Syria
GDP per person in Syria
GDP per person in Syria: $517 in 1960 and $717 in 2022, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- $717
- Since 1960
- +$200
- World, 2022
- $11,450
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was $1,543 in 2011, the lowest $517 in 1960.
- Older estimates from Maddison reach back to 1820: 1,084 international dollars at 2011 prices.
The long run, in international dollars at 2011 prices
Maddison Project Database, version 2023 by Bolt, Jutta and Jan Luiten van Zanden (2024), “Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update”, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1–41. DOI: 10.1111/joes.12618
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $12,130 |
| 2024 | – | $11,890 |
| 2023 | – | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $717 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $746 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $753 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $772 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $792 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $796 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $803 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $848 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $848 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $884 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $1,142 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $1,543 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $1,526 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $1,484 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $1,424 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $1,412 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $1,421 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $1,412 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $1,364 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $1,307 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $1,331 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $1,264 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $1,248 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $1,271 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $1,352 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $1,299 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $1,270 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $1,188 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $1,142 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $1,097 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $1,065 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $972 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $932 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $928 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $1,111 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $974 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $991 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $1,115 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $1,056 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $1,184 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $1,197 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $1,204 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $1,155 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $1,043 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $1,070 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $1,007 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $1,061 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $978 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $870 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $715 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $826 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $680 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $646 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $679 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $591 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $588 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $561 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $627 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $632 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $596 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $673 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $556 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $517 | $3,667 |
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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Military
- Military spending4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per person$110 in 2011
- Military share of state spending13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnel269,000 people in 2020
- National power0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports30 million TIV in 2010
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