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Syria (Syrian Arab Republic) Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Syria (Syrian Arab Republic) › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Syria indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Syrian Pound
Currency Symbol: SYP

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Syria (Syrian Arab Republic), Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Syria in year 2010 is -4.371 %

This makes Syria No. 102 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Syria is 1.69 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Syria was -5.68 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Syria in 2010 was or will be 23.07% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Syria was or will be -4.57 %, which is 4.64% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Syria, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -5
  2015 -4.992
  2014 -4.986
  2013 -4.853
  2012 -4.836
  2011 -4.574
2010 -4.371
  2009 -5.682
  2008 -2.846
  2007 -3.555
  2006 -2.317
  2005 -2.289
  2004 -1.57
  2003 -12.49
  2002 -3.637
  2001 6.285
  2000 5.713
  1999 1.805
  1998 0.802
  1997 2.483
  1996 -0.233
  1995 1.253
  1994 -5.642
  1993 -1.756
  1992 4.089
  1991 13.231
  1990 14.209
  1989 12.408
  1988 -0.792
  1987 -0.917
  1986 -1.982
  1985 -4.056
  1984 -4.157
  1983 -4.327
  1982 -1.446
  1981 -2.8
  1980 -4.892