Country comparison Syria vs China 2017

Syria			China
Government
GDP Mill. € [+]	2013	26,477M.€	10,120,237M.€	2016	GDP Mill. € [+]
GDP Mill.$ [+]	2013	35,164M.$	11,218,281M.$	2016	GDP Mill.$ [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2013	1,337€	7,319€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2013	1,775$	8,113$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
Debt [+]	2009	12,088 M.€	4,310,534 M.€	2015	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2009	16,860 M.$	4,782,537 M.$	2015	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2009	31.21%	42.61%	2015	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2009	573 €	3,136 €	2015	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2009	798$	3,480$	2015	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit [+]	2009	-1,120 M.€	-281,895 M.€	2015	Deficit [+]
Deficit [+]	2009	-1,562 M.$	-312,762 M.$	2015	Deficit [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2009	-2.89%	-2.79%	2015	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2009	10,356.3	3,168,792.2	2015	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2009	14,444.9	3,515,775.0	2015	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2009	1,983.9	19,427.8	1999	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2009	2,767.1	20,706.2	1999	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2009	19.18%	12.63%	1999	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
			240,659.1	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
			21,210.4	2000	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	4.80%	10.43%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2010	1,787.0	194,608.3	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2010	2,369.0	215,723.3	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2009	22.95%	16.08%	2008	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2009	26.74%	31.32%	2015	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2009	491€	2,305€	2015	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2009	685$	2,558$	2015	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2009	94€	15€	1999	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2009	131$	16$	1999	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2013	20€	176€	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2013	27$	17$	2000	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2010	84€	141€	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2010	111$	156$	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
			A1	05/24/2017	Moody's Rating [+]
			AA-	12/16/2010	S&P Rating [+]
			A+	07/13/2017	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2016	13	40	2016	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2012	98º	28º	2016	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	107.9	76.4	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
			81º	11/01/2016	RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2013	134º	25º	2016	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]	2010Q4	8.8%	4.1%	2014Q4	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2010Q4	485 m.
			224.7 $	2013	NMW [+]
			170.3 €	2013	NMW [+]
			64º	2015	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
			7.8805	09/22/2017	Euro / Chinese yuan [+]
			15.94%	09/22/2017	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
			1.8%	August 2017	CPI (overall index) [+]
			6.3%	August 2017	PPI Year on Year [+]
Money Market
			4.35%	10/23/2015	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2017	173º	78º	2017	Doing Business [+]
			6.0%	August 2017	IPI Year on Year [+]
			28,118,794	2016	Motor vehicle production [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	368.29	118.47	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2013	0%	17.00%	01/01/2014	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2015	22.0%	45.0%	2016	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2016	1,626.2 M.€	1,895,529.0 M.€	2016	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2016	1,800.0 M.$	2,098,161.0 M.$	2016	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2013	5.69%	18.70%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2016	4,065.4 M.€	1,434,123.2 M.€	2016	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2016	4,500.0 M.$	1,587,431.0 M.$	2016	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2013	15.36%	14.15%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	-2,439.3 M.€	461,405.7 M.€	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	-2,700.0 M.$	510,730.0 M.$	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2013	-9.67%	4.55%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
			10.1%	August 2017	Retail Sales YoY [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	100	145	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	18,430,453	1,382,710,000	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2015	875,189	978,046	2015	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2015	1,622.5	63,937.6	2015	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2015	4.67%	0.07%	2015	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2015	185.8	2,673.9	2015	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2015	5,011,509	9,546,065	2015	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2015	26.75%	0.69%	2015	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.536	0.738	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2017	163º	116º	2017	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	142º	99º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
			52º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2015	22.51‰	12.10‰	2015	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2015	2.90	1.57	2015	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2015	5.72‰	7.10‰	2015	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2015	70.09	75.99	2015	Life expectancy [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2010	463	10,083	2014	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2010	2.2	0.7	2014	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Environment and Energy
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2015	2.48	7.73	2015	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Syria

Capital: Damascus
Population: 18,430,453
Surface Area: 185,180 km2
Currency: Syrian pounds
Belongs to: Arab League, IMF, UN

China

Capital: Beijing
Population: 1,382,710,000
Surface Area: 9,562,911 km2
Currency: Chinese yuan (1 EUR=7.8480 CNY)
Belongs to: ACD, BRICS, G20, IMF, UN, SCO