GCI Rank: 94
Total Population: 20.4 million
GDP Per Capita (US$): 2,756.6
Direct Foreign Investment: $2.12 billion*
Most Problematic Factor for Doing Business: Gov't bureaucracy
Government Type: Republic under authoritarian military-dominated regime**
Chief of State: President Bashar al-Asad (since July 2000)**
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Photo: David W. Hamilton | The Image Bank | Getty Images*The World Factbook, CIA**United Nations Conference on Trade and Development