Syria — Current account (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1977–2017 · 41 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 −4.14% of GDP in 2017. The previous reading was −3.67% of GDP in 2016; the period change was −0.48 percentage points. Relative to the selected 10-year average of −10.8% of GDP, the latest reading was above.
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- Annual data, 1977–2017
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Latest observations
2008–2017
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2017 | -4.14 % of GDP |
| 2016 | -3.67 % of GDP |
| 2015 | -9.79 % of GDP |
| 2014 | -30.2 % of GDP |
| 2013 | -23.9 % of GDP |
5 earlier values, back to 2008
| 2012 | -20 % of GDP |
| 2011 | -14.7 % of GDP |
| 2010 | -0.6 % of GDP |
| 2009 | -1.9 % of GDP |
| 2008 | 0.9 % of GDP |