Syrian Arab Republic - External balance on goods and services

External balance on goods and services (current US$)

The latest value for External balance on goods and services (current US$) in Syrian Arab Republic was ($3,550,878,000) as of 2019. Over the past 59 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $7,120,356,000 in 2002 and ($8,545,058,000) in 2014.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 ($55,258,320)
1961 ($45,217,460)
1962 ($6,992,602)
1963 ($20,925,340)
1964 ($33,482,770)
1965 $942
1966 ($70,447,180)
1967 ($49,108,350)
1968 ($49,271,750)
1969 ($82,283,190)
1970 ($63,350,780)
1971 ($104,712,000)
1972 ($134,293,200)
1973 ($95,730,070)
1974 ($410,135,100)
1975 ($699,189,200)
1976 ($947,655,300)
1977 ($1,548,025,000)
1978 ($1,351,847,000)
1979 ($1,675,159,000)
1980 ($2,247,898,000)
1981 ($2,903,694,000)
1982 ($1,930,446,000)
1983 ($2,505,733,000)
1984 ($2,222,420,000)
1985 ($2,860,127,000)
1986 ($2,796,433,000)
1987 ($4,318,981,000)
1988 ($1,528,463,000)
1989 ($5,879,733)
1990 $92,828,500
1991 ($2,128,552,000)
1992 ($3,765,969,000)
1993 ($4,806,058,000)
1994 ($5,559,465,000)
1995 ($3,508,330,000)
1996 ($3,854,165,000)
1997 ($917,594,600)
1998 ($258,084,600)
1999 $237,238,300
2000 $5,598,842,000
2001 $5,557,684,000
2002 $7,120,356,000
2003 $2,745,033,000
2004 $3,141,114,000
2005 $2,619,332,000
2006 $5,871,537,000
2007 $1,457,194,000
2008 $1,954,477,000
2009 ($4,098,263,000)
2010 $816,659,300
2011 ($7,690,479,000)
2012 ($8,535,545,000)
2013 ($5,930,542,000)
2014 ($8,545,058,000)
2015 ($4,919,651,000)
2016 ($4,474,890,000)
2017 ($5,299,242,000)
2018 ($4,471,900,000)
2019 ($3,550,878,000)

External balance on goods and services (current LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (current LCU) in Syrian Arab Republic was -1,855,780,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 79,926,000,000 in 2002 and a minimum value of -2,735,350,000,000 in 2017.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1960 -197,824,800
1961 -161,878,500
1962 -25,802,700
1963 -79,934,800
1964 -127,904,200
1965 3,600
1966 -269,108,200
1967 -187,593,900
1968 -188,218,100
1969 -314,321,800
1970 -242,000,000
1971 -400,000,000
1972 -513,000,000
1973 -366,000,000
1974 -1,531,000,000
1975 -2,587,000,000
1976 -3,651,000,000
1977 -6,076,000,000
1978 -5,306,000,000
1979 -6,575,000,000
1980 -8,823,000,000
1981 -11,397,000,000
1982 -7,577,000,000
1983 -9,835,000,000
1984 -8,723,000,000
1985 -11,226,000,000
1986 -10,976,000,000
1987 -16,952,000,000
1988 -17,157,000,000
1989 -66,000,000
1990 1,042,000,000
1991 -23,893,000,000
1992 -42,273,000,000
1993 -53,948,000,000
1994 -62,405,000,000
1995 -39,381,000,000
1996 -43,263,000,000
1997 -10,300,000,000
1998 -2,897,000,000
1999 2,663,000,000
2000 62,847,000,000
2001 62,385,000,000
2002 79,926,000,000
2003 30,813,000,000
2004 35,259,000,000
2005 29,402,000,000
2006 65,908,000,000
2007 16,357,000,000
2008 21,939,000,000
2009 -46,003,000,000
2010 9,167,000,000
2011 -388,942,000,000
2012 -603,137,000,000
2013 -856,276,000,000
2014 -1,453,220,000,000
2015 -1,411,770,000,000
2016 -2,215,190,000,000
2017 -2,735,350,000,000
2018 -1,995,190,000,000
2019 -1,855,780,000,000

External balance on goods and services (constant LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (constant LCU) in Syrian Arab Republic was -130,332,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 77,864,000,000 in 2002 and a minimum value of -196,498,000,000 in 2011.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
2000 62,847,000,000
2001 77,864,000,000
2002 77,864,000,000
2003 9,410,000,000
2004 -37,023,000,000
2005 -151,422,000,000
2006 -7,326,000,000
2007 -52,990,000,000
2008 -102,499,000,000
2009 -61,109,000,000
2010 -84,618,000,000
2011 -196,498,000,000
2012 -153,147,000,000
2013 -133,037,000,000
2014 -113,784,000,000
2015 -111,976,000,000
2016 -109,173,000,000
2017 -143,822,000,000
2018 -139,085,000,000
2019 -130,332,000,000

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Syrian Arab Republic was -15.59 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 7.86 in 2002, while its lowest value was -40.23 in 2014.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 -6.44
1961 -4.78
1962 -0.63
1963 -1.74
1964 -2.50
1965 0.00
1966 -5.33
1967 -3.40
1968 -3.15
1969 -4.58
1970 -3.56
1971 -4.99
1972 -5.56
1973 -3.71
1974 -9.66
1975 -12.56
1976 -14.77
1977 -22.49
1978 -16.38
1979 -16.87
1980 -17.21
1981 -17.33
1982 -11.02
1983 -13.42
1984 -11.58
1985 -13.49
1986 -10.98
1987 -13.27
1988 -9.22
1989 -0.03
1990 0.39
1991 -7.67
1992 -11.38
1993 -13.04
1994 -12.33
1995 -6.90
1996 -6.26
1997 -1.38
1998 -0.37
1999 0.33
2000 6.95
2001 6.40
2002 7.86
2003 2.87
2004 2.78
2005 1.95
2006 3.82
2007 0.81
2008 0.90
2009 -1.83
2010 0.32
2011 -11.96
2012 -19.94
2013 -29.15
2014 -40.23
2015 -29.83
2016 -36.21
2017 -32.89
2018 -20.81
2019 -15.59

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts