Country comparison Syria vs China 2018

Syria			China
Comptes nationaux - Government
Annual GDP [+]	2013	26,477M.€	10,120,246M.€	2016	Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2013	35,164M.$	11,221,836M.$	2016	Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2013	1,337€	7,319€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2013	1,775$	8,116$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
Debt [+]	2009	12,088	4,494,674	2016	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2009	16,860	4,975,155	2016	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2009	31.21%	44.32%	2016	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2009	573€	3,251€	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2009	799$	3,598$	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]	2009	-1,120	-375,585	2016	Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit (M.$) [+]	2009	-1,562	-415,735	2016	Deficit (M.$) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2009	-2.89%	-3.70%	2016	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2009	10,356.3	3,238,146.1	2016	Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2009	14,444.9	3,584,303.9	2016	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2009	1,983.9	19,427.9	1999	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2009	2,767.1	20,706.3	1999	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
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.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	4.80%	10.43%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2010	1,787.0	194,608.5	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2010	2,369.0	215,791.6	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2009	22.95%	11.78%	2015	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2009	26.74%	31.93%	2016	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2009	491€	2,342€	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2009	685$	2,592$	2016	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 [+]
			A+	09/21/2017	S&P Rating [+]
			A+	03/20/2018	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2017	14	41	2017	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2012	98º	27º	2017	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	107.9	76.4	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
			81º	11/01/2016	RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2013	134º	22º	2017	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 [+]
			71º	2016	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
			7.4765	06/19/2018	Euro / Chinese yuan [+]
			6.4379	06/15/2018	US Dollar exchange rate [+]
			-9.81%	06/20/2018	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
			1.8%	May 2018	CPI (overall index) [+]
			4.1%	May 2018	PPI Year on Year [+]
Money Market
			4.35%	10/23/2015	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2018	174º	78º	2018	Doing Business [+]
			6.8%	May 2018	IPI Year on Year [+]
			29,015,434	2017	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 [+]	2017	1,593.3 M.€	2,003,477.9 M.€	2017	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2017	1,800.0 M.$	2,263,329.0 M.$	2017	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2013	8.53%	18.73%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2017	4,514.5 M.€	1,630,423.1 M.€	2017	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2017	5,100.0 M.$	1,841,889.0 M.$	2017	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2013	16.49%	14.18%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	-2,921.1 M.€	373,054.8 M.€	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	-3,300.0 M.$	421,440.0 M.$	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2013	-7.96%	4.55%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
			9.4%	May 2018	Retail Sales YoY [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	100	145	2017	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	18,430,453	1,390,080,000	2017	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2017	1,013,818	999,527	2017	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2016	1,622.5	61,000.0	2016	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2017	5.50%	0.07%	2017	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2016	399.1	2,707.6	2016	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2017	6,864,445	9,962,058	2017	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2017	37.25%	0.72%	2017	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.536	0.738	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2018	163º	112º	2018	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	142º	99º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
			52º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2016	21.47‰	12.00‰	2016	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2016	2.92	1.62	2016	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2016	5.52‰	7.30‰	2016	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2016	70.31	76.25	2016	Life expectancy [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2010	463	10,083	2014	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2010	2.23	0.74	2014	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2016	2.07	7.45	2016	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Syria

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

China

Capital: Beijing
Population: 1,390,080,000
Surface Area: 9,562,911 km2
Currency: Chinese yuan (1 EUR=7.4765 CNY)
Religion: Mostly Syncretic Religions
Belongs to: ACD, BRICS, G20, IMF, UN, SCO