South Sudan vs Syria: Economic Indicators Comparison

Syria with a GDP of $40.4B ranked the 95th largest economy in the world, while South Sudan ranked 138th with $12B. By GDP per capita, Syria and South Sudan ranked 147th vs 168th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	South Sudan	Syria
GDP	$12B	$40.4B
GDP growth, 1 year	-10.79%	5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	N/A	-3.1%
Population	12.6M	18.3M
GDP per capita	$1.1k	$2k
GDP per capita growth	-12.13%	1.35%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	2.03	21.32
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.69	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$1.9k	$3.5k
GNI, Atlas method	$12.2B	$36.2B
GNI per capita	$1.1k	$1.8k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$18.2B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$1.7k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	South Sudan	Syria
Income Tax Rate	N/A	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	N/A	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	187.9%	0.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	17.7%	12%
Unemployment	12.1%	8.1%
Economic Freedom Index	41	34
Personal Freedom Index	3.7	5.05
Human Freedom Index	3.6	5.34
Property Rights Index	N/A	45.6
Judical Effectiveness Index	N/A	20.8
Business Freedom Index	N/A	48.9
Fiscal Health Index	N/A	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	N/A	59.3
Investment Freedom Index	N/A	0
Financial Freedom Index	N/A	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	N/A	51.6
Monetary Freedom Index	N/A	58.8
Government Spending Index	N/A	N/A
Tax Burden Index	N/A	N/A
Government Integrity Index	N/A	21.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	13	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	57.4	71
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	3.7	1.9
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	29.9	26.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	13.9	2.2
International tourism, number of arrivals	N/A	5.1M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	South Sudan	Syria
Central government debt, % of GDP	N/A	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	N/A	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	9.8%	28.9%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	5.8%	27.8%
Total reserves including gold	$68.2M	$20.6B
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$60.1M	$804.2M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	South Sudan	Syria
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	36.7%	38.6%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	28.9%	37.8%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$315.6M	-$367.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$1.5B	$9.8B
Personal remittances received	$1.3B	$1.6B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	33.1%	35.9%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	10.4%	19.5%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$830k	$36.6M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$24.4M	$1.4M
Expense, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	N/A	N/A