Moldova vs Syria: Economic Indicators Comparison

Syria with a GDP of $40.4B ranked the 95th largest economy in the world, while Moldova ranked 139th with $11.4B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Syria and Moldova ranked 178th vs 61st and 147th vs 131st, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Moldova	Syria
GDP	$11.4B	$40.4B
GDP growth, 1 year	4%	5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	3.6%	-3.1%
Population	2.6M	18.3M
GDP per capita	$3.2k	$2k
GDP per capita growth	3.5%	1.35%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	7.46	21.32
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.44	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$7.3k	$3.5k
GNI, Atlas method	$10.6B	$36.2B
GNI per capita	$3k	$1.8k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$27B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$7.6k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Moldova	Syria
Income Tax Rate	12%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	12%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	3.1%	0.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	4%	12%
Unemployment	3.4%	8.1%
Economic Freedom Index	62	34
Personal Freedom Index	7.51	5.05
Human Freedom Index	7.17	5.34
Property Rights Index	60.5	45.6
Judical Effectiveness Index	31.7	20.8
Business Freedom Index	68.1	48.9
Fiscal Health Index	96.2	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	37	59.3
Investment Freedom Index	55	0
Financial Freedom Index	50	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	78	51.6
Monetary Freedom Index	72	58.8
Government Spending Index	71.6	N/A
Tax Burden Index	86.1	N/A
Government Integrity Index	37.2	21.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	33	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	71.7	71
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	15.9	1.9
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	9.7	26.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	3.2	2.2
International tourism, number of arrivals	160k	5.1M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Moldova	Syria
Central government debt, % of GDP	27.1%	130.6%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	61.3%	103.9%
External debt stocks	$7.3B	$4.6B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	63.8%	2.7%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	12.9%	3.1%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	14.7%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	14.9%	28.9%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	25.6%	27.8%
Total reserves including gold	$3B	$20.6B
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$311.9M	$804.2M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Moldova	Syria
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	29.3%	38.6%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	55%	37.8%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$1.2B	-$367.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	27.7%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$131.5M	$9.8B
Personal remittances received	$1.8B	$1.6B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	22.7%	35.9%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	10.1%	19.5%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$26.5M	$36.6M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$3.2M	$1.4M
Expense, % of GDP	27.3%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	30.8%	N/A