Syria vs Türkiye
Syria vs Türkiye: GDP per person
GDP per person: $717 in Syria in 2022 and $15,880 in Türkiye in 2025, by World Bank estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Türkiye, by $13,553, or 20 times that in Syria.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Türkiye has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- The world as a whole: $11,450 in 2022.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Syria | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $15,880 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | – | $15,400 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | – | $14,930 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $717 | $14,270 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $746 | $13,670 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $753 | $12,340 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $772 | $12,240 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $792 | $12,260 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $796 | $12,010 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $803 | $11,280 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $848 | $11,060 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $848 | $10,600 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $884 | $10,270 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $1,142 | $9,588 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $1,543 | $9,266 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $1,526 | $8,473 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $1,484 | $7,925 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $1,424 | $8,448 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $1,412 | $8,478 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $1,421 | $8,079 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $1,412 | $7,623 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $1,364 | $7,062 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $1,307 | $6,496 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $1,331 | $6,212 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $1,264 | $5,907 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $1,248 | $6,326 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $1,271 | $5,990 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $1,352 | $6,261 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $1,299 | $6,230 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $1,270 | $5,888 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $1,188 | $5,578 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $1,142 | $5,256 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $1,097 | $5,610 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $1,065 | $5,302 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $972 | $5,134 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $932 | $5,188 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $928 | $4,838 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $1,111 | $4,919 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $974 | $4,905 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $991 | $4,572 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $1,115 | $4,364 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $1,056 | $4,281 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $1,184 | $4,105 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $1,197 | $4,004 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $1,204 | $3,949 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $1,155 | $3,842 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $1,043 | $4,018 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $1,070 | $4,123 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $1,007 | $4,145 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $1,061 | $4,092 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $978 | $3,781 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $870 | $3,602 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $715 | $3,487 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $826 | $3,456 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $680 | $3,295 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $646 | $3,197 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $679 | $3,170 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $591 | $3,121 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $588 | $2,998 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $561 | $2,938 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $627 | $2,710 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $632 | $2,702 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $596 | $2,630 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $673 | $2,477 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $556 | $2,411 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $517 | $2,449 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Syria vs Türkiye
Health
- Life expectancySyria: 72.1 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySyria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Türkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySyria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSyria: 3.58% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide rateSyria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSyria: 23.6 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthSyria: 4.92% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSyria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSyria: 72.1% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median ageSyria: 22.3 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSyria: 4.7% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration rateSyria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSyria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personSyria: $110 in 2011Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSyria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSyria: 269,000 people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerSyria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSyria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSyria: 2 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSyria: 30 million TIV in 2010Türkiye: 539 million TIV in 2025