Syria: Investment forecast

The latest value from 2010 is 26.69 percent, a decline from 30 percent in 2009. In comparison, the world average is 24.51 percent, based on data from 167 countries. Historically, the average for Syria from 1980 to 2010 is 21.99 percent. The minimum value, 13.49 percent, was reached in 1991 while the maximum of 31.06 percent was recorded in 2008. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Expressed as a ratio of total investment in current local currency and GDP in current local currency. Investment or gross capital formation is measured by the total value of the gross fixed capital formation and changes in inventories and acquisitions less disposals of valuables for a unit or sector. The series includes actual historical values for past years and forecast values for the current and the next few years.