Oman vs Syria: Economic Indicators Comparison

Oman with a GDP of $79.3B ranked the 69th largest economy in the world, while Syria ranked 95th with $40.4B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Oman and Syria ranked 114th vs 178th and 56th vs 147th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Oman	Syria
GDP	$79.3B	$40.4B
GDP growth, 1 year	2.1%	5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	2.4%	-3.1%
Population	4.8M	18.3M
GDP per capita	$16k	$2k
GDP per capita growth	-1.68%	1.35%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	0.15	21.32
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.39	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$47k	$3.5k
GNI, Atlas method	$73.1B	$36.2B
GNI per capita	$15k	$1.8k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$201.3B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$42k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Oman	Syria
Income Tax Rate	0%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	12%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	0.9%	0.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	10.3%	12%
Unemployment	3.1%	8.1%
Economic Freedom Index	63.6	34
Personal Freedom Index	5.55	5.05
Human Freedom Index	6.3	5.34
Property Rights Index	66.4	45.6
Judical Effectiveness Index	66.2	20.8
Business Freedom Index	74.6	48.9
Fiscal Health Index	14.8	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	56.9	59.3
Investment Freedom Index	65	0
Financial Freedom Index	60	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	81.6	51.6
Monetary Freedom Index	78.4	58.8
Government Spending Index	36.2	N/A
Tax Burden Index	98.4	N/A
Government Integrity Index	64.6	21.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	52	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	77.4	71
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	3.9	1.9
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	16.1	26.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	0.5	2.2
International tourism, number of arrivals	2.3M	5.1M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Oman	Syria
Central government debt, % of GDP	50.9%	130.6%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	N/A	103.9%
External debt stocks	N/A	$4.6B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	N/A	2.7%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	N/A	3.1%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-11.3%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	23.9%	28.9%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	23.2%	27.8%
Total reserves including gold	$17.4B	$20.6B
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$6.3B	$804.2M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Oman	Syria
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	58.3%	38.6%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	44.5%	37.8%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$4.3B	-$367.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$17M	$9.8B
Personal remittances received	$39M	$1.6B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	46.8%	35.9%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	2.2%	19.5%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	N/A	$36.6M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	N/A	$1.4M
Expense, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	46.1%	N/A