Country comparison Syria vs Costa Rica 2018

Syria			Costa Rica
Comptes nationaux - Government
			2,455€	2018Q1	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2013	26,477M.€	50,507M.€	2017	Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2013	35,164M.$	57,057M.$	2017	Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2013	1,337€	10,295€	2017	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2013	1,775$	11,631$	2017	GDP per capita [+]
			12,044M.€	2018Q1	Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt [+]	2009	12,088	23,476	2016	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2009	16,860	25,986	2016	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2009	31.21%	44.94%	2016	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2009	573€	4,782€	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2009	799$	5,293$	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]	2009	-1,120	-2,760	2016	Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit (M.$) [+]	2009	-1,562	-3,055	2016	Deficit (M.$) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2009	-2.89%	-5.28%	2016	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2009	10,356.3	10,109.8	2016	Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2009	14,444.9	11,190.5	2016	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2009	1,983.9	3,581.7	2015	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2009	2,767.1	3,973.9	2015	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2009	19.18%	23.38%	2015	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
			2,925.0	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
			3,237.7	2016	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	4.80%	23.34%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2010	1,787.0	0	2017	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2010	2,369.0	0	2017	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2009	22.95%	0%	2016	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2009	26.74%	19.35%	2016	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2009	491€	2,059€	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2009	685$	2,280$	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2009	94€	738€	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2009	131$	819$	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2013	20€	598€	2016	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2013	27$	662$	2016	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2010	84€	0€	2017	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2010	111$	0$	2017	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
			Ba2	02/09/2017	Moody's Rating [+]
			BB-	02/25/2016	S&P Rating [+]
			BB	01/18/2018	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2017	14	59	2017	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2012	98º	47º	2017	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	107.9	46.7	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2013	134º	53º	2017	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]	2010Q4	8.8%	7.7%	2018Q2	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2010Q4	485 m.	181 m.	2018Q2	Unemployed [+]
			460.4 $	2018	NMW [+]
			383.9 €	2018	NMW [+]
			62º	2016	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
			569.7700	10/17/2017	US Dollar exchange rate [+]
			-15.70%	09/18/2018	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
			2.2%	August 2018	CPI (overall index) [+]
Money Market
			5.00%	03/01/2018	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2018	174º	61º	2018	Doing Business [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	368.29	221.89	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2013	0%	13.00%	01/01/2006	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2015	22.0%	15.0%	2016	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2017	1,593.3 M.€	9,074.1 M.€	2017	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2017	1,800.0 M.$	10,251.0 M.$	2017	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2013	8.53%	17.97%	2017	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2017	4,514.5 M.€	13,562.9 M.€	2017	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2017	5,100.0 M.$	15,322.0 M.$	2017	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2013	16.49%	26.85%	2017	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	-2,921.1 M.€	-4,488.8 M.€	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	-3,300.0 M.$	-5,071.0 M.$	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2013	-7.96%	-8.89%	2017	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2017	99	96	2017	Density [+]
Population [+]	2017	18,269,868	4,905,769	2017	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2017	1,013,818	414,214	2017	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2016	1,622.5	551.4	2016	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2017	5.55%	8.44%	2017	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2016	399.1	825.4	2016	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2017	6,864,445	143,465	2017	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2017	37.57%	2.92%	2017	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2017	0.536	0.794	2017	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2018	163º	40º	2018	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	142º	32º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
			28º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2016	21.47‰	14.29‰	2016	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2016	2.92	1.78	2016	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2016	5.52‰	4.94‰	2016	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2016	70.31	79.83	2016	Life expectancy [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2010	463	566	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2010	2.23	11.77	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2016	2.07	1.71	2016	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Syria

Capital: Damascus
Population: 18,269,868
Surface Area: 185,180 km2
Currency: Syrian pounds
Religion: Mostly Islam
Belongs to: Arab League, IMF, UN

Costa Rica

Capital: San Jose
Population: 4,905,769
Surface Area: 51,100 km2
Currency: Costa Rican colones (1 EUR=569.7700 CRC)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: IMF, OAS, UN, SICA