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Economy ofSyria
Bank Al-Sharq and theBlue Tower Hotel inDamascus
CurrencySyrian pound (SYP)
Calendar year
Trade organisations
CAEU,GAFTA,G24,G77,World Bank,IMF
Country group
Statistics
PopulationIncrease 18,604,031 (2021 est.)[4]
GDP
$22.4 billion (nominal; 2019 est.)[5]
$57.25 billion (PPP; 2015 est.)[2]/$136 billion (PPP; 2021 est.)[citation needed]
GDP rank
GDP growth
Increase 1.4% (2019)[note 1]
GDP per capita
$6,373 (PPP; 2021)[6]
GDP by sector
Negative increase 28.1% (2017 est.)[7]
Population belowpoverty line
82.5% (2014 est.)[2]
Labour force
Increase 6,142,683 (2021)[10]
Labour force by occupation
UnemploymentNegative increase 50% (2021)[11][note 2]
Main industries
Petroleum,textiles,food processing,beverages,tobacco,phosphate rockmining,cement,oil seeds crushing,car assembly
External
ExportsIncrease $1.01 billion (2021)[12]
Export goods
olive oil,spices,barley,nuts,cotton,tomatoes,soap,phosphates,cumin seeds,pistachios,glass,cleaning products,apples,pears,potatoes, and some pitted fruits (2021)[12]
Main export partners
ImportsIncrease $4.5 billion (2021)[12]
Import goods
cigarettes,tobacco,raw sugar,motor vehicles, broadcasting equipment,wheat flours,sunflower oil,liquefied petroleum gas,associated petroleum gas,refined petroleum,coffee andrice (2021)[12]
Main import partners
Negative increase$7 billion (2020 est.)
Public finances
Negative increase67% of GDP (2021 est.)
Increase$2.1 billion (2020 est.)
Revenues$2.7 billion (2021 est.)
ExpensesDecrease$2.1 billion (2021 est.)
Economic aidhumanitarian aid $7.7 billion (2020 est.)[13]
All values, unless otherwise stated, are inUS dollars.

Theeconomy of Syria, primarily based on agriculture in the country's early years, deteriorated after the start of theSyrian civil war in March 2011.[14][15]

History

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Since the establishment of theFirst Syrian Republic in 1946, the economy has undergone many structural and other changes.[16] Although the presence of theAllied forces duringWorld War II stimulated commerce by providing markets for agriculture, textiles, and other locally manufactured goods, Syria lacked both the infrastructure and the resources to achieve economic prosperity.[16] Agriculture, which had played a key role in the economy, became a factor in industrial expansion as landowners channeled profits from agricultural exports into agroindustrial and related urban enterprises.[16] The population, working underland tenure andsharecropping arrangements, derived few benefits from the agriculturally induced economic growth of the 1950s.[16] However,Syria's union with Egypt (1958–61) and the rise of theBaath Party as the major political force in the country in the 1960s, transformed Syria's economic orientation and development strategy.[16]

Historical development of real GDP per capita in Syria, since 1820

1960s–1970s: State-led development

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By the mid-1960s, government-sponsoredland reform andnationalization of major industries and foreign investments had confirmed the newsocialist direction of Syria's economic policy.[16] As the state assumed greater control over economic decision-making by adoptingcentralized planning and strictly regulating commercial transactions, Syria experienced a substantial loss of skilled workers, administrators, and their capital.[16] Despite the political upheavals, which undermined the confidence of landowners, merchants, and industrialists, the state successfully implemented large-scale development projects to expand industry, agriculture, and infrastructure.[16]

