Botswana vs Syria: GDP growth

Botswana
-0.7%
in 2025
Syria
-0.2%
in 2022
Botswana rank
199th
Syria rank
196th

GDP growth over time

  • Botswana
  • Syria
-20020196119932025

How they compare

Syria currently reports -0.2% against -0.7% in Botswana, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 29 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Syria ahead.

Botswana ranks 199th and Syria ranks 196th of 213 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 5 and Syria in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Syria Difference Ahead
1960s 7.7% 6.8% 0.9% Botswana
1970s 15.7% 8.6% 7.1% Botswana
1980s 11.5% 2.7% 8.7% Botswana
1990s 5.4% 6.3% 0.9% Syria
2000s 2.3% 4.7% 2.4% Syria
2010s 4.7% -6.4% 11.1% Botswana
2020s 2.9% 0.8% 2.0% Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gdp growth, Botswana or Syria?
Syria, at -0.2% against -0.7% in Botswana as of 2022.
What is the difference in gdp growth between Botswana and Syria?
0.5%, with Syria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Syria?
62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
How do Botswana and Syria rank globally for gdp growth?
Botswana ranks 199th and Syria ranks 196th of 213 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as GDP growth (annual %). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
GDP growth (annual %)
Unit
annual %
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 14,323 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.