The DR Congo vs Syria: Economic Indicators Comparison

The DR Congo with a GDP of $47.2B ranked the 87th largest economy in the world, while Syria ranked 95th with $40.4B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, the DR Congo and Syria ranked 30th vs 178th and 188th vs 147th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	DR Congo	Syria
GDP	$47.2B	$40.4B
GDP growth, 1 year	3.9%	5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	5.2%	-3.1%
Population	86.8M	18.3M
GDP per capita	$562	$2k
GDP per capita growth	2.4%	1.35%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	977.82	21.32
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.6	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$767	$3.5k
GNI, Atlas method	$41.5B	$36.2B
GNI per capita	$490	$1.8k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$75.6B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$900	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	DR Congo	Syria
Income Tax Rate	30%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	40%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	29.3%	0.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	30.1%	12%
Unemployment	4.2%	8.1%
Economic Freedom Index	49.5	34
Personal Freedom Index	5.46	5.05
Human Freedom Index	5.27	5.34
Property Rights Index	30.1	45.6
Judical Effectiveness Index	26.5	20.8
Business Freedom Index	51.2	48.9
Fiscal Health Index	98	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	41.6	59.3
Investment Freedom Index	30	0
Financial Freedom Index	20	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	64.6	51.6
Monetary Freedom Index	49.6	58.8
Government Spending Index	95.4	N/A
Tax Burden Index	74.4	N/A
Government Integrity Index	13.1	21.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	20	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	60	71
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	5.7	1.9
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	33.7	26.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	13.6	2.2
International tourism, number of arrivals	351k	5.1M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	DR Congo	Syria
Central government debt, % of GDP	15.7%	130.6%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	10.9%	103.9%
External debt stocks	$5B	$4.6B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	14.6%	2.7%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	2.4%	3.1%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-4.4%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	21.1%	28.9%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	25.8%	27.8%
Total reserves including gold	$665.3M	$20.6B
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$1.3B	$804.2M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	DR Congo	Syria
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	33.6%	38.6%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	37.3%	37.8%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$2.2B	-$367.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	11.4%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$2.2B	$9.8B
Personal remittances received	$1.8B	$1.6B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	44.1%	35.9%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	19.1%	19.5%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$10.7M	$36.6M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$108.5M	$1.4M
Expense, % of GDP	11.5%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	12.4%	N/A