Syria
61 figures for Syria, each the latest the source has. Pick one to see how Syria compares.
Economy
- GDP per person $1,057 (2022)
- GDP per person, price-adjusted $4,905 (2022)
- Economic growth −0.2% (2022)
- Unemployment 13.6% (2025)
- Inflation +13.4% (2019)
- Exports 6.8% (2022)
- Income per person $3,917 (2023)
- Household wealth 83.1 (2010)
- Poorer households 2.3% (2010)
- Wealth inequality 0.08 (2010)
People
- Population 23.6 million (2023)
- Population growth +3.77% (2025)
- Births per woman 2.70 (2024)
- Typical age 22.2 (2023)
- Living in cities 72.1% (2025)
- Human Development Index 0.564 (2023)
- Women’s vs men’s development 0.787 (2023)
- People per household 5.7 (2010)
- People over 65 3.7% (2010)
- Children under 15 37.6% (2010)
- Women’s age at first marriage 19.6 (2010)
- Mothers’ age at first birth 21.0 (2010)
Health
- Life expectancy 72.1 (2023)
- Child deaths (under 5) 18.4 (2024)
- Mothers dying in childbirth 20 (2023)
- Health spending per person $33 (2023)
- Measles vaccination 81% (2024)
- Overweight adults 71.1% (2022)
- Stunted children 28.7% (2010)
- Overweight children 20.6% (2010)
- Homes with piped water 81.4% (2010)
- Homes with a flush toilet 80.8% (2010)
Education
- Years of schooling 5.9 (2023)
- Expected years in school 7.4 (2023)
- Secondary school enrollment 39.5% (2023)
- Education spending 5.1% (2009)
- Teens in school 51.4% (2010)
Environment
- CO₂ per person 1.29 (2024)
- Total CO₂ emissions 31.8 million (2024)
- Forest cover 2.8% (2023)
- Air pollution (PM2.5) 30.8 (2024)
- Renewable energy share 1.1% (2021)
- Average temperature 19.1 (2022)
Energy
- Energy use per person 396 (2023)
- Access to electricity 89.3% (2024)
- Renewable electricity 3.5% (2024)
- Nuclear electricity 0.0% (2024)
- Coal electricity 0.0% (2024)
Technology
- Internet users 33.8% (2018)
- Mobile phone subscriptions 78.7 (2022)
- Home broadband 7.2 (2022)
- Homes with a mobile phone 54.4% (2010)
Food and farming
- Hunger 39.0% (2023)
- Cereal yield 1,815 (2023)
- Farmland 74.1% (2023)
- Jobs in farming 16.3% (2025)
Government
- Electoral democracy 0.13 (2025)
- Human rights 0.32 (2025)
- Control of corruption −1.62 (2025)
- Women in parliament 4.9% (2025)
- Military spending 4.1% (2010)