Syrian Arab Republic's exports of goods and services (annual % growth) was 30.69% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 97.85 percentage points from -67.16% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 30.69% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 29.98% | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | -67.16% | 2012 |
| Highest | 47.1% | 2020 |
| Lowest | -67.16% | 2012 |
| Average since 2013 | 6.6% | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | -4.94% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Syrian Arab Republic's exports of goods and services (annual % growth) rose 14.92 percentage points on 2021 (from 15.77% to 30.69%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was −0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 24.98 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 40.48 percentage points in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 58.46 percentage points in 2011. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is upward, about 6.19 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 59% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Syrian Arab Republic | 30.69% | 2022 |
| World | 4.88% | 2025 |
| Low income | 13.93% | 2025 |
Closest to Syrian Arab Republic in the 2022 ranking
- Northern Mariana Islands — 1st of 5: 323.91%
- Guam — 2nd of 5: 150.27%
- American Samoa — 4th of 5: 3.06%
- Virgin Islands (US) — 5th of 5: -18.95%
What this measures
Exports of goods includes changes in the economic ownership of goods from residents of the compiling economy to non-residents, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Exports of services includes services provided by residents to non-residents. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 52 values
| Year | Exports of goods and services (annual % growth) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 30.69 |
| 2021 | 15.77 |
| 2020 | 47.1 |
| 2019 | 10.7 |
| 2018 | -14.38 |
| 2017 | 29.98 |
| 2016 | -4.44 |
| 2015 | -4.46 |
| 2014 | -14.47 |
| 2013 | -30.52 |
| 2012 |
Exports of goods and services (annual % growth) in nearby economies
- Algeria — 2.51% (2025)
- Bahrain — 1.9% (2024)
- Djibouti — -1.5% (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 23.67% (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — -0.63% (2025)
- Iraq — 6.73% (2024)
- Israel — 5.71% (2025)
- Kuwait — -3.2% (2024)
- Lebanon — -9.7% (2024)
- Libya — 19.14% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Syrian Arab Republic
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$8.91 billion (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$305.05 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany (current US$) — US$820.37 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$2.65 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$9.21 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$9.21 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$9.21 billion (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Syrian Arab Republic's exports of goods and services (annual % growth)?
- 30.69% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 35.62 percentage points from -4.94% in 1971. The highest value was 47.1% in 2020 and the lowest -67.16% in 2012.
- Is the latest change in exports of goods and services (annual % growth) unusual for Syrian Arab Republic?
- In 2022, Syrian Arab Republic's exports of goods and services (annual % growth) rose 14.92 percentage points on 2021 (from 15.77% to 30.69%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was −0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 24.98 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.EXP.GNFS.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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