2016 | 9.794 |
| 2015 | 9.312 |
| 2014 | 8.84 |
| 2013 | 8.477 |
| 2012 | 7.952 |
| 2011 | 7.352 |
| 2010 | 6.768 |
| 2009 | 6.355 |
| 2008 | 7.666 |
| 2007 | 8.98 |
| 2006 | 8.679 |
| 2005 | 8.249 |
| 2004 | 7.85 |
| 2003 | 8.061 |
| 2002 | 8.248 |
| 2001 | 8.499 |
| 2000 | 8.641 |
| 1999 | 8.787 |
| 1998 | 8.571 |
| 1997 | 8.62 |
| 1996 | 8.413 |
| 1995 | 8.421 |
| 1994 | 8.321 |
| 1993 | 8.226 |
| 1992 | 8.225 |
| 1991 | 8.594 |