Slovakia vs Syria: Economic Indicators Comparison

Slovakia with a GDP of $105.9B ranked the 62nd largest economy in the world, while Syria ranked 95th with $40.4B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Slovakia and Syria ranked 65th vs 178th and 47th vs 147th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Slovakia	Syria
GDP	$105.9B	$40.4B
GDP growth, 1 year	4.1%	5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	3.5%	-3.1%
Population	5.4M	18.3M
GDP per capita	$19k	$2k
GDP per capita growth	3.89%	1.35%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	0.49	21.32
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.58	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$35k	$3.5k
GNI, Atlas method	$99.5B	$36.2B
GNI per capita	$18k	$1.8k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$180.1B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$33k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Slovakia	Syria
Income Tax Rate	25%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	21%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	2.5%	0.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	2%	12%
Unemployment	6.8%	8.1%
Economic Freedom Index	66.8	34
Personal Freedom Index	8.87	5.05
Human Freedom Index	8.29	5.34
Property Rights Index	73.1	45.6
Judical Effectiveness Index	41.7	20.8
Business Freedom Index	55.3	48.9
Fiscal Health Index	92.6	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	52.6	59.3
Investment Freedom Index	75	0
Financial Freedom Index	70	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	86.4	51.6
Monetary Freedom Index	75.9	58.8
Government Spending Index	50.2	N/A
Tax Burden Index	78.5	N/A
Government Integrity Index	49.7	21.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	50	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	77.2	71
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	12.8	1.9
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	6.1	26.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	1.5	2.2
International tourism, number of arrivals	2.3M	5.1M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Slovakia	Syria
Central government debt, % of GDP	48.8%	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	5.6%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	22.1%	28.9%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	23.4%	27.8%
Total reserves including gold	$5.2B	$20.6B
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$2.6B	$804.2M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Slovakia	Syria
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	96.1%	38.6%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	94.1%	37.8%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$2.8B	-$367.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	37.7%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$183.9M	$9.8B
Personal remittances received	$2.1B	$1.6B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	30.1%	35.9%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	2.4%	19.5%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$749.1M	$36.6M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$55.5M	$1.4M
Expense, % of GDP	39%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	40.8%	N/A