Syria
≈ stable1 movements coded · 1963 → 1963·final composite drift: +7.0
tone legendleft / state-expansionright / marketcentrist / mixedauthoritarian
Composite statist-drift trajectory with movements
fiscal axes — what moved and which way
sectoral subsidyfiscalfiscal.sectoral_subsidy
Targeted industrial and sectoral subsidies (renewable energy, chip manufacturing, agriculture, green hydrogen, etc).
- ↑expanded sectoral subsidies
- ↓reduced sectoral subsidies
spending levelfiscalfiscal.spending_level
General government spending as share of GDP, excluding transfers already captured under fiscal.transfer_expansion to avoid double-counting.
- ↑higher spending share
- ↓lower spending share
regulatory axes — what moved and which way
product market competitionregulatoryregulatory.product_market_competition
Product-market regulation, entry barriers, licensing burdens, network-industry regulation, price controls.
- ↑more competition-friendly (lower entry barriers)
- ↓more restrictive regulation, higher entry barriers
institutional axes — what moved and which way
property rightsinstitutionalinstitutional.property_rights
Security of private property rights — formal recognition, expropriation risk, titling systems.
- ↑stronger property rights
- ↓weaker property rights
rule of lawinstitutionalinstitutional.rule_of_law
Rule of law as institutional substrate — contract enforcement, judicial independence, equal treatment before the law. Upstream of most other axes.
- ↑stronger rule of law
- ↓weaker rule of law