Guatemala vs Syria: Economic Indicators Comparison

Guatemala with a GDP of $78.5B ranked the 70th largest economy in the world, while Syria ranked 95th with $40.4B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Guatemala and Syria ranked 69th vs 178th and 112th vs 147th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Guatemala	Syria
GDP	$78.5B	$40.4B
GDP growth, 1 year	3.1%	5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	3.5%	-3.1%
Population	17.3M	18.3M
GDP per capita	$4.5k	$2k
GDP per capita growth	1.15%	1.35%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	4.04	21.32
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.54	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$8.4k	$3.5k
GNI, Atlas method	$75.9B	$36.2B
GNI per capita	$4.4k	$1.8k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$143.4B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$8.3k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Guatemala	Syria
Income Tax Rate	31%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	31%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	3.8%	0.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	2.9%	12%
Unemployment	2.7%	8.1%
Economic Freedom Index	64	34
Personal Freedom Index	7.14	5.05
Human Freedom Index	7.21	5.34
Property Rights Index	45.5	45.6
Judical Effectiveness Index	32.2	20.8
Business Freedom Index	62.6	48.9
Fiscal Health Index	95.7	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	48.4	59.3
Investment Freedom Index	70	0
Financial Freedom Index	50	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	82.2	51.6
Monetary Freedom Index	77.4	58.8
Government Spending Index	95.6	N/A
Tax Burden Index	79.2	N/A
Government Integrity Index	29.6	21.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	27	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	73.8	71
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	2.7	1.9
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	16.6	26.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	26.1	2.2
International tourism, number of arrivals	1.8M	5.1M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Guatemala	Syria
Central government debt, % of GDP	24.5%	130.6%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	29%	103.9%
External debt stocks	$22.3B	$4.6B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	7.3%	2.7%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	26.7%	3.1%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	1.9%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	13.4%	28.9%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	12.1%	27.8%
Total reserves including gold	$12.6B	$20.6B
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$1.1B	$804.2M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Guatemala	Syria
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	18.1%	38.6%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	27.7%	37.8%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	$665M	-$367.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	11%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$342.5M	$9.8B
Personal remittances received	$9.4B	$1.6B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	24.6%	35.9%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	10%	19.5%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$209.8M	$36.6M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$700k	$1.4M
Expense, % of GDP	11.8%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	12.1%	N/A