Syrian Arab Republic
SYRMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanLow incomeCapital: DamascusEconomy
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Health
Education
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Energy / Env
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▶About Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Arab Republic has a population of 25.6M (2025). Key indicators include life expectancy of 72.6 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.
▶Economy22 indicators · 2020–2022 · WB
▶Fiscal & Monetary3 indicators · 2019–2023 · WB
| Indicator | Value | Year | Δ YoY | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank) | 13.4% | 2019 | — | WB |
| Official Exchange Rate (per USD) | 2,505.75 | 2022 | ▲ 99.5% | WB |
| PPP Conversion Factor | 1,757.52 | 2023 | ▲ 117.5% | WB |
▶Trade7 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB
| Indicator | Value | Year | Δ YoY | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trade (% of GDP) | 35.4% | 2022 | ▼ 39.9% | WB |
| Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP) | 6.8% | 2022 | ▼ 54.7% | WB |
| Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP) | 28.7% | 2022 | ▼ 34.9% | WB |
| Exports of Goods & Services (USD) | $1.61B | 2022 | ▼ 27.7% | WB |
| Imports of Goods & Services (USD) | $6.80B | 2022 | ▲ 3.7% | WB |
| Merchandise Exports (USD) | $3.38B | 2025 | ▲ 1.8% | WB |
| Merchandise Imports (USD) | $7.91B | 2025 | ▲ 22.5% | WB |
▶External Debt7 indicators · 2022–2024 · WB
| Indicator | Value | Year | Δ YoY | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| External Debt (% of GNI) | 25.3% | 2023 | ▲ 18.9% | WB |
| External Debt Stocks (USD) | $4.76B | 2024 | ▼ 2.4% | WB |
| Total Debt Service (% of GNI) | 0.0% | 2022 | ▲ 1405.5% | WB |
| Present Value of External Debt (USD) | $4.00B | 2024 | — | WB |
| Use of IMF Credit (USD) | $731.1M | 2024 | ▼ 2.8% | WB |
| Net ODA Received (% of GNI) | 31.3% | 2022 | ▼ 53.6% | WB |
| Net ODA Received (USD) | $9.21B | 2023 | ▲ 28.2% | WB |
▶People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
| Indicator | Value | Year | Δ YoY | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 25.6M | 2025 | ▲ 3.8% | WB |
| Population Growth (%) | 3.8% | 2025 | ▼ 15.6% | WB |
| Population Density (per km²) | 128 | 2023 | ▲ 5.0% | WB |
| Surface Area (sq km) | 185,180 | 2023 | ▲ 0.0% | WB |
| Land Area (sq km) | 183,630 | 2023 | ▲ 0.0% | WB |
| Urban Population (%) | 72.1% | 2025 | ▲ 0.0% | WB |
| Urban Population (total) | 18.5M | 2025 | ▲ 3.9% | WB |
| Rural Population (%) | 27.9% | 2025 | ▼ 0.0% | WB |
| Life Expectancy at Birth | 72.6 years | 2024 | ▲ 0.6% | WB |
| Life Expectancy, Male | 70.2 years | 2024 | ▲ 0.5% | WB |
| Life Expectancy, Female | 74.9 years | 2024 | ▲ 0.7% | WB |
| Fertility Rate (births per woman) | 2.7 | 2024 | ▼ 0.4% | WB |
| Birth Rate (per 1,000) | 23.2 | 2024 | ▲ 4.8% | WB |
| Death Rate (per 1,000) | 4.9 | 2024 | ▼ 2.1% | WB |
| Net Migration | 421,693 | 2025 | ▼ 22.8% | WB |
| Population Ages 0–14 (%) | 28.4% | 2025 | ▼ 2.5% | WB |
| Population Ages 15–64 (%) | 66.7% | 2025 | ▲ 0.9% | WB |
| Population Ages 65+ (%) | 4.8% | 2025 | ▲ 2.1% | WB |
