Current account balance in Syria

The current account balance of Syria was -0.6% of GDP in 2010.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1977 to 2010 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Syria is for 2010. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Syria, 2010 -0.6% % of GDP
Change from 2009 +1.3percentage points 2009: -1.9%

Current account balance in Syria over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2001 to 2010
Period Syria
2010 -0.6%
2009 -1.9%
2008 0.9%
2007 1.1%
2006 2.7%
2005 1.0%
2004 2.4%
2003 3.4%
2002 6.9%
2001 6.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.3 percentage points from -1.9% in 2009.
  • Since 2000, when it was 5.6%, the figure has changed by −6.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1977 to 2010 for Syria
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics