Syria vs Uruguay: Economic Indicators Comparison

Uruguay with a GDP of $59.6B ranked the 79th largest economy in the world, while Syria ranked 95th with $40.4B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Uruguay and Syria ranked 129th vs 178th and 52nd vs 147th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Syria	Uruguay
GDP	$40.4B	$59.6B
GDP growth, 1 year	5%	2.1%
GDP growth, 5-years average	-3.1%	2%
Population	18.3M	3.5M
GDP per capita	$2k	$17k
GDP per capita growth	1.35%	1.25%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	21.32	22.52
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	N/A	0.73
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.5k	$23k
GNI, Atlas method	$36.2B	$54B
GNI per capita	$1.8k	$16k
GNI, PPP adjusted	N/A	$75.7B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	N/A	$22k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Syria	Uruguay
Income Tax Rate	N/A	30%
Corporate Tax Rate	N/A	25%
Inflation, consumer prices	0.9%	7.6%
Inflation, GDP deflator	12%	5.6%
Unemployment	8.1%	8%
Economic Freedom Index	34	69.1
Personal Freedom Index	5.05	8.78
Human Freedom Index	5.34	7.93
Property Rights Index	45.6	72
Judical Effectiveness Index	20.8	59.8
Business Freedom Index	48.9	73.6
Fiscal Health Index	N/A	72.3
Labor Freedom Index	59.3	71
Investment Freedom Index	0	85
Financial Freedom Index	N/A	30
Trade Freedom Index	51.6	77.4
Monetary Freedom Index	58.8	72.7
Government Spending Index	N/A	66.5
Tax Burden Index	N/A	75.2
Government Integrity Index	21.9	73.5
Corruption Perceptions Index	13	70
Life expectancy at birth, years	71	77.6
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	1.9	18.4
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	26.5	13.4
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	2.2	8.2
International tourism, number of arrivals	5.1M	3.5M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Syria	Uruguay
Central government debt, % of GDP	130.6%	70%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	103.9%	N/A
External debt stocks	$4.6B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	2.7%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	3.1%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	N/A	10.2%
Gross savings, % of GDP	28.9%	12%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	27.8%	16.5%
Total reserves including gold	$20.6B	$15.6B
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$804.2M	$1.2B

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Syria	Uruguay
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	38.6%	21%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	37.8%	19%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$367.4M	$75.7M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	N/A	34.4%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$9.8B	$9.1M
Personal remittances received	$1.6B	$104.3M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	35.9%	24.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	19.5%	5.6%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$36.6M	$124.2M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$1.4M	$44.7M
Expense, % of GDP	N/A	35%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	N/A	33.4%