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LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2026)

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) has disclosed Operating Expenses for 17 consecutive years, with $7.0 billion as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Operating Expenses fell 8.0% year-over-year to $7.0 billion; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached $22.8 billion, down 0.84%, while the annual FY2019 figure was $30.6 billion, 9.36% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses hit $7.0 billion in Q1 2026 for LyondellBasell Industries, down from $8.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $12.7 billion in Q2 2022 and bottomed at $7.0 billion in Q1 2026.
  • Average Operating Expenses over 5 years is $9.0 billion, with a median of $8.5 billion recorded in 2025.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Expenses skyrocketed 43.81% in 2022 and then fell 26.79% in 2023.
  • LyondellBasell Industries' Operating Expenses stood at $11.4 billion in 2022, then dropped by 15.97% to $9.6 billion in 2023, then decreased by 19.48% to $7.7 billion in 2024, then rose by 9.29% to $8.5 billion in 2025, then dropped by 17.73% to $7.0 billion in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods came in at $7.0 billion, $8.5 billion, and $7.4 billion for Q1 2026, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.