Syrian Arab Republic — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Syrian Arab Republic, 1960–2022.
GDP for Syrian Arab Republic was 23.74 billion in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 63 years, from 1960 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 67.54 billion in 2011. The lowest was 857.70 million in 1960 (about 27.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.50% per year.
Syrian Arab Republic ranks 126 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 59%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 109.60 billion, so Syrian Arab Republic sits below it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 65% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved down 45%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 19 of 23 economies; Yemen, Rep. (21.61 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 59% in 2022. That is 15% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1968; grown tenfold by 1978. Doubling roughly every 13 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 60th of 111 in 1960 → 61st of 146 in 1970 → 58th of 163 in 1980 → 75th of 192 in 1990 → 72nd of 204 in 2000 → 67th of 212 in 2010 → 136th of 210 in 2020 → 114th of 209 in 2022.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2022
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23,737,634,644.4 | +59.4% |
| 2021 | 14,892,885,528.14 | +19.1% |
| 2020 | 12,501,503,673.24 | -44.6% |
| 2019 | 22,583,046,644.69 | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 21,497,779,247.98 | +31.3% |
| 2017 | 16,369,842,725.47 | +29.9% |
| 2016 | 12,597,854,088.36 | -23.5% |
| 2015 | 16,466,861,435.02 | -23.4% |
| 2014 | 21,502,061,466.07 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 21,361,254,634.93 | -50.5% |
| 2012 | 43,190,318,032.56 | -36.1% |
| 2011 | 67,539,433,544.31 | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 61,390,833,272.67 | +13.5% |
| 2009 | 54,111,721,043.81 | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 52,557,913,397.46 | +29.9% |
| 2007 | 40,465,331,020.31 | +19.9% |
| 2006 | 33,751,812,958.64 | +17.0% |
| 2005 | 28,858,937,499.18 | +15.0% |
| 2004 | 25,086,910,448 | +14.9% |
| 2003 | 21,828,144,686.04 | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 20,786,986,579.91 | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 20,078,599,626.01 | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 18,937,031,609.8 | +19.3% |
| 1999 | 15,873,875,968.99 | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 15,200,846,153.85 | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 14,505,233,463.04 | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 13,789,560,878.24 | +21.0% |
| 1995 | 11,396,706,586.83 | +12.6% |
| 1994 | 10,122,020,000 | -26.1% |
| 1993 | 13,695,962,055.48 | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 13,253,565,861.14 | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 12,981,833,333.33 | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 12,308,624,417.83 | +24.9% |
| 1989 | 9,853,395,761.63 | -6.8% |
| 1988 | 10,577,041,644.99 | -6.9% |
| 1987 | 11,356,215,543.3 | -14.6% |
| 1986 | 13,293,205,278.28 | -19.0% |
| 1985 | 16,403,539,892.78 | -6.3% |
| 1984 | 17,503,078,174 | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 17,589,277,143.13 | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 16,298,929,011.47 | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 15,518,201,335.32 | +18.8% |
| 1980 | 13,062,420,382.17 | +31.5% |
| 1979 | 9,929,681,528.66 | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 9,275,200,458.19 | +20.5% |
| 1977 | 7,696,011,396.01 | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 7,633,528,866.93 | +11.8% |
| 1975 | 6,826,980,444.15 | +32.3% |
| 1974 | 5,159,557,147.51 | +59.3% |
| 1973 | 3,239,487,516.43 | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 3,059,681,697.61 | +18.1% |
| 1971 | 2,589,851,325.15 | +21.0% |
| 1970 | 2,140,384,010.07 | -4.7% |
| 1969 | 2,245,011,514.56 | +28.0% |
| 1968 | 1,753,746,429.62 | +11.0% |
| 1967 | 1,580,229,799.43 | +17.7% |
| 1966 | 1,342,287,553.19 | -8.8% |
| 1965 | 1,472,036,540.13 | +9.9% |
| 1964 | 1,339,494,267.02 | +11.6% |
| 1963 | 1,200,447,408.38 | +8.1% |
| 1962 | 1,110,565,880.76 | +17.5% |
| 1961 | 945,244,972.07 | +10.2% |
| 1960 | 857,704,413.41 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Syrian Arab Republic’s GDP in 1961?
945,244,972.07 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Syrian Arab Republic’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Syrian Arab Republic’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2022 the series was growing overall: +2667.6% in total — about 5.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2022: 23,737,634,644.4; 2021: 14,892,885,528.14; 2020: 12,501,503,673.24; 2019: 22,583,046,644.69; 2018: 21,497,779,247.98. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.