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Lebanese Pound
LBPLebanon · Issued by Banque du Liban
Price (USD)
—
Inflation (2024)
+45.24%
10y M2 change
+131%
M69 Score
34.1
Hyperinflation collapse 2019+
Market Cap (USD)
—
via M2 · 2017
M2 (local currency)
208.34T LBP
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+45.24%
World Bank · annual
Country
Lebanon
ISO 4217 · LBP
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Lebanese Pound M2 money supply
Broad money in LBP (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Lebanese Pound inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Lebanon. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Lebanese Pound be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 LBP in 2009 buys today
0.02 LBPworth of goods
Lost 100% of purchasing power since 2009.
To match 2009 purchasing power, you need today
649,616.28 LBP
30 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 15:53:45
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- LBN
Note: Hyperinflation collapse 2019+
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/LBP
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Lebanese Pound?+
The Lebanese Pound (LBP) is issued by Banque du Liban. As the monetary authority for Lebanon, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Lebanese Pound?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Lebanese Pound: 45.24% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Lebanese Pound been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 131% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between LBP as accounting unit and LBP as a store of value.
Is the Lebanese Pound sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Lebanese Pound currently scores 34.1. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Lebanese Pound compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.