1985 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1985 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Agriculture
main crops — cotton, wheat, barley, tobacco; sheep and goat raising; selfsufficient in most foods in years of good weather
Electric power
2,257,000 kW capacity (1984); 5.93 billion kWh produced (1984), 588 kWh per capita
Exports
$1.8 billion (f.o.b., 1983); petroleum, textiles and textile products, tobacco, fruits and vegetables, cotton
GDP
$19.7 billion (1983), $1,964 per capita; real GDP growth rate 3% (1983)
Imports
$7.3 billion (f.o.b., 1983); petroleum, machinery and metal products, textiles, fuels, foodstuffs
Major industries
textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco; petroleum — 163,000b/d production (1982), 220,000 b/d refining capacity
Major trade partners
exports — Italy, Romania, US, USSR; imports— Iran, FRG, Italy,
Member of
Arab League, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB— Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOOC, IPU, ITU, IWC— International Wheat Council, NAM, OAPEC, QIC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WSG, WTO Economy
Other political or pressure groups
non-Ba'th parties have little effective political influence; Communist Party ineffective; greatest threat to Assad regime lies in factionalism in the military; conservative religious leaders; Muslim Brotherhood