According to statistics published by the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL), gross public debt widened by 0.19% ($175.12 million) during the month of March 2020 to LBP 139,318 billion ($92.42 billion), up from LBP 139,054 billion ($92.24 billion) a month earlier. The share of Lebanese banks of LBP-denominated debt fell to 28.3% in March (down from 28.6% in February), while that of the non-banking sector remained stable at 13.1%, and the share of Banque Du Liban increased to 58.6% (up from 58.3% in February). As far as foreign currency-denominated debt is concerned, sovereign debt in the form of Republic of Lebanon Eurobonds constituted 93.9% of total foreign currency debt, followed by lines of credit obtained through multilateral agreements (4.1%) and bilateral facilities (1.8%).

The average maturity of debt denominated in domestic currency narrowed to 4.81 years in March 2020 from 4.83 years in February, while the weighted average annual interest rate on local currency debt increased from 6.49% to 6.50% during that same period.