Country profile · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Low income
Syrian Arab Republic
Every figure below carries its global rank and its history — and a plain line on what the number means. Figures: World Bank, World Development Indicators (open data), retrieved 2026-07-27.
At a glance
Latest available year per indicator
GDP · 2022
$23.7 bn
126th largest of 214
The size of the economy — everything produced in a year. The headline number every other figure argues with.
GDP growth · 2022
-0.2%
197th fastest-growing of 214
How fast output is expanding, inflation-adjusted. Growth without jobs or wages is where the story usually hides.
GDP per capita · 2022
$1,057
198th highest of 214
Output per person — the rough proxy for average living standards, and an average that hides a lot.
Inflation (CPI) · 2019
13.4%
18th highest of 193
How fast consumer prices rise. What it understates for poorer households is half the story.
Unemployment · 2025
13.6%
20th highest of 187
The share of the labour force seeking work without finding it — and it counts precarious work as 'employed'.
Population · 2025
25.6 mn
57th largest of 217
The denominator of everything per-capita.
Exports · 2022
6.8%
190th highest of 193
How much of the economy is sold to the world — openness, measured on the way out.
Imports · 2022
28.7%
149th highest of 193
How much of demand is met from abroad — openness, measured on the way in.
FDI, net inflows · 2011
1.2%
142nd highest of 202
Long-term foreign investment into real assets — a confidence signal that is hard to fake and slow to reverse.
Total reserves · 2010
$20.6 bn
68th largest of 179
The central bank's war chest for defending the currency and paying for imports.
Current account · 2010
-0.6%
92nd highest of 200
The broadest external balance — trade plus income and remittances. Persistent deficits must be financed.
Government debt
No recent data reported
What the state owes relative to the economy carrying it. Reported patchily — gaps here are common.
Exchange rate · 2022
2505.7
19th highest of 213
How many units of local currency a dollar buys — a running vote of confidence.
Gini index · 2022
26.4
163rd most unequal of 171
Inequality in one number: 0 is perfect equality, 100 is one person holding everything. Surveyed rarely.
Life expectancy · 2024
72.6
130th highest of 217
The single most honest summary of whether an economy serves its people.
Extreme poverty · 2022
18.0%
45th highest of 171
The share of people living below the international extreme-poverty line — the floor beneath every other economic statistic.
What these indicators can — and cannot — tell you: Economics, Explained
The long view
1990 – latest
Put Syrian Arab Republic next to any other economy — open the comparison desk — or see where it sits on the world heat map.