Life expectancy
72.6 · 2024
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Syrian Arab Republic
$1,052GDP per capita · 2022
Long-run GDP per capita
Real GDP per capita in 2011 international dollars, 1820–2022. Maddison Project Database 2023.
Economic events
Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.
- 1873–1879Long Depression
- 1918–1920Influenza pandemic
- 1929–1939Great Depression
- 1973–19741973 oil crisis
- 19791979 oil crisis
- 1997–1998Asian financial crisis
- 2000–2002Dot-com crash
- 2008–2009Global financial crisis
- 2010–2012European sovereign-debt crisis
- 2020–2021COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022Global inflation surge
Demographics
Population
24.7M · 2024
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Population growth
4.5% · 2024
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Urban population
72.1% · 2024
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Environment
CO₂ per capita
1.3 · 2024
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External
Current account balance
-0.6% · 2010
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Current account balance (IMF)
-2.8% · 2010
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Government
Central government debt
No data
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Government gross debt
30.0% · 2010
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Labour
Unemployment
13.6% · 2025
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Unemployment rate (IMF)
8.6% · 2010
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Output & growth
GDP
$23.6B · 2022
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GDP (IMF)
$60B · 2010
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GDP (PPP)
Int’l$ 136.4B · 2010
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GDP growth
0.7% · 2022
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GDP per capita
$1,052 · 2022
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GDP per capita (IMF)
$2,807 · 2010
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GNI per capita
$710 · 2022
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Real GDP growth
3.4% · 2010
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Prices
Inflation (CPI)
13.4% · 2019
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Inflation (avg CPI)
4.4% · 2010
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Society
Income inequality (Gini)
26.4 · 2022
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Internet users
33.8% · 2018
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Trade
Exports
6.8% · 2022
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Imports
28.8% · 2022
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Trade
35.6% · 2022
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