Syria vs United Arab Emirates: GDP growth

GDP growth: 3.4% a year in Syria in 2010 and 6.2% a year in United Arab Emirates in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 4.5 percentage points, or 2.31 times that in Syria.

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% a year · IMF

SyriaUnited Arab EmiratesIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

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

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Syria	United Arab Emirates
2025	–	6.2
2024	–	6.6
2023	–	4.3
2022	–	7.5
2021	–	4.6
2020	–	-8.7
2019	–	1.3
2018	–	1.5
2017	–	-1.1
2016	–	5.7
2015	–	7.1
2014	–	4.6
2013	–	4.9
2012	–	4.7
2011	–	6.7
2010	3.4	7.9
2009	5.9	-5.2
2008	4.5	3.2
2007	5.7	3.2
2006	5	9.8
2005	6.2	4.9
2004	6.9	9.6
2003	-2	8.8
2002	5.9	2.4
2001	3.7	1.4
2000	2.3	12.3
1999	-3.1	3.8
1998	5.6	0.9
1997	-1.1	8.6
1996	3	5.4
1995	5.4	6.6
1994	5.5	7.4
1993	7.4	0.3
1992	13.3	3.1
1991	10.7	2.2
1990	10.4	23.6
1989	-6.1	15.7
1988	12.7	-2.6
1987	1.3	5.3
1986	-4.8	-19.3
1985	7.3	-2.5
1984	-6.5	4.5
1983	1.6	-5.3
1982	2.6	-7.2
1981	8.5	8
1980	10.5	-1.8

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Syria	United Arab Emirates
2026	–	-3.9
2027	–	7.7
2028	–	7
2029	–	5.9
2030	–	3.7
2031	–	3.5

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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Syria vs United Arab Emirates

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Deaths in conflictsSyria: 1,574 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022