During the 1970s, Syria achieved high rates of economic growth.[16] Thedramatic rise of world oil prices from 1973 to 1974 led to increased production from domesticrefineries.[16] Moreover, higher prices for agricultural and oil exports, as well as the state's limitedeconomic liberalization policy, encouraged growth.[16] Also, Syria's economic boom was furthered by increasedremittances from Syrians working in the oil-rich Arab states and higher levels of Arab and otherforeign aid.[16] By the end of the decade, the Syrian economy had shifted from its traditional agrarian base to an economy dominated by the service, industrial, and commercial sectors.[16] Massive expenditures for development of irrigation, electricity, water, road building projects, irisin plants and expansion of health services and education to rural areas contributed to prosperity.[16] However, the economy remained dependent on foreign aid and grants to finance the growing deficits both in the budget and in trade.[16] Syria, as a front-line state in theArab-Israeli conflict, was also vulnerable to the vagaries of Middle East politics, relying on Arab aid transfers andSoviet assistance to support mounting defense expenditures.[16]

1980s: Crisis and austerity

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By the mid-1980s, the country's economic climate had shifted from prosperity to austerity.[16] Syria's economic boom collapsed as a result of the rapid fall of world oil prices, lower export revenues, drought affecting agricultural production, and falling worker remittances.[16] Also, Arab aid levels decreased because of economic retrenchment in the oil-producing states and Syrian support for Iran in theIran-Iraq War.[16] Real per capita GDP fell 22% between 1982 and 1989.[17] To restore the economy, the government sharply reduced spending, cut back imports, encouraged more private sector and foreign investment, and launched an anticorruption campaign against smugglers and black-market money changers.[16] However, massive defense outlays continued to divert resources from productive investments.[16]

By the late 1980s, spot shortages of basic commodities occurred frequently, and industry operated far below capacity because of routine power outages.[16] Foreign exchange reserves plummeted, the trade deficit widened, and real gross domestic product growth fell as economic difficulties compounded.[16] Although the government instituted limited reforms to respond to the burgeoning crisis, Syria's pressing economic problems required a radically restructured economic policy to improve future economic performance.[16]

1990s–2000s: Liberalization and privatization

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In 1990, the Assad government instituted a series of economic reforms, although the economy remained highly regulated.[18] The Syrian economy experienced strong growth throughout the 1990s, and into the 2000s.[17] Syria's per capita GDP was US$4,058 in 2010.[19] There is no authoritative GDP data available after 2012, due to Syria's civil war.[18]

Following his assumption of power in 2000,Bashar al-Assad sought to frame his leadership around modernizing and opening the economy. He emphasized, in particular, "the need to modernize the regulatory environment and the industrial base, activate and encourage the private sector, remove bureaucratic obstacles to investment, increase job opportunities, qualify cadres, improve education and expand information technology."[20] While the government'sneoliberal reforms indeed contributed to ramping up trade and invigorating the private sector, these were accompanied by rising inequality, declining public services, and increasingly overt forms of corruption, which ultimately helped fuel protests in 2011.[21] In one example of this trend, the Syrian Agricultural Workers Union complained in February 2011 that state mismanagement and the lifting of input subsidies was exacerbating the impact of drought on Syria's agricultural sector.[22]

Before the civil war, the two main pillars of the Syrian economy were agriculture and oil, which together accounted for about one-half ofGDP. Agriculture, for instance, accounted for about 26% of GDP and employed 25% of the total labor force.[23] However, poor climatic conditions and severedrought badly affected the agricultural sector, reducing its share in the economy to about 17% of 2008 GDP, down from 20.4% in 2007, according to preliminary data from the Central Bureau of Statistics. On the other hand, higher crude oil prices countered declining oil production and led to higher budgetary and export receipts.[24]

2011–present: Syria's civil war

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Since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War, the Syrian economy has been affected byeconomic sanctions restricting trade with theArab League,[25]Australia,[26]Canada,[27] theEuropean Union,[28] (as well as the European countries ofAlbania,[29]Iceland,[29]Liechtenstein,[29]Moldova,[29]Montenegro,[29]North Macedonia,[29]Norway,[30]Serbia,[29] andSwitzerland),[31]Georgia,[29]Japan,[32]South Korea,[33]Taiwan,[34]Turkey,[35] and the United States.[36] Sanctions against Syria were further extended by the USCaesar Syria Civilian Protection Act that came into force in June 2020.

