Country
Syria
- Region
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- Income group
- low income
- Capital
- Damascus
- ISO code
- SY · SYR
70 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 25.6M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 4,579 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 72.6 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 1.3 t CO₂
Population
- Population 25.6M 2025 57th of 214
- Population density 134 people/km² 2024 81st of 212
- Population growth 3.77 % per year 2025 5th of 214
- Natural increase 17.1 per 1,000 people 2023 58th of 228
- Net migration 16.5 per 1,000 people 2025 3rd of 214
- Fertility rate 2.70 births per woman 2024 65th of 214
- Urban population 72.1 % 2025 80th of 214
- Median age 22.2 years 2023 172nd of 228
- Population aged 65+ 4.8 % 2025 148th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 7.3 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 155th of 214
- Children under 15 28.4 % 2025 77th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 72.6 years 2024 128th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 74.9 years 2024 134th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 70.2 years 2024 122nd of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 4.7 years 2024 118th of 214
- Infant mortality 17.7 per 1,000 births 2024 72nd of 195
- Under-5 mortality 18.4 per 1,000 births 2024 76th of 195
- Maternal mortality 20 per 100,000 births 2023 120th of 193
- Health spending per person 33 USD 2023 180th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 122 $ (PPP) 2023 177th of 191
- Physicians 1.52 per 1,000 people 2021 95th of 179
- Hospital beds 1.4 per 1,000 people 2021 103rd of 150
- Measles immunization 81 % 2024 139th of 191
- Undernourishment 40.8 % 2024 5th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,259 kcal per day 2023 163rd of 175
- Meat supply 16.2 kg per person per year 2023 149th of 175
Economy
- GDP 23.7B USD 2022 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita 1,057 USD 2022 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita (PPP) 4,579 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2022 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita since 1820 2,495 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 138th of 165
- GDP growth -0.2 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita growth -3.9 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Inflation 13.4 % 2019 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Unemployment 13.6 % 2025 19th of 181
- Youth unemployment 33.1 % 2025 16th of 181
- Trade 35 % of GDP 2022 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Income inequality (Gini) 26.4 2022 142nd of 151
- Extreme poverty 18.0 % 2022 37th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 42.9 % of GDP 2022 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Women in the labour force 12.7 % 2025 178th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.564 2023 161st of 192
- Literacy rate 94.4 % 2021 52nd of 122
- Education spending 5.1 % of GDP 2009 not ranked – no value for 2022
- Secondary school enrolment 39 % 2023 139th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 44 % 2016 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 60 % 2023 128th of 135
- Women in parliament 4.9 % 2025 174th of 183
- Homicide rate 2.1 per 100,000 people 2010 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 31.4 Mt CO₂ 2024 71st of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 1.3 t CO₂ 2024 132nd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 1.29 t CO₂ 2024 149th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 2.1 Gt CO₂ 2024 67th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 1.9 t CO₂e 2024 150th of 201
- Forest area 2.9 % of land 2024 184th of 208
- Water stress 124 % 2022 11th of 176
- Arable land 24.0 % of land 2024 41st of 205
- Renewable energy 1.1 % of final energy 2021 186th of 210
- Renewable electricity 3.5 % of electricity 2024 171st of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 0.4 % of electricity 2024 151st of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 706 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 14th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 1,008 kWh 2024 132nd of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 32.1 µg/m³ 2023 42nd of 199
Syria on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldArabic · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldSyrian pound (SYP)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+3Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, E, L · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world8 characteristic plants
- Castles map24 castles and palacesSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Volcano & earthquake map1 volcanoSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)