Basma Qaddour
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By the end of the eighth year of war on/ in Syria, economic losses had exceeded an estimated $442 billion.
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The value of physical capital destruction at $117.7 billion and the loss in gross domestic product (GDP) at $324.5 billion, thus placing the macroeconomic cost of conflict at about $442.2 billion.
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5.6 million people were registered as refugees and 6.4 million as internally displaced.
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6.5 million were experiencing food insecurity.
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11.7 million were still in need of at least one form of humanitarian assistance.
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Syrian exports witnessed a collapse, from $8.7 billion in 2010 to $0.7 billion in 2018
Source: UN-ESCWA#Syria