International Rankings of Syria 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	416	187	2012
Internet users	4,469,000	52	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	4,425,000	36	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	12,928,000	66	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$7,560,000,000	97	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$2,380,000,000	137	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-8.00	100	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	0.75	59	31 Dec 2013 est
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	11.70	62	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	-$5,879,000,000	168	2013 est.
Debt - external	$9,796,000,000	97	31 Dec 2013 est.
Exports	$2,675,000,000	133	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	11.30	164	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	19.70	37	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	68.30	72	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-28.60	32	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	20.10	80	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	9.30	6	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	17.60	52	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	22.20	115	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	60.20	96	2013 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$64,700,000,000	73	2011 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$5,100	135	2011 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$107,600,000,000	73	2011 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	-2.30	89	2011 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	5.40	119	2013 est.
Imports	$8,917,000,000	107	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	-20.60	92	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	59.10	1	2013 est.
Labor force	5,014,000	75	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	17.00	68	2008 est.
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	16.00	82	2008 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	67.00	49	2008 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	11.90	108	2006 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	58.90	50	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$1,895,000,000	124	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 12,770,000,000	96	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$7,777,000,000	100	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 8,097,000,000	87	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	3.7	178	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	17.80	38	2013 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	63,140,000	53	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	152,400	34	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	0	82	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	182,500	40	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	2,500,000,000	32	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	35,610,000,000	57	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	1,043,000,000	57	2010 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	89.2	30	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	10.8	104	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	31	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	72	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	0	109	2012 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	8,323,000	63	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	43,760,000,000	55	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1,983.66	107	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	9,630,000,000	47	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	54	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	250,000,000	68	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	7,870,000,000	45	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	240,700,000,000	45	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	258,800	49	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	36,210	65	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	104,800	50	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	253,600	48	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	193	141	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	2814	80	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	-200	59	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	867.4	26	2005
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	16.76	36	2005
Irrigated land (sq km)	13,410	37	2010
Land Area - sq km	183,630.00	89	NA
Land boundaries - km	2,253	80	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	24.90	38	2011
Land use - other (%)	69.41	168	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	5.69	48	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	97.76	107	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	185,180.00	89	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	16.80	124	2011
Water Area - sq km	1,550	97	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	5,660,751	47	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	5,889,837	50	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	4,884,151	47	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	5,055,510	46	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	244,712	47	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	256,698	46	2010 est.
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	2,898,060	59	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	3,046,922	59	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	33.10	50	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	1,789,854	58	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	1,833,802	58	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	20.20	22	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	3,396,756	63	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	3,406,744	62	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	37.90	87	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	440,980	80	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	429,644	76	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	4.80	89	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	387,931	84	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	320,946	82	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	3.90	104	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	22.76	73	2014 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	4.00	41	2006 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	192,915	58	2006 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	10.10	62	2009
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	58.30	66	2006
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	6.51	142	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	6.90	92	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	14.60	53	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	63.90	56	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	57.00	55	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	87.2	56	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	90.1	59	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	92.3	56	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	12.8	77	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	9.9	66	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	7.7	42	2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	5.10	32	2009
Health expenditures	3.70	75	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	0.10	42	2001 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	200	66	2003 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	500	139	2003 est.
Hospital bed density	1.50	60	2010
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	13.31	108	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	18.14	102	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	15.79	103	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	75.84	125	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	61.40	174	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	68.41	149	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	77.70	82	2011 est.
Literacy - male (%)	90.30	56	2011 est.
Literacy - total (%)	84.10	72	2011 est.
Maternal mortality rate	70.00	57	2010
Median age - female (years)	23.70	113	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	22.90	121	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	23.30	111	2014 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-113.51	176	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	27.10	35	2008
Physicians density	1.50	75	2008
Population	17,951,639	61	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	-9.73	175	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	95.1	23	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	4.9	132	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	95.7	26	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	4.3	123	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	96.2	25	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	3.8	114	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	12	10	2011
School life expectancy - male (years)	12	9	2011
School life expectancy - total (years)	12	9	2011
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.05	12	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.03	20	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.00	26	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	17	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.85	26	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.06	10	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	1.03	18	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	2.68	63	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	40	19	2010
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	15	55	2010
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	19	54	2010
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	2.36	63	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	56.1	97	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	90	58	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	29	51	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	61	49	2013
Heliports	6.00	19	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	19	85	2010
Pipelines (km)	5,199	48	2013
Railways (km)	2,052	72	2008
Roadways (km)	69,873	67	2010
Waterways (km)	900	59	2011

NOTE: The information regarding the international rankings of Syria on this page is derived from the CIA World Factbook 2015. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of international rankings of Syria contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about international rankings of Syria should be addressed to the CIA.