GDP per capita growth — all countries

GDP per capita growth — Syria

GDP per capita growth in Syria in 2022 — -3.9%. Ranked 199 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 11.47 pp.

2022 -3.9% −2.97 pp vs 2021
World rank 199of 209
Period maximum 21.63%1974
Period minimum -25.96%2012

Trend over time

1961–2022 · % per year

GDP per capita growth — Syria, 1961–2022-40-200204019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 7.57%1963: -11.35%1965: -0.83%1967: 4.87%1969: 14.99%1971: 5.36%1973: -13.44%1975: 12.47%1977: -5.12%1979: -2.48%1981: 4.24%1983: -1.11%1985: 5.57%1987: -1.76%1989: -16.46%1991: 4.34%1993: 3%1995: 4.04%1997: 2.3%1999: -5.98%2001: 1.28%2003: -1.78%2005: 3.52%2007: -0.64%2009: 4.27%2011: 1.07%2013: -22.58%2015: 0.01%2017: -0.88%2019: -2.64%2021: -0.94%2022: -3.9%
Change over the period: −11.47 pp Annual average: -0.19 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Syria

Syria -3.9%
World 2.55%
Western Asia computed 4.46%
Low-income countries computed 1.36%
GDP per capita growth — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 -3.9 −2.97 pp
2021 -0.94 +1.45 pp
2020 -2.38 +0.25 pp
2019 -2.64 −2.2 pp
2018 -0.44 +0.45 pp
2017 -0.88 +4.4 pp
2016 -5.28 −5.29 pp
2015 0.01 +4.16 pp
2014 -4.15 +18.44 pp
2013 -22.58 +3.37 pp
2012 -25.96 −27.03 pp
2011 1.07 −1.76 pp
2010 2.83 −1.45 pp
2009 4.27 +3.43 pp
2008 0.84 +1.48 pp
2007 -0.64 −1.28 pp
2006 0.64 −2.88 pp
2005 3.52 −0.77 pp
2004 4.29 +6.07 pp
2003 -1.78 −7.06 pp
2002 5.28 +4.01 pp
2001 1.28 +3.08 pp
2000 -1.8 +4.17 pp
1999 -5.98 −10.04 pp
1998 4.07 +1.76 pp
1997 2.3 −4.59 pp
1996 6.89 +2.85 pp
1995 4.04 −0.06 pp
1994 4.1 +1.1 pp
1993 3 −6.56 pp
1992 9.56 +5.22 pp
1991 4.34 +3.9 pp
1990 0.44 +16.9 pp
1989 -16.46 −30.53 pp
1988 14.07 +15.84 pp
1987 -1.76 +9.34 pp
1986 -11.11 −16.68 pp
1985 5.57 +16.37 pp
1984 -10.8 −9.68 pp
1983 -1.11 −0.55 pp
1982 -0.56 −4.8 pp
1981 4.24 −6.49 pp
1980 10.73 +13.21 pp
1979 -2.48 −8.72 pp
1978 6.24 +11.35 pp
1977 -5.12 −13.59 pp
1976 8.48 −3.99 pp
1975 12.47 −9.16 pp
1974 21.63 +35.07 pp
1973 -13.44 −34.91 pp
1972 21.46 +16.1 pp
1971 5.36 +10.32 pp
1970 -4.96 −19.95 pp
1969 14.99 +14.53 pp
1968 0.46 −4.41 pp
1967 4.87 +15.39 pp
1966 -10.52 −9.69 pp
1965 -0.83 −6.81 pp
1964 5.98 +17.34 pp
1963 -11.35 −32.26 pp
1962 20.91 +13.34 pp
1961 7.57

About the indicator

The annual growth of gross domestic product per person in constant prices. It differs from ordinary GDP growth by the rate of population growth, and in countries with fast-growing populations the difference runs to two or three percentage points a year — enough for brisk economic growth to mean stagnant income per person. It is this indicator, not GDP growth, that matches the everyday question of whether life has become better.

Important: It can be negative while GDP growth is positive — in that case the population is growing faster than the economy.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.