Jordan vs Syria: Economic Indicators Comparison

Jordan with a GDP of $42.2B ranked the 91st largest economy in the world, while Syria ranked 95th with $40.4B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Jordan and Syria ranked 120th vs 178th and 114th vs 147th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatJordanSyria
GDP$42.2B$40.4B
GDP growth, 1 year2%5%
GDP growth, 5-years average2.3%-3.1%
Population10.4M18.3M
GDP per capita$4.2k$2k
GDP per capita growth0.13%1.35%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor0.3221.32
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.45N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$9.4k$3.5k
GNI, Atlas method$41.8B$36.2B
GNI per capita$4.2k$1.8k
GNI, PPP adjusted$93.9BN/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$9.4kN/A

Financial system and Human development

StatJordanSyria
Income Tax Rate14%N/A
Corporate Tax Rate20%N/A
Inflation, consumer prices4.5%0.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator1.8%12%
Unemployment15%8.1%
Economic Freedom Index6634
Personal Freedom Index6.015.05
Human Freedom Index6.595.34
Property Rights Index64.845.6
Judical Effectiveness Index54.620.8
Business Freedom Index60.148.9
Fiscal Health Index55.9N/A
Labor Freedom Index52.559.3
Investment Freedom Index700
Financial Freedom Index60N/A
Trade Freedom Index81.251.6
Monetary Freedom Index77.658.8
Government Spending Index73.5N/A
Tax Burden Index91.8N/A
Government Integrity Index49.621.9
Corruption Perceptions Index4913
Life expectancy at birth, years74.371
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people2.91.9
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people24.426.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people1.42.2
International tourism, number of arrivals4.2M5.1M

Government debt & reserves

StatJordanSyria
Central government debt, % of GDP94.2%130.6%
External debt stocks, % of GNI76.1%103.9%
External debt stocks$32B$4.6B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves67.4%2.7%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income14.1%3.1%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI4.4%N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP10.8%28.9%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP18.4%27.8%
Total reserves including gold$15.5B$20.6B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$949.9M$804.2M

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatJordanSyria
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP35.6%38.6%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP54.6%37.8%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$2.8B-$367.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP23.2%N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$2.3B$9.8B
Personal remittances received$4.5B$1.6B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP27.6%35.9%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP5.6%19.5%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$23.5M$36.6M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$21.8M$1.4M
Expense, % of GDP26.1%N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP29.7%N/A

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Jordan vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Suriname
$6.2k
563k
North Macedonia
$6.1k
2.08M
Bosnia and Herzegovina
$6.1k
3.51M
Namibia
$5.9k
2.53M
Iraq
$5.8k
38.3M
Paraguay
$5.8k
6.81M
Iran
$5.6k
80M
Jamaica
$5.4k
2.89M
Albania
$5.3k
3.02M
Guyana
$5k
778k
Belize
$4.9k
375k
Azerbaijan
$4.7k
10M
Georgia
$4.7k
3.72M
Guatemala
$4.5k
17.3M
Tonga
$4.4k
108k
Armenia
$4.2k
2.93M
Samoa
$4.2k
196k
Eswatini
$4.1k
1.37M
Mongolia
$4.1k
3.08M
Algeria
$4.1k
41.3M
Sri Lanka
$4.1k
21.4M
El Salvador
$4.1k
6.42M
Indonesia
$3.9k
264M
Marshall Islands
$3.8k
53.1k
Tuvalu
$3.7k
11.2k
Cape Verde
$3.6k
546k
Bolivia
$3.5k
11.1M
Tunisia
$3.4k
11.6M
Angola
$3.4k
29.8M
Bhutan
$3.2k
808k

Syria vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Palestine
$3.2k
4.68M
Vanuatu
$3.1k
276k
Philippines
$3.1k
105M
Ukraine
$3.1k
42.6M
Djibouti
$3.1k
957k
Papua New Guinea
$2.7k
8.25M
Vietnam
$2.6k
94.7M
Egypt
$2.5k
94.8M
Laos
$2.5k
6.86M
Honduras
$2.5k
9.27M
Ghana
$2.2k
26.9M
Congo
$2.1k
5.26M
Zimbabwe
$2.1k
16.5M
Solomon Islands
$2.1k
611k
East Timor
$2k
1.3M
Nicaragua
$2k
6.22M
Nigeria
$2k
191M
India
$2k
1.33B
Sao Tome and Principe
$2k
204k
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M
Senegal
$1.5k
15.9M
Cambodia
$1.5k
16M
Pakistan
$1.5k
197M