International Rankings of Syria 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Syria, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Syria, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	112	8.02	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	66	1.490 million	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	158	34.25 %	2018
Internet users - total	79	6.078 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	99	15.30	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	48	2.843 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	97	113.58	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	60	21.115 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	134	3.211 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	164	1.162 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	97	8.70 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	156	2.123 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	134	4.989 billion US Dollars	2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	122	43	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	140	42	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	89	80	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	144	30	2020
Exports	149	1.850 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	113	24.600 billion US Dollars	2014
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	