IFAC member
Syrian Association of CPAs (ASCA)
IFAC member · Arab Federation of Accountants and Auditors (AFAA) · Founded 1984
Country profile
Syria
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Professional Accountancy Organisations
Accountancy bodies (PAOs) and their IFAC membership, by country
Accountant & Auditor Salaries
Gross annual pay of accountants and external auditors, in US dollars (2026)
Under $2,500
Accountant: $1,066 a year
- Accountant: $1,066 a year (modelled estimate)
- External auditor: $1,469 a year (modelled estimate)
- Average for all jobs: $1,440 a year
Modelled values use global occupational multipliers; use as directional estimates.
Gross pay in nominal US dollars (2026), not adjusted for living costs.
Country Challenges
The main challenge for accounting and audit in each country, from public evidence (2026)
Oversight & enforcement
Institutional rebuilding
- Evidence: Provisional inference — inferred from a reform, transition or narrow study
- Scope: Public-sector accounting
The World Bank identifies major post-conflict public financial management institutional and process constraints.
Source: New $20 Million Grant to Enhance Public Financial Management for Syria’s Recovery and Development (institutional report or research)
Accounting History
Milestones in accounting and auditing, from clay tokens to sustainability reporting
Origins & bookkeepingc. 8000 BCE · Tell Abu Hureyra · Origins
Clay tokens used for accounting
Early Near Eastern communities used small clay tokens to represent quantities of goods, an important precursor to written accounting and recordkeeping.
Business opportunities
No live listings in Syria right now.
Not on these maps yet: Accounting News, Audit Oversight Bodies, Sustainability Framework Adoption, Company Registry Portals, Annual Report Awards, GDP per Capita.