Country comparison Syria vs Costa Rica 2017

Syria			Costa Rica
Government
GDP Mill. € [+]	2013	26,477M.€	51,889M.€	2016	GDP Mill. € [+]
GDP Mill.$ [+]	2013	35,164M.$	57,436M.$	2016	GDP Mill.$ [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2013	1,337€	10,683€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2013	1,775$	11,825$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
			2,770€	2017Q1	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
			13,453M.€	2017Q1	Quat. GDP Mill.€ [+]
Debt [+]	2009	12,088 M.€	20,413 M.€	2015	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2009	16,860 M.$	22,648 M.$	2015	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2009	31.21%	40.83%	2015	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2009	573 €	4,246 €	2015	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2009	798$	4,711$	2015	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit [+]	2009	-1,120 M.€	-2,820 M.€	2015	Deficit [+]
Deficit [+]	2009	-1,562 M.$	-3,128 M.$	2015	Deficit [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2009	-2.89%	-5.64%	2015	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2009	10,356.3	9,630.5	2015	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2009	14,444.9	10,685.0	2015	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2009	1,983.9	3,588.0	2015	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2009	2,767.1	3,980.9	2015	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2009	19.18%	23.38%	2015	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
			2,524.3	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
			3,353.5	2014	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	4.80%	23.34%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2010	1,787.0	0	2015	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2010	2,369.0	0	2015	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2009	22.95%	0%	2015	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2009	26.74%	19.26%	2015	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2009	491€	2,003€	2015	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2009	685$	2,222$	2015	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2009	94€	746€	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2009	131$	828$	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2013	20€	529€	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2013	27$	703$	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2010	84€	0€	2015	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2010	111$	0$	2015	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
			Ba2	02/09/2017	Moody's Rating [+]
			BB-	02/25/2016	S&P Rating [+]
			BB	01/19/2017	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2016	13	58	2016	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2012	98º	52º	2016	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	107.9	46.7	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2013	134º	45º	2016	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]	2010Q4	8.8%	8.0%	2017Q2	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2010Q4	485 m.	180 m.	2017Q2	Unemployed [+]
			526.1 $	2015	NMW [+]
			433.4 €	2015	NMW [+]
			53º	2015	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
			2.88%	09/14/2017	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
			0.9%	August 2017	CPI (overall index) [+]
Money Market
			3.00%	07/31/2015	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2017	173º	62º	2017	Doing Business [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	368.29	223.88	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 [+]	2016	1,626.2 M.€	8,704.0 M.€	2016	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2016	1,800.0 M.$	9,634.4 M.$	2016	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2013	5.69%	16.77%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2016	4,065.4 M.€	13,661.1 M.€	2016	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2016	4,500.0 M.$	15,121.5 M.$	2016	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2013	15.36%	26.33%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	-2,439.3 M.€	-4,957.2 M.€	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	-2,700.0 M.$	-5,487.1 M.$	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2013	-9.67%	-9.55%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	100	95	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	18,430,453	4,857,274	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2015	875,189	421,697	2015	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2015	1,622.5	552.0	2015	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2015	4.67%	8.77%	2015	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2015	185.8	785.5	2015	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2015	5,011,509	133,185	2015	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2015	26.75%	2.77%	2015	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.536	0.776	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2017	163º	34º	2017	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	142º	32º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
			28º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2015	22.51‰	14.52‰	2015	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2015	2.90	1.80	2015	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2015	5.72‰	4.89‰	2015	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2015	70.09	79.59	2015	Life expectancy [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2010	463	566	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2010	2.2	11.8	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Environment and Energy
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2015	2.48	1.72	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

Costa Rica

Capital: San Jose
Population: 4,857,274
Surface Area: 51,100 km2
Currency: Costa Rican colones (1 EUR=575.3800 CRC)
Belongs to: IMF, OAS, UN, SICA