🇸🇾 Syria
Syrian Arab Republic
Every statistic we track for Syria — 71 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
74.4 yrs
0.05
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All indicators
📈 Economy
| Economic Freedom of the World | 4.3 | #161/163 | 2022 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #212/237 | 2023 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 2,495 | #138/165 | 2022 |
| Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT) | 18.4 | #79/130 | 2023 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 52,353,139,385 | #106/165 | 2022 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 2.7 | #66/217 | 2024 |
| Gender Inequality Index | 0.5 | #46/172 | 2023 |
| Internally Displaced People | 5,542,227 | #4/38 | 2025 |
| Median Age | 23.8 | #174/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 21.5 | #54/229 | 2013 |
| Population Density | 144.1 | #91/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 4,865,764 | #2/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 72.1% | #79/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 89.3% | #162/214 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 78.7 | #168/209 | 2022 |
🫀 Health
🎓 Education
| Mean Years of Schooling | 7.9 | #105/146 | 2020 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 1.3 | #134/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 396 | #130/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 3.5% | #170/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
| Civil Liberties (V-Dem) | 0.3 | #149/179 | 2025 |
| Clean Elections (V-Dem) | 0 | #170/179 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption (QoG) | -1.7 | #191/192 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | 12 | #176/179 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) | 12 | #174/177 | 2024 |
| Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #134/179 | 2025 |
| Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #147/179 | 2025 |
| Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #168/179 | 2025 |
| Freedom House Status (QoG) | 3 | #46/193 | 2024 |
| Freedom in the World Score | 1 | #196/196 | 2024 |
| Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) | 0.4 | #139/179 | 2025 |
| Gender Equality (V-Dem) | 0.3 | #174/179 | 2025 |
| Government Effectiveness (QoG) | -1.7 | #187/192 | 2024 |
| Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #149/179 | 2025 |
| Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #163/179 | 2025 |
| Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #160/179 | 2025 |
| Political Corruption (V-Dem) | 0.6 | #72/179 | 2025 |
| Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) | 17.4 | #172/173 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law (V-Dem) | 0.3 | #133/179 | 2025 |
| Voice & Accountability (QoG) | -1.9 | #186/192 | 2024 |
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 39.4 | #138/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Global Peace Index | 3.2 | #6/160 | 2025 |
| Homicide Rate | 4.7 | #94/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 29.9 | #6/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 2.6 | #67/193 | 2026 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 7.8 | #8/191 | 2025 |
| World Risk Index | 11.6 | #48/193 | 2026 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Human Development Index | 0.6 | #162/193 | 2023 |
Latest available period per indicator. The rank counts down from the highest value, whatever that means for the series: on child mortality or extreme poverty the country at #1 is the worst in the world, not the best. Sources are credited on each indicator page.