Syrian Arab Republic · CPI 1960–2019 · SYP
Syrian Arab Republic inflation calculator by year
SYP 100 in 1990 has the same buying power as SYP 1,842 in 2019. Change the amount and the years below to calculate any period from 1960 onwards.
SYP 100 in 1990 has the same buying power as
SYP 1,842
in 2019 — an increase of SYP 1,742 over 29 years
Cumulative inflation
+1741.8%
Total price rise over the period
Average per year
+10.57%
Compounded annual rate
Purchasing power
5.4%
SYP 100 now buys what SYP 5.43 bought in 1990
Value over time
Hover the chart for any yearShow year-by-year data
| Year | Inflation | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | — | SYP 100 |
| 1991 | +9.00% | SYP 109.00 |
| 1992 | +11.01% | SYP 121.00 |
| 1993 | +13.22% | SYP 137.00 |
| 1994 | +15.33% | SYP 158.00 |
| 1995 | +7.98% | SYP 170.61 |
| 1996 | +8.25% | SYP 184.68 |
| 1997 | +1.89% | SYP 188.17 |
| 1998 | -0.80% | SYP 186.67 |
| 1999 | -3.70% | SYP 179.75 |
| 2000 | -3.85% | SYP 172.84 |
| 2001 | +3.00% | SYP 178.02 |
| 2002 | -0.13% | SYP 177.79 |
| 2003 | +5.80% | SYP 188.10 |
| 2004 | +4.43% | SYP 196.44 |
| 2005 | +7.24% | SYP 210.66 |
| 2006 | +10.02% | SYP 231.78 |
| 2007 | +3.91% | SYP 240.83 |
| 2008 | +15.75% | SYP 278.75 |
| 2009 | +2.92% | SYP 286.90 |
| 2010 | +4.40% | SYP 299.51 |
| 2011 | +4.75% | SYP 313.75 |
| 2012 | +36.70% | SYP 428.90 |
| 2013 | +40.03% | SYP 600.60 |
| 2014 | +10.93% | SYP 666.23 |
| 2015 | +38.46% | SYP 922.47 |
| 2016 | +47.71% | SYP 1,363 |
| 2017 | +18.08% | SYP 1,609 |
| 2018 | +0.94% | SYP 1,624 |
| 2019 | +13.42% | SYP 1,842 |
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Something costing SYP 100 today would cost
Total increase
Over the whole period
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Purchasing power left
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Projected cost
This tab is an assumption, not a measurement. It compounds one fixed rate forward. The Between two years tab uses real published CPI figures instead.
Syrian Arab Republic at a glance
Inflation in 2019
+13.42%
Average 1960–2019
10.79%
Highest year
+59.5%
in 1987
Lowest year
-3.9%
in 1965
Recent annual inflation
| 2019 | +13.42% |
| 2018 | +0.94% |
| 2017 | +18.08% |
| 2016 | +47.71% |
| 2015 | +38.46% |
| 2014 | +10.93% |
Over the whole record
Across the 59 years from 1960 to 2019, prices in Syrian Arab Republic rose +42209.6% in total.
SYP 100 at the start of that period would need to be SYP 42,310 in 2019 to buy the same goods — leaving the original amount with 0.2% of its buying power.
Inflation in Syrian Arab Republic, explained
The Syrian Arab Republic’s national statistics agency publishes a Consumer Price Index that tracks the cost of a representative basket of goods and services in Syrian Arab Republic. This CPI inflation calculator holds that index from 1960 to 2019 and compares any two of those years directly, rather than applying one assumed rate across the gap.
Over the full record, inflation in Syrian Arab Republic has averaged 10.79% a year. The steepest single year was 1987 at +59.5%; the mildest was 1965 at -3.9%. Amounts are shown in SYP.
Worked example
SYP 100 in 1990 is worth SYP 1,842 in 2019. That is +1741.8% cumulative inflation over 29 years, or +10.57% a year compounded. Put the other way round, the original SYP 100 now buys what SYP 5.43 bought back then.
Inflation calculator: SYP amounts
Every figure on this page is calculated and formatted in SYP, using Syrian Arab Republic’s own grouping conventions. Enter any amount — a price, a salary, a savings balance — and the result stays in SYP throughout, including the year-by-year table and the chart.
Checking a salary or a return
The most common use is as a wage inflation calculator. Enter an old salary with the year it was earned and set the end year to 2019: the adjusted figure is what that salary would need to be today simply to keep pace. Anything above it is a real increase; anything below it is a pay cut in disguise. The same test applies to an investment return, a rent, or a contract rate — if growth did not clear the cumulative figure, it lost real value.
A note on accuracy
Figures come from the Consumer price index (2010 = 100) series, which compiles the CPI published by the Syrian Arab Republic’s national statistics agency. They are annual averages, so a result may differ by a fraction of a percent from a calculator that compares two specific months. See the methodology for detail.
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FAQ
Questions about Syrian Arab Republic inflation
What is the inflation calculator?
The Yearly Inflation Calculator is a free online tool that shows how inflation changed the value of money between any two years. You choose a country, enter an amount, pick a start year and an end year, and it returns the inflation-adjusted value along with cumulative inflation, the average annual rate and the change in purchasing power. It uses official Consumer Price Index data rather than a guessed rate, and covers 192 countries.
How do you calculate the inflation rate?
Inflation is calculated from a price index, usually the Consumer Price Index. Take the index value at the end of the period, subtract the index value at the start, divide by the index value at the start, and multiply by 100. If the index moved from 120 to 126, inflation was (126 − 120) ÷ 120 × 100 = 5%. The index itself comes from pricing a fixed basket of goods and services repeatedly over time.
How is annual inflation rate calculated?
For a single year, the annual inflation rate compares that year’s index with the previous year’s: rate % = (CPI_this_year ÷ CPI_last_year − 1) × 100. Across a longer period, the average annual rate is the geometric mean — the constant rate that compounds to the same total: annual % = ((CPI_end ÷ CPI_start) ^ (1 ÷ number of years) − 1) × 100. It is deliberately not the simple average of the yearly rates, which would overstate the result because inflation compounds.
Where does the inflation data come from?
All figures come from the World Bank’s Consumer Price Index series (indicator FP.CPI.TOTL), which compiles the official CPI published by each country’s national statistics agency — the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the United States, the Office for National Statistics in the United Kingdom, MoSPI in India, and so on. The data is annual. It is built into the site rather than fetched live, so results are fast and stable.
Why does my country start at a later year?
Countries began publishing a consistent Consumer Price Index at different times, and some series have gaps where no figure was published. The year menus only ever offer years that have a published figure for the country you have selected, so you cannot pick a year the data does not support.
Why do results differ slightly from my government inflation calculator?
National calculators often compare specific months, or use a variant index, while this tool compares annual averages. Statistics agencies also revise and re-base their series periodically. Differences of a fraction of a percent are normal and expected; the magnitude and direction of the result will always agree.