| Age Dependency Ratio (%) | 49.9% | 2025 | ▼ 2.8% | WB |
| Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%) | 7.3% | 2025 | ▲ 1.1% | WB |
| Youth Dependency Ratio (%) | 42.6% | 2025 | ▼ 3.4% | WB |
| Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000) | 163.4 | 2024 | ▼ 2.5% | WB |
| Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000) | 103.5 | 2024 | ▼ 3.9% | WB |
▶Labor17 indicators · 2025 · WB
| Indicator | Value | Year | Δ YoY | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Labor Force | 6.8M | 2025 | ▲ 4.6% | WB |
| Labor Force Participation (%) | 36.9% | 2025 | ▼ 0.2% | WB |
| Female Labor Force Participation (%) | 12.7% | 2025 | ▼ 0.4% | WB |
| Male Labor Force Participation (%) | 61.4% | 2025 | ▼ 0.3% | WB |
| Unemployment (%) | 13.6% | 2025 | ▲ 1.6% | WB |
| Female Unemployment (%) | 26.1% | 2025 | ▲ 3.0% | WB |
| Male Unemployment (%) | 10.9% | 2025 | ▲ 0.9% | WB |
| Youth Unemployment (%) | 33.1% | 2025 | ▲ 1.0% | WB |
| Employment in Agriculture (%) | 16.3% | 2025 | ▼ 0.9% | WB |
| Employment in Industry (%) | 25.2% | 2025 | ▼ 0.9% | WB |
| Employment in Services (%) | 58.5% | 2025 | ▲ 0.7% | WB |
| Vulnerable Employment (%) | 38.9% | 2025 | ▲ 0.1% | WB |
| Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total) | 57.6% | 2025 | ▲ 0.1% | WB |
| Employers (% of total employment) | 3.6% | 2025 | ▼ 1.6% | WB |
| Labor Force, Female (% of total) | 17.4% | 2025 | ▼ 0.2% | WB |
| Employment to Population Ratio (%) | 31.9% | 2025 | ▼ 0.5% | WB |
| Self-Employed (% of total) | 42.4% | 2025 | ▼ 0.1% | WB |
▶Education16 indicators · 2009–2024 · WB
| Indicator | Value | Year | Δ YoY | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Literacy Rate (%) | 94.4% | 2021 | — | WB |
| Female Literacy Rate (%) | 91.8% | 2021 | — | WB |
| Male Literacy Rate (%) | 97.2% | 2021 | — | WB |
| Youth Literacy Rate (%) | 98.4% | 2021 | — | WB |
| Primary School Enrollment (%) | 81.4% | 2024 | ▲ 6.0% | WB |
| Secondary School Enrollment (%) | 38.7% | 2024 | ▼ 1.9% | WB |
| Primary Completion Rate (%) | 60.1% | 2024 | ▼ 0.0% | WB |
| Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%) | 42.7% | 2024 | ▼ 1.3% | WB |
| Out-of-School Children, Primary | 581,845 | 2024 | ▼ 21.9% | WB |
| Out-of-School Girls, Primary | 279,350 | 2024 | ▼ 22.2% | WB |
| Primary School Teachers | 144,621 | 2024 | ▼ 1.2% | WB |
| Secondary School Teachers | 54,596 | 2024 | ▲ 2.1% | WB |
| Primary Education Spending (% of Education Budget) | 38.9% | 2009 | — | WB |
| Persistence to Last Primary Grade (% of Cohort) | 88.4% | 2023 | ▼ 0.9% | WB |
| Secondary Education Spending (% of Education Budget) | 36.9% | 2009 | — | WB |
| Tertiary Education Spending (% of Education Budget) | 24.2% | 2009 | — | WB |
▶Health47 indicators · 2010–2025 · WHO
▶Energy & Environment18 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB / WHO
| Indicator | Value | Year | Δ YoY | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ Emissions per Capita, Excluding LULUCF (t CO2e) | 1.3 | 2024 | ▼ 4.1% | WB |
| CO₂ Emissions, Excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) | 31 | 2024 | ▲ 0.3% | WB |
| Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita) | 396 | 2023 | ▲ 0.9% | WB |
| Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita) | 854 | 2023 | ▲ 0.4% | WB |
| Renewable Electricity Output (%) | 3.4% | 2021 | ▲ 8.4% | WB |
| Renewable Energy Consumption (%) | 1.1% | 2021 | ▲ 0.0% | WB |
| Access to Electricity (%) | 89.3% | 2024 | ▲ 1.0% | WB |
| Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%) | 88.8% | 2023 | ▼ 1.4% | WB |
| PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³) | 32.1 | 2023 | ▼ 9.4% | WB |
| Forest Area (%) | 2.8% | 2023 | ▲ 0.0% | WB |
| Forest Area (sq km) | 5,221 | 2023 | ▲ 0.0% | WB |
| Arable Land (%) | 24.0% | 2023 | ▲ 0.0% | WB |
| Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas (%) | 0.7% | 2025 | ▲ 0.0% | WB |
| Marine Protected Areas (%) | 0.2% | 2025 | ▲ 0.0% | WB |
| Access to Basic Drinking Water (%) | 94.1% | 2024 | ▲ 0.0% | WHO |
| Access to Basic Sanitation (%) | 95.6% | 2024 | ▲ 0.3% | WHO |
| Urban PM2.5 Concentration (WHO) | 28.182395778 | 2023 | — | WHO |
| Air Pollution Mortality (household + ambient, age-standardized) | 114.384 | 2021 | — | WHO |
▶Agriculture12 indicators · 2022–2024 · WB
| Indicator | Value | Year | Δ YoY | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Land (%) | 74.1% | 2023 | ▲ 0.0% | WB |
| Cereal Yield (kg per hectare) | 1,607 | 2024 | ▼ 11.5% | WB |
| Food Production Index (2014–2016=100) | 97 | 2022 | ▼ 3.6% | WB |
| Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100) | 96.3 | 2022 | ▼ 4.2% | WB |
| Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100) | 98.9 | 2022 | ▼ 0.5% | WB |
| Land Under Cereal Production (hectares) | 2.7M | 2024 | ▲ 0.3% | WB |
| Total Fisheries Production (metric tonnes) | 4,835 | 2024 | ▲ 8.7% | WB |
| Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare) | 17.3 | 2023 | ▲ 169.8% | WB |
| Prevalence of Undernourishment (%) | 39.0% | 2023 | ▲ 8.6% | WB |
| Agricultural Irrigated Land (%) | 7.2% | 2023 | ▲ 0.0% | WB |
| Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal) | 195.8% | 2022 | ▲ 0.0% | WB |
| Cereal Production (metric tons) | 4.3M | 2024 | ▼ 11.2% | WB |
▶Technology10 indicators · 2019–2024 · WB
| Indicator | Value | Year | Δ YoY | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Users (%) | 34.6% | 2019 | — | WB |
| Mobile Subscriptions (per 100 people) | 71 | 2024 | ▼ 1.7% | WB |
| Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100) | 6.9 | 2023 | ▼ 4.2% | WB |
| Secure Internet Servers (per million) | 113.9 | 2024 | ▲ 22.1% | WB |
| R&D Spending (% of GDP) | 0.04% | 2022 | — | WB |
| Patent Applications, Residents | 102 | 2021 | ▲ 34.2% | WB |
| Patent Applications, Non-Residents | 20 | 2021 | ▲ 25.0% | WB |
| Scientific Journal Articles | 646 | 2023 | ▲ 10.4% | WB |
| Industrial Design Applications, Resident | 406 | 2021 | ▲ 23.8% | WB |
| Researchers in R&D (per million) | 140 | 2022 | — | WB |
▶Infrastructure8 indicators · 2010–2023 · WB
| Indicator | Value | Year | Δ YoY | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Transport, Passengers Carried | 610,745 | 2023 | ▼ 32.5% | WB |
| Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km) | 1.6 | 2023 | ▼ 25.3% | WB |
