Syria

Syria's economy has been shattered by a civil war that began in 2011, which killed hundreds of thousands, displaced millions, and destroyed much of the country's infrastructure and industry.

Years of conflict, sanctions, and the collapse of the currency left most Syrians in poverty; the fall of the Assad regime in late 2024 opened a deeply uncertain period of potential reconstruction.

Key Sectors

Before the war the economy rested on oil, agriculture (cotton and wheat), textiles, and phosphates; war has crippled all of these, leaving the country dependent on aid and informal trade.