Real GDP per person during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how real GDP per person changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	President	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	Bashar al-Assad	17 Jul 2000 – 8 Dec 2024	−42.6% 2000 → 2022	−2.5%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. S£ thousand per person (old pounds), 2000 prices · Central Bureau of Statistics GDP as the World Bank publishes it (constant 2000 prices), over the UN's estimates of the people living in Syria (World Bank) · Syria data · as of Jul 2026.