Syria: Natural resources income
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| Syria |
Income from natural resources, percent of GDP |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 6.37 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 1970 - 2020 |
| Average | 7.21 |
| Min - Max | 1.55 - 20.35 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2020 is 6.37 percent, an increase from 3.77 percent in 2019. In comparison, the world average is 4.10 percent, based on data from 190 countries. Historically, the average for Syria from 1970 to 2020 is 7.21 percent. The minimum value, 1.55 percent, was reached in 1970 while the maximum of 20.35 percent was recorded in 2011.
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The natural resources include oil, natural gas, coal, minerals, and the forest.
Definition: Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Gasoline prices | 0.83 | 2014 | dollars |
| Diesel prices | 0.47 | 2014 | dollars |
| Energy use per capita | 538.18 | 2014 | kilograms of oil equivalent |
| Share of clean energy | 1.10 | 2021 | percent |
| Energy use per $1000 GDP | 160.59 | 2014 | kilograms of oil equivalent |
| Electricity from renewable sources, kWh | 0.00 | 2015 | million kWh |
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions | 25,235 | 2020 | kt |
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita | 1.21 | 2020 | metric tons |
| Greenhouse gas emissions | 47,112 | 2020 | kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Energy imports | 47.83 | 2014 | percent |
| Natural resources income | 6.37 | 2020 | percent |
| Oil revenue | 4.02 | 2020 | percent |
| Natural gas revenue | 2.33 | 2020 | percent |
| Access to electricity | 89.00 | 2022 | percent |