Romania vs Syria: Economic Indicators Comparison

Romania with a GDP of $239.6B ranked the 49th largest economy in the world, while Syria ranked 95th with $40.4B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Romania and Syria ranked 42nd vs 178th and 64th vs 147th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Romania	Syria
GDP	$239.6B	$40.4B
GDP growth, 1 year	4.1%	5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	4.6%	-3.1%
Population	19.6M	18.3M
GDP per capita	$12k	$2k
GDP per capita growth	4.56%	1.35%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	1.72	21.32
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.44	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$26k	$3.5k
GNI, Atlas method	$219.9B	$36.2B
GNI per capita	$11k	$1.8k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$535.9B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$28k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Romania	Syria
Income Tax Rate	10%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	16%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	4.6%	0.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	5.9%	12%
Unemployment	4.3%	8.1%
Economic Freedom Index	69.7	34
Personal Freedom Index	8.74	5.05
Human Freedom Index	8	5.34
Property Rights Index	72.5	45.6
Judical Effectiveness Index	56.1	20.8
Business Freedom Index	58.6	48.9
Fiscal Health Index	85.6	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	63	59.3
Investment Freedom Index	70	0
Financial Freedom Index	50	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	86.4	51.6
Monetary Freedom Index	78.1	58.8
Government Spending Index	70.4	N/A
Tax Burden Index	90.3	N/A
Government Integrity Index	55.1	21.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	47	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	75.3	71
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	10.4	1.9
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	10.3	26.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	1.5	2.2
International tourism, number of arrivals	11.7M	5.1M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Romania	Syria
Central government debt, % of GDP	36.6%	130.6%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	48%	103.9%
External debt stocks	$112.1B	$4.6B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	37.7%	2.7%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	20.8%	3.1%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	3.4%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	19.7%	28.9%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	24.2%	27.8%
Total reserves including gold	$42.1B	$20.6B
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$7.3B	$804.2M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Romania	Syria
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	41.6%	38.6%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	44.9%	37.8%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$10.9B	-$367.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	28.6%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$736M	$9.8B
Personal remittances received	$7B	$1.6B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	29%	35.9%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	4.3%	19.5%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$962.4M	$36.6M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$100.8M	$1.4M
Expense, % of GDP	31.6%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	31.4%	N/A