Syria vs the United States: Economic Indicators Comparison

The United States with a GDP of $20.5T ranked the 1st largest economy in the world, while Syria ranked 95th with $40.4B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, the United States and Syria ranked 113th vs 178th and 11th vs 147th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatSyriaUnited States
GDP$40.4B$20.5T
GDP growth, 1 year5%2.9%
GDP growth, 5-years average-3.1%2.4%
Population18.3M325.1M
GDP per capita$2k$63k
GDP per capita growth1.35%2.29%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor21.321
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rateN/A1
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$3.5k$63k
GNI, Atlas method$36.2B$20.6T
GNI per capita$1.8k$63k
GNI, PPP adjustedN/A$20.8T
GNI per capita, PPP adjustedN/A$64k

Financial system and Human development

StatSyriaUnited States
Income Tax RateN/A37%
Corporate Tax RateN/A21%
Inflation, consumer prices0.9%2.4%
Inflation, GDP deflator12%2.4%
Unemployment8.1%3.9%
Economic Freedom Index3476.6
Personal Freedom Index5.058.55
Human Freedom Index5.348.39
Property Rights Index45.681.8
Judical Effectiveness Index20.883.7
Business Freedom Index48.983.3
Fiscal Health IndexN/A54.3
Labor Freedom Index59.387.9
Investment Freedom Index085
Financial Freedom IndexN/A80
Trade Freedom Index51.679.8
Monetary Freedom Index58.875.5
Government Spending IndexN/A56.5
Tax Burden IndexN/A74.6
Government Integrity Index21.977.2
Corruption Perceptions Index1371
Life expectancy at birth, years7178.5
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people1.915.3
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people26.512.4
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people2.25.3
International tourism, number of arrivals5.1M79.7M

Government debt & reserves

StatSyriaUnited States
Central government debt, % of GDP130.6%105.8%
External debt stocks, % of GNI103.9%N/A
External debt stocks$4.6BN/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves2.7%N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income3.1%N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNIN/A6.1%
Gross savings, % of GDP28.9%18.6%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP27.8%21%
Total reserves including gold$20.6B$449.9B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$804.2M$258.4B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatSyriaUnited States
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP38.6%12.2%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP37.8%15.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$367.4M-$491B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDPN/A17.2%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$9.8BN/A
Personal remittances received$1.6B$6.7B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP35.9%18.2%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP19.5%0.9%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$36.6M$56.1B
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$1.4M$128.7B
Expense, % of GDPN/A22.4%
Government Expenditure, % of GDPN/A38.1%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Syria vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Palestine
$3.2k
4.68M
Vanuatu
$3.1k
276k
Philippines
$3.1k
105M
Ukraine
$3.1k
42.6M
Djibouti
$3.1k
957k
Papua New Guinea
$2.7k
8.25M
Vietnam
$2.6k
94.7M
Egypt
$2.5k
94.8M
Laos
$2.5k
6.86M
Honduras
$2.5k
9.27M
Ghana
$2.2k
26.9M
Congo
$2.1k
5.26M
Zimbabwe
$2.1k
16.5M
Solomon Islands
$2.1k
611k
East Timor
$2k
1.3M
Nicaragua
$2k
6.22M
Nigeria
$2k
191M
India
$2k
1.33B
Sao Tome and Principe
$2k
204k
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M
Senegal
$1.5k
15.9M
Cambodia
$1.5k
16M
Pakistan
$1.5k
197M

United States vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Liechtenstein
$165k
37.9k
Luxembourg
$117k
626k
Switzerland
$83k
8.47M
Norway
$82k
5.37M
Cayman Islands
$81k
58.4k
Ireland
$79k
4.76M
Iceland
$73k
357k
Qatar
$69k
2.64M
Singapore
$65k
5.89M
Denmark
$61k
5.83M
Australia
$57k
24.5M
Sweden
$55k
10.3M
Netherlands
$53k
17.3M
Austria
$51k
8.81M
Finland
$50k
5.5M
San Marino
$48k
33.4k
Germany
$48k
83.1M
Belgium
$48k
11.4M
Canada
$46k
37.9M
United Arab Emirates
$43k
9.4M
United Kingdom
$43k
66M
Andorra
$42k
76.2k
New Zealand
$42k
4.94M
Israel
$42k
9.09M
France
$41k
66.6M
Japan
$39k
127M
Italy
$34k
60.3M
Kuwait
$34k
4.6M
Bahamas
$32k
395k
Brunei
$32k
429k