Suriname vs Syria: Economic Indicators Comparison

Syria with a GDP of $40.4B ranked the 95th largest economy in the world, while Suriname ranked 163rd with $3.6B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Syria and Suriname ranked 178th vs 174th and 147th vs 99th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Suriname	Syria
GDP	$3.6B	$40.4B
GDP growth, 1 year	2%	5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	-1%	-3.1%
Population	563k	18.3M
GDP per capita	$6.2k	$2k
GDP per capita growth	0.93%	1.35%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	3	21.32
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.4	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$15k	$3.5k
GNI, Atlas method	$3B	$36.2B
GNI per capita	$5.2k	$1.8k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$8B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$14k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Suriname	Syria
Income Tax Rate	38%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	36%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	6.9%	0.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	14.4%	12%
Unemployment	7.6%	8.1%
Economic Freedom Index	49.5	34
Personal Freedom Index	7.79	5.05
Human Freedom Index	7.19	5.34
Property Rights Index	45.6	45.6
Judical Effectiveness Index	19.5	20.8
Business Freedom Index	48.2	48.9
Fiscal Health Index	10.3	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	71.9	59.3
Investment Freedom Index	40	0
Financial Freedom Index	30	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	69.8	51.6
Monetary Freedom Index	76.1	58.8
Government Spending Index	74.8	N/A
Tax Burden Index	70.5	N/A
Government Integrity Index	36.9	21.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	43	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	71.5	71
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	22.8	1.9
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	14.5	26.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	5.5	2.2
International tourism, number of arrivals	278k	5.1M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Suriname	Syria
Central government debt, % of GDP	69.6%	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	22.9%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	50.3%	28.9%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	36.2%	27.8%
Total reserves including gold	$580.8M	$20.6B
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$131M	$804.2M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Suriname	Syria
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	52.5%	38.6%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	38.4%	37.8%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$118M	-$367.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$16.4M	$9.8B
Personal remittances received	$519k	$1.6B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	36.2%	35.9%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	9%	19.5%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$8.6M	$36.6M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$75k	$1.4M
Expense, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	29%	N/A