The destruction and dislocation associated with the civil war have devastated Syria's economy. By the end of 2013, the UN estimated total economic damage from the Syrian Civil War at $143 billion.[37] In 2018, the World Bank estimated that about one-third of Syria's housing stock and one half of its health and education facilities have been destroyed by the conflict. According to the World Bank, a cumulative total of $226 billion in GDP was lost due to the conflict from 2011 to 2016.[38]

The Syrian economy suffered from conflict-relatedhyperinflation. The Syrian annual inflation rate is one of the highest in the world.[39][40] The national currency, theSyrian pound, tumbled in mid-2020 against the US dollar, therefore stating that Syrian economy was only taking a turn for the worst. The pound, which traded at LS 47 to the dollar before the 2011 uprising, plunged to over LS 3,000 to the dollar. Prices of basic goods have skyrocketed and some staples have disappeared from the market as merchants and the public struggled to keep up with the rising cost of living.[41]

In 2022, Syria joined the ChineseBelt and Road Initiative, which could help the country rebuild its war-torn infrastructure and economy.[42][43] Following the end of Bashar Al-asad regime and the civil war, the interim government appointed for the first time in history a woman as governor of the central bank.Maysaa Sabrine was announced as the new governor on December 30, 2024.[44][45] 20 day's before on the 10 DecemberBasel Abdul Hannan became Minister of the Economy, In his new role, he announced plans to implementmarket liberalization reforms, including dismantling the existing import-export control system and moving toward afree-market economic model. During a meeting with the Damascus Chambers of Commerce, he outlined plans to remove restrictions on imports and allow registered businesses to trade more freely.[46]

Basic information

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During the 1960s, along socialist lines, the governmentnationalized most major enterprises and adopted economic policies designed to address regional andclass disparities.[47] Economic reform has been incremental and gradual. In 2001,private banking in Syria has been legalized. In 2004, four private banks began operations. In August 2004, a committee was formed to supervise the establishment of astock market. Beyond the financial sector, the Syrian Government has enacted major changes to rental and tax laws, and is reportedly considering similar changes to the commercial code and to other laws, which impact property rights.[citation needed]

Syria producedheavy-grade oil from fields inside in thenortheast since the late 1960s.[48] In the early 1980s,light-grade,low-sulphur oil was discovered nearDeir ez-Zor in eastern Syria.[48] This discovery relieved Syria of the need to import light oil to mix with domestic heavy crude inrefineries. As the war erupted in 2011, Syria's oil production had dropped to 353,000 bpd and then plunged to 24,000 bpd by 2018.[49] Syria'soil reserves have been gradually depleted and reached an estimated 2.5 billion barrels of oil reserves in 2018.[49]

In 1990, the government established an officialparallel exchange rate to provide incentives for remittances and exports through official channels. This action improved the supply of basic commodities and contained inflation by removing risk premiums on smuggled commodities.[50]

Foreign aid to Syria in 1997 totaled an estimated US$199 million. TheWorld Bank reported that in July 2004, it had committed a total of US$661 million for 20 operations inSyria. One investment project remained active at that time.

YearGross Domestic ProductUS Dollar ExchangeInflation Index
(2000=100)
Per Capita Income
(as % of USA)
Population
198078,270£S 3.948.1012.178,971,343
1985146,225£S 3.921411.6410,815,289
1990268,328£S 28.80574.3712,720,920
1995570,975£S 35.30984.1814,610,348
2000903,944£S 49.681003.4916,510,861
20051,677,417£S 56.091223.7019,121,454
201059,633,000£S 47.004.40%5.7921,092,262

External trade and investment

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Syrian exports in 2006

Despite the mitigation of the severedrought that plagued the region in the late 1990s and the recovery of energy export revenues, Syria's economy has historically faced serious challenges.

Commerce has always been important to the Syrian economy,[51] which benefited from the country's strategic location along major east–westtrade routes. Syrian cities boast both traditional industries such asweaving and dried-fruit packing and modernheavy industry. Given the policies adopted from the 1960s through the late 1980s, Syria refused to join the "global economy". In late 2001, however, Syria submitted a request to theWorld Trade Organization (WTO) to begin the accession process. Syria had been an original contracting party of the formerGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade but withdrew in 1951 because of Israel's joining. Major elements of current Syrian trade rules would have to change in order to be consistent with the WTO. In March 2007, Syria signed anAssociation Agreement with theEuropean Union that would encourage both sides to negotiate a free trade agreement before 2010.

The bulk of Syrianimports have been raw materials essential for industry, agriculture, equipment, and machinery. Major exports includecrude oil, refined products,raw cotton,clothing, fruits, andcereal grains.

Over time, the government has increased the number of transactions to which the more favorable neighboring country exchange rate applies. The government also introduced a quasi-rate for non-commercial transactions in 2001 broadly in line with prevailingblack market rates.

Given the poor development of its owncapital markets and Syria's lack of access to international money and capital markets, monetary policy remains captive to the need to cover thefiscal deficit. Although in 2003 Syria loweredinterest rates for the first time in 22 years and again in 2004, rates remain fixed by law.

As of 2012[update], because of the ongoing Syrian civil war, the value of Syria's overall exports has been slashed by two-thirds, from the figure of US$12 billion in 2010 to only US$4 billion in 2012.[52] Syria's GDP declined by over 3% in 2011.[53]

Debt

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Under Syrian PresidentBashar Assad, national debt in relation to GDP went from 152.09% in 2000 down to 30.02% in 2010.[54] Prior to the civil war, Syria attempted to ease its heavyforeign debt burden through bilateral rescheduling deals with virtually all of its keycreditors in Europe, including Germany, France, and Russia.[55] In December 2004, Syria andPoland reached an agreement by which Syria would pay $27 million out of the total $261.7 million debt.[56] In January 2005,Russia and Syria signed a deal that wrote off nearly 75% of Syria's debt to Russia, approximately $13 billion.[57] The agreement left Syria with less than €3 billion (just over $3.6 billion) owed to Moscow. Half of it would be repaid over the next 10 years, while the rest would be paid into Russian accounts in Syrian banks and could be used for Russian investment projects in Syria and for buying Syrian products. Later that year, Syria reached an agreement withSlovakia and theCzech Republic to settle an estimated $1.6 billion in debt, in exchange for a one time payment of $150 million.[55]

Sectors of the economy

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Agriculture

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Main article:Agriculture in Syria
Olive groves in Western-Syria,Homs Governorate.

Agriculture is a high priority in Syria's economic development plans, as the government seeks to achieve food self-sufficiency, increase export earnings, and halt rural out-migration.[58] Thanks to sustainedcapital investment, infrastructure development,subsidies of inputs, and price supports, before the civil war Syria went from a net importer of many agricultural products to an exporter of cotton, fruits,vegetables, and other foodstuffs. One of the prime reasons for this turnaround was the government's investment in hugeirrigation systems in northern and northeastern Syria.[59] The agriculture sector, as of 2009, employed about 17% of the labor force and generates about 21% of the gross domestic product,[60][61] of which livestock accounted for 16%, and fruit and grains for more than 40%.[58]

In 2015, Syria's main exports included spice seeds ($83.2 million), apples and pears ($53.2 million).[62]

Most land is privately owned, a crucial factor behind the sector's success.[58] Of Syria's 196,000 km2 (76,000 sq mi),[59] about 28% of it is cultivated, and 21% of that total is irrigated. Most irrigated land is designated "strategic", meaning that it encounters significant state intervention in terms of pricing, subsidies, and marketing controls. "Strategic" products such as wheat, barley, and sugar beets, must be sold to state marketing boards at fixed prices, often above world prices in order to support farmers, but at a significant cost to the state budget. The most widely grown arable crop is wheat, but the most important cash crop is cotton; cotton was the largest single export before the development of the oil sector. Nevertheless, the total area planted with cotton has declined because of an increasing problem of water shortage coupled with old and inefficient irrigation techniques. The output of grains like wheat is often underutilized because of poor storage facilities.[58]

Water and energy are among the most pervasive issues facing the agriculture sector. Another difficulty suffered by the agricultural sector is the government's decision to liberalize prices of fertilizers, which increased between 100% and 400%.[when?] Drought was an alarming problem in 2008; however, the drought situation slightly improved in 2009. Wheat and barley production about doubled in 2009 compared to 2008. In spite of that, the livelihoods of up to 1 million agricultural workers have been threatened. In response, the UN launched an emergency appeal for $20.2 million. Wheat has been one of the crops most affected, and for the first time in 2 decades Syria has moved from being a net exporter of wheat to a net importer.[63] During the civil war which began in 2011, the Syrian government was forced to put out a tender for 100,000metric tonnes of wheat, one of the few trade products not subject to economic sanctions.[64]

Less than 2.7% ofSyria's land area is forested, and only a portion of that is commercially useful.[14] Limited forestry activity is centered in the higher elevations of the mountains just inland from the coast, where rainfall is more abundant.[65]

Drug exports

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Further information:Ba'athist Syrian Captagon industry

As of 2022,captagon was Ba'athist Syria's most valuable export product and a key source of income for the Assad regime. The total value of drug shipments sold in 2021 were approximately $5.7 billion.[66] Those were mostly dismantled by the newSyrian transitional government in January 2025.

Energy and mineral resources

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Mining

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Phosphates are the major minerals exploited in Syria. According to estimates Syria has around 1,700 million tons of phosphate reserves.[67] Production dropped sharply in the early 1990s when world demand and prices fell, but output has since increased to more than 2.4 million tons. Syria produced about 1.9% of the world's phosphate rock output and was the world's ninth ranked producer of phosphate rock in 2009.[68] Other major minerals produced in Syria include cement, gypsum, industrial sand (silica), marble, natural crude asphalt, nitrogen fertilizer, phosphate fertilizer, salt, steel, and volcanic tuff, which generally are not produced for export.[65]

Oil and natural gas

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Main article:Petroleum industry in Syria

Syria is a relatively small oil producer, accounting for just 0.5% of global production in 2010.[69][70] Although Syria isnot a major oil exporter by Middle Eastern standards, oil is a major pillar of the economy. According to theInternational Monetary Fund, oil sales for 2010 were projected to generate $3.2 billion for the Syrian government and account for 25.1% of the state's revenue.[71]

According to the 2009 Syria Report of the Oxford Business Group, the oil sector accounted for 23% ofgovernment revenues, 20% of exports and 22% of GDP in 2008. Syria exported roughly 150,000 bpd in 2008, and oil accounted for a majority of the country's export income.[24]

Electrical generation

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In 2001 Syria reportedly produced 23.3 billionkilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity and consumed 21.6 billion kWh.[65] As of January 2002, Syria's total installed electric generating capacity was 7.6gigawatts (GW), withfuel oil andnatural gas serving as the primary energy sources and 1.5 GW generated byhydroelectric power.[65] A network totaling 45 GW linking the electric power grids of Syria,Egypt, andJordan was completed in March 2001.[65] Syria's electric supply capacity is an important national priority, and the government hopes to add 3,000megawatts of power generating capacity by 2010 at a probable cost of US$2 billion, but progress has been slowed by a lack of investment capital.[needs update][65] Power plants in Syria are undergoing intensive maintenance, and four new generating plants have been built.[65] The power distribution network has serious problems, with transmission losses estimated as high as 25 percent of total generated capacity as a result of poor quality wires andtransformer stations.[65] A project for the expansion and upgrading of the power transmission network is scheduled for completion in 2005.[needs update][65]

As of May 2009 it was reported that theIslamic Development Bank and the Syrian government signed an agreement stating that the bank would provide a €100 million loan for the expansion of Deir Ali power station in Syria.[72]

Nuclear energy

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Syria abandoned its plans to build a VVER-440 reactor after theChernobyl accident.[73] The plans for a nuclear program were revived at the beginning of the 2000s when Syria negotiated with Russia to build a nuclear facility that would include a nuclear power plant and a seawater atomicdesalination plant.[74]

Industry and manufacturing

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Main article:Industry in Syria

The industrial sector, which includes mining, manufacturing, construction, and petroleum, accounted for 27.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2010 and employed about 16 percent of the labor force.[14] The main industrial products are petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate rock mining, cement, oil seeds crushing, and car assembly.[14] Syria's manufacturing sector was largely state dominated until the 1990s, when economic reforms allowed greater local and foreign private-sector participation. Private participation remains constrained, however, by the lack of investment funds, input/output pricing limits, cumbersome customs and foreign exchange regulations, and poor marketing.[65]

Because land prices are not controlled by the state,real estate is one of the few domestic avenues for investment with realistic and safe returns. Activity in the construction sector tends to mirror changes in the economy. Investment Law No. 10 of 1991, which opened the country to foreign investment in some areas, marked the beginning of a strong revival, with growth in real terms increasing over 2001 and 2002.[65]

Services

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Services accounted for 60.4% ofgross domestic product (GDP) in 2017[14] and employed 67% of the labor force, including government, in 2008.[61] In May 2009, it was reported that Damascus office prices were skyrocketing.[75]

Banking and finance

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Bank Al-Sharq and theBlue Tower Hotel in Damascus
Main article:Banking in Syria

TheCentral Bank of Syria began operations in 1959. It controls all foreign exchange and trade transactions and gives priority to lending to thepublic sector. The Central Bank has been subject to US sanctions since May 2004, which has accused the Bank ofmoney laundering.[76] These US sanctions may have increased the role of Lebanese and European banks because a ban on transactions between U.S. financial institutions and the Central Bank of Syria created an increase in demand for intermediary sources for US$ transfers.[needs update][61] The United States, European Union,Arab League and Turkey all also imposed sanctions on the Central Bank because of the Civil War.[77][78]

The six specializedstate-owned banks – the Central Bank of Syria,Commercial Bank of Syria, Agricultural Co-Operative Bank,Industrial Bank, Popular Credit Bank, and Real Estate Bank – are major financial operators. They each extend funds to, and takedeposits from, a particular sector. The Industrial Bank also is directed more toward the public sector, although it isunder-capitalized. As a result, the private sector often is forced to bank abroad, a process that is more expensive and therefore a poor solution to industrial financing needs. Manybusiness people travel abroad to deposit or borrow funds. It is estimated that Syrians have deposited US$6 billion inLebanese banks.

In the 2000s, Syria started reforms in thefinancial sector, including the introduction ofprivate banks and the opening of theDamascus Securities Exchange in March 2009.[79] In 2001, Syria legalized private banks and the sector, while still nascent, has been growing.[24] Foreign banks were given licenses in December 2002, under Law 28 March 2001 which allows the establishment of private andjoint-venture banks. Foreigners are allowed up to 49% ownership of a bank, but may not hold a controlling stake.[61] As of January 2010, 13 private banks had opened, including twoIslamic banks.

Syria took gradual steps toloosen controls overforeign exchange. In 2003, the government canceled a law that criminalized private sector use of foreign currencies, and in 2005 it allowed licensed private banks to sell specific amounts of foreign currency to Syrian citizens under certain circumstances and to the private sector to finance imports. In October 2009, Syria further loosened its restrictions on currency transfers by allowing Syrians travelling abroad to withdraw the equivalent of up to US$10,000 from their Syrian pound accounts. In practice, the decision allows local banks to open accounts of a maximum of US$10,000 that their clients can use for their internationalpayment cards. The holders of these accounts will be able to withdraw up to US$10,000 per month while travelling abroad.[24]

To attract investment and to ease access to credit, the government allowed investors in 2007 to receive loans and other credit instruments from foreign banks, and to repay the loans and any accrued interest through local banks using project proceeds. In February 2008, the government permitted investors to receiveloans in foreign currencies from local private banks to financecapital investments. Syria'sexchange rate is fixed, and the government maintains two official rates—one rate on which the budget and the value of imports, customs, and other official transactions are based, and a second set by theCentral Bank on a daily basis that covers all otherfinancial transactions. The government passed a law in 2006 which permits the operation of private money exchange companies. However, there is still a smallblack market for foreign currency.[24]

Since the start of theSyrian Civil War in 2011, there has been acapital flight to nearby countries. Syria has been subject to sanctions by United States, Canada, European Union,Arab League and Turkey because of the civil war.[80][81][82] The currency of Syria is theSyrian pound (SYP). The pound's official exchange rate has deteriorated significantly, falling from £S 47 for US$1 before the civil war to £S 1,256 as in June 2020.[83][84] On another hand, while its exchange rate for money transfer is £S 1,250 for US$1,[84] its non-official exchange rate (black market) plunged to around £S 4,000 for US$1 in March 2021.[85]

Tourism

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Main article:Tourism in Syria

Tourism in Syria has greatly reduced as a result of theSyrian Civil War and its associatedrefugee crisis. Tourism has been further impacted by theoutbreak of COVID-19 that started in March 2020. Theinternational economic sanctions imposed on Syria and the sharp drop in the value of theSyrian pound also adversely impact tourism in Syria.

Labour

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Syria has a population of approximately 21 million people, andSyrian government figures place thepopulation growth rate at 2.37%, with 65% of the population under the age of 35 and more than 40% under the age of 15.[24] Each year more than 200,000 new job seekers enter the Syrianjob market, but the economy has not been able to absorb them.[86] In 2017, the Syrianlabor force was estimated to total about 3.767 million people.[14] An estimated 67 percent worked in theservices sector including government, 17 percent in agriculture, and 16 percent in industry in 2008.[14] Government andpublic sector employees constitute about 30% of the total labor force and are paid very low salaries and wages.[24]

According to Syrian Government statistics, the unemployment rate in 2009 was 12.6%; however, more accurate independent sources place it closer to 20%.[24] About 70 percent of Syria's workforce earns less than US$100 per month.[86] Anecdotal evidence suggests that many more Syrians are seeking work over the border inLebanon than official numbers indicate.[86] In 2002 the Unemployment Commission (UC) was established, tasked with creating several hundred thousand jobs over a five-year period.[86] As of June 2009 it was reported that some 700,000 households in Syria – about 3.5 million people – have no income.[87] Government officials acknowledge that the economy is not growing at a pace sufficient to create enough new jobs annually to match population growth. TheUN Development Programme (UNDP) announced in 2005 that 30% of the Syrian population lives in poverty and 11.4% live below thesubsistence level.[24]

TheMinistry of Social Affairs and Labour is responsible.

Opportunity cost of conflict

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A report byStrategic Foresight Group, an India-basedthink tank, calculated the opportunitycost of conflict for the Middle East for 1991–2010 at US$12 trillion in 2006 dollars.[88] Syria's share in this was US$152 billion, more than four times the projected 2010 GDP of US$36 billion.[88]

The Syrian Center for Policy Research stated in March 2015 that, by then, nearly three million Syrians had lost their jobs because of the civil war, causing the loss of the primary source of income of more than 12 million people; unemployment levels "surged" from 14.9 percent in 2011 to 57.7 percent at the end of 2014.[89] As a result, 4 in 5 Syrians were by then living in poverty, with 30 percent of the population living in "abject poverty" and frequently unable to meet basic householdfood needs.[89] An estimate from 2023 estimated the population below thepoverty threshold in Syria to be 90%.[90]

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  1. ^data are in 2022 dollars
  2. ^modeledILO estimate

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