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Lebanon: IMF Data & Forecasts

2011/08/11

  2010 2015 Scale Units
GDP at constant prices 6621.05 8211.56 Billions National currency
percent change in GDP at constant prices 6.00 4.00   Percent change
GDP at current prices 55837.09 78117.70 Billions National currency
GDP at current prices in US dollars 37.04 51.82 Billions U.S. dollars
GDP deflator 843.33 951.31   Index
GDP per Capita at constant prices 1694441.10 1970052.28 Units National currency
GDP per Capita at current prices 14289667.89 18741379.56 Units National currency
GDP per Capita at current prices in US dollars 9479.05 12432.09 Units U.S. dollars
GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) valuation of country GDP 58.57 79.37 Billions Current international dollar
GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) per capita GDP 14988.42 19041.96 Units Current international dollar
GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) share of world total 0.08 0.08   Percent
Implied Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) conversion rate 953.38 984.22   National currency per current international dollar
Consumer Prices Index average 134.00 151.28   Index; 2000=100
Inflation average 5.00 2.22   Percent change
Consumer Prices Index end-of-period 141.43 158.72   Index; 2000=100
Inflation end-of-period 4.22 2.23   Percent change
Population 3.91 4.17 Millions Persons
Current account balance in US dollars -4.74 -6.39 Billions U.S. dollars
Current account balance in percent of GDP -12.79 -12.32   Percent of GDP
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