Syria — Current account (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1977–2010 · 34 observations
About this series
The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
The current account reading for Syria was −0.6% of GDP in 2010. The previous reading was −1.9% of GDP in 2009; the period change was +1.3 percentage points. Relative to the selected 10-year average of 2.21% of GDP, the latest reading was below.
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- Annual data, 1977–2010
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Latest observations
2001–2010
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2010 | -0.6 % of GDP |
| 2009 | -1.9 % of GDP |
| 2008 | 0.9 % of GDP |
| 2007 | 1.14 % of GDP |
| 2006 | 2.73 % of GDP |
5 earlier values, back to 2001
| 2005 | 1.04 % of GDP |
| 2004 | 2.36 % of GDP |
| 2003 | 3.45 % of GDP |
| 2002 | 6.93 % of GDP |
| 2001 | 6.08 % of GDP |