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Syria — statistics

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313 indicators Region: Middle East & North Africa Subregion: Western Asia Income group: Low income ISO: SYR
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 25.62M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 72.6 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 2.7 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 23.2 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 4.9 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 3.77 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 72.1 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 18.47M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 27.9 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 128.5 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 4.8 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 28.4 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 49.9 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people 421,693 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 49.94 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 12.83M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 12.79M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 7.29M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 17.09M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 1.24M 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 70.21 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 74.92 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 38.6 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 53.9 2009 UN DESA
Rural population people 7.15M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 896,042 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 3.6 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of asylum people 11,635 2024 UNHCR
Refugees by country of origin people 5.95M 2024 UNHCR
Refugees per 100,000 people per 100k 47.2 2024 UNHCR
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people per 100k 19.3 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 23 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 0.1 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 850 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 0.01 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 100 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 5,600 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 33 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 0 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 0 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 21.3 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 17.7 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 18.4 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 20 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 0.6 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 73.7 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 13.2 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 10.9 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 14.9 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 6,383 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 94.5 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 9.1 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 0.28 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 62.3 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 163.5 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 103.6 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 23.74B 2022 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 1,057 2022 World Bank
GDP growth % -0.2 2022 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 110B 2022 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 4,905 2022 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 720 2022 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 13.42 2019 World Bank
GDP deflator % 107.38 2022 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 11.9 2022 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 42.9 2022 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 44.7 2022 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 114.2 2022 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 2.7 2022 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 16 1969 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 60 2010 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 3.4 2010 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 6,375 2010 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 4.4 2010 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 16.1B 2022 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 717 2022 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % -3.9 2022 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.155 2010 IMF
Gross national income US$ 22.93B 2022 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 2.83B 2022 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 10.17B 2022 World Bank
Services value added US$ 10.62B 2022 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 27.12B 2022 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 643M 2022 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 359M 1969 World Bank
Gross national savings % 15.8 2010 World Bank
Consumer price index index 614.95 2019 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 6.3 2010 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 2,807 2010 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 106B 2022 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 807.957 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 30 2010 IMF
Budget balance % -7.8 2010 IMF
External debt US$ 4.76B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 4.33M 2024 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 1,607 2024 FAO
Food production index index 97 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 98.9 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 74.09 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 23.96 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.1865 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 17.3 2023 FAO
Irrigated land % 7.22 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 136,060 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 4.4M 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 2.7M 2024 FAO
Crop production index index 96.3 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 1.1 2021 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.398 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 16.1 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0.276 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 3.75 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 75.2 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 610,745 2023 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 5,131 2023 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 1.6 2023 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 243,348 2020 UNCTAD
Rail lines km 2,139 2010 World Bank
Rail passenger traffic M pax-km 1,223 2013 World Bank
Rail freight traffic M t-km 2,206 2010 World Bank
Logistics performance index score 2.3 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 33.77 2018 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 71.2 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 6.86 2023 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 11.52 2024 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 114 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 1.92 2010 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 141M 2010 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 17.57M 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 1.62M 2023 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Intentional homicides per 100k 2.06 2010 World Bank
Number of intentional homicides people 463 2010 UNODC
Prison population per 100,000 per 100k 60 2004 UNODC
Capacity of prisons and detention facilities people 66 2004 UNODC
Battle-related deaths people 2,732 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.564 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.787 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.49 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 12 2024 Transparency Intl

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

Western Asia