| Container Port Traffic (TEU) | 243,348 | 2020 | ▼ 25.1% | WB |
| Rail Lines (total km) | 2,139 | 2010 | — | WB |
| Railways, Goods (million ton-km) | 2,206 | 2010 | — | WB |
| Logistics Performance Index (1–5) | 2.30 | 2022 | — | WB |
| Electricity from Oil (%) | 44.8% | 2023 | ▲ 4.1% | WB |
| Electricity from Nuclear (%) | 0.0% | 2021 | — | WB |
▶Gender5 indicators · 2013–2025 · WB
| Indicator | Value | Year | Δ YoY | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women in Parliament (%) | 4.9% | 2025 | ▼ 48.8% | WB |
| Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%) | 76.6% | 2025 | ▲ 0.3% | WB |
| Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000) | 38.6 | 2024 | ▼ 0.8% | WB |
| Gender Parity Index, Secondary | 0.99 | 2013 | — | WB |
| Gender Parity in Primary Education | 0.97 | 2013 | — | WB |
▶Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
| Indicator | Value | Year | Δ YoY | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control of Corruption | -1.75 | 2023 | ▲ 1.5% | WB |
| Government Effectiveness | -1.79 | 2023 | ▼ 2.0% | WB |
| Political Stability | -2.75 | 2023 | ▲ 0.9% | WB |
| Regulatory Quality | -1.81 | 2023 | ▲ 0.8% | WB |
| Rule of Law | -2.04 | 2023 | ▲ 1.6% | WB |
| Voice & Accountability | -1.85 | 2023 | ▲ 2.2% | WB |
| Control of Corruption (percentile rank) | 0.5% | 2023 | ▼ 50.0% | WB |
| Government Effectiveness (percentile rank) | 3.3% | 2023 | ▲ 16.7% | WB |
| Rule of Law (percentile rank) | 1.4% | 2023 | ▲ 50.0% | WB |
| Political Stability (percentile rank) | 0.0% | 2023 | — | WB |
▶Military2 indicators · 2020 · WB
| Indicator | Value | Year | Δ YoY | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armed Forces Personnel | 269,000 | 2020 | ▲ 0.0% | WB |
| Armed Forces (% of labor force) | 5.4% | 2020 | ▼ 0.5% | WB |
▶Poverty & Inequality9 indicators · 2022 · WB
| Indicator | Value | Year | Δ YoY | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poverty at $3.00/day (2021 PPP, %) | 18.0% | 2022 | — | WB |
| Poverty at $4.20/day (2021 PPP, %) | 42.1% | 2022 | — | WB |
| Poverty at $8.30/day (2021 PPP, %) | 89.3% | 2022 | — | WB |
| Gini Index | 26.4 | 2022 | — | WB |
| Income Share, Top 10% | 20.9% | 2022 | — | WB |
| Income Share, Bottom 10% | 3.8% | 2022 | — | WB |
| Income Share, Top 20% | 35.1% | 2022 | — | WB |
| Income Share, Bottom 20% | 9.3% | 2022 | — | WB |
| Poverty Gap at $3.00/day (2021 PPP, %) | 4.1% | 2022 | — | WB |
▶Tourism1 indicator · 2019 · WB
| Indicator | Value | Year | Δ YoY | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Tourism, Arrivals | 2.4M | 2019 | — | WB |
▶Urban Development6 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB
| Indicator | Value | Year | Δ YoY | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Population Growth (%) | 3.8% | 2025 | ▼ 12.9% | WB |
| Population in Largest City | 2.8M | 2025 | ▲ 4.3% | WB |
| Population in Largest City (% of urban) | 15.2% | 2025 | ▲ 0.4% | WB |
| Population in Agglomerations >1M (% of total) | 26.5% | 2025 | ▲ 0.7% | WB |
| Population in Slums (% of urban) | 41.1% | 2022 | ▲ 60.8% | WB |
| Rural Population Growth (%) | 3.7% | 2025 | ▼ 22.0% | WB |
