Israel vs Syria

Israel vs Syria: GDP growth

GDP growth: 3.5% a year in Israel in 2025 and 3.4% a year in Syria in 2010, by IMF estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Israel, by 2.1 percentage points, or 1.61 times that in Syria.

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% a year · IMF

Israel vs Syria: GDP growthGDP growth: 3.5% a year in Israel in 2025 and 3.4% a year in Syria in 2010, by IMF estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Israel, by 2.1 percentage points, or 1.61 times that in Syria.
IsraelSyriaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Israel has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Syria.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Israel at 3.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearIsraelSyria
20253.5–
20241.7–
20232–
20226.1–
20219–
2020-1.9–
20193.6–
20184.1–
20174.3–
20164.5–
20152.2–
20143.7–
20134.1–
20122.4–
20115.6–
20105.53.4
20091.25.9
20083.24.5
20076.35.7
20065.65
20054.36.2
20044.66.9
20031.6-2
2002-0.35.9
20010.33.7
20008.62.3
19993.3-3.1
199845.6
19973.6-1.1
19965.93
19959.75.4
199475.5
19933.87.4
19927.213.3
19914.610.7
19906.610.4
19891.4-6.1
19883.612.7
19877.51.3
19863.6-4.8
19854.57.3
19842.2-6.5
19832.61.6
19821.42.6
19814.78.5
19803.610.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearIsraelSyria
20264.5–
20274.4–
20283.6–
20293.6–
20303.6–
20313.5–

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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