Somalia vs Syria: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP
Somalia
0.0008 people per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Syria
0.0007 people per US$ of GDP
in 2022
Somalia rank
2nd
Syria rank
5th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP over time
- Somalia
- Syria
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.0008 people per US$ of GDP against 0.0007 people per US$ of GDP in Syria, a difference of 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.2 times Syria's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Somalia ahead.
Somalia ranks 2nd and Syria ranks 5th of 211 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 6 and Syria in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0028 people per US$ of GDP | 0.0017 people per US$ of GDP | 0.0011 people per US$ of GDP | Somalia |
| 1970s | 0.0021 people per US$ of GDP | 0.0007 people per US$ of GDP | 0.0014 people per US$ of GDP | Somalia |
| 1980s | 0.0022 people per US$ of GDP | 0.0004 people per US$ of GDP | 0.0018 people per US$ of GDP | Somalia |
| 1990s | 0.0016 people per US$ of GDP | 0.0005 people per US$ of GDP | 0.0011 people per US$ of GDP | Somalia |
| 2000s | 0.001 people per US$ of GDP | 0.0004 people per US$ of GDP | 0.0007 people per US$ of GDP | Somalia |
| 2010s | 0.0012 people per US$ of GDP | 0.0006 people per US$ of GDP | 0.0005 people per US$ of GDP | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.001 people per US$ of GDP | 0.001 people per US$ of GDP | 0 people per US$ of GDP | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of gdp, Somalia or Syria?
- Somalia, at 0.0008 people per US$ of GDP against 0.0007 people per US$ of GDP in Syria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of gdp between Somalia and Syria?
- 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Syria?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Somalia and Syria rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of gdp?
- Somalia ranks 2nd and Syria ranks 5th of 211 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.