A total banking, currency and sovereign debt collapse is the tragic endgame of the Banque Du Liban’s financial engineering/Ponzi juggling act. Lebanon's banks are poised for a major shake-out as a planned restructuring of government debt is set to leave many financial players illiquid, say bankers. Lebanon's top leadership opposes repaying the country's sovereign debt, the presidency said on Saturday, indicating the the heavily indebted state is heading towards a default. Lebanon’s public debt stands at around 170% of annual gross domestic product, making it one of the world’s most heavily indebted states. Government Debt to GDP in Lebanon averaged 152.96 percent from 2000 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 183 percent in 2006 and a record low of 131 percent in 2012. Investors in Lebanon’s dollar debt are nursing big losses after the government failed to repay a $1.2bn bond due on Monday, triggering the country’s first ever sovereign default. Lebanon now faces its most dangerous moment in its tragic history – an existential crisis akin to June 1982 and July 2006 in its raw historical scale. Lebanon defaulted on its sovereign debt for the first time in March this year. After the default, many analysts said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is Lebanon’s only hope to secure financial support. Lebanon Government Debt to GDP - values, historical data and charts - was last updated … With a 152% debt to GDP ratio, Lebanon is the third most indebted country in the world after Japan and Greece. Lebanon's sovereign debt is probably going to be restructured in a way that hurts neither the economy nor depositors, and foreign holders will be repaid, the banking association head said on Monday. This page provides - Lebanon Government Debt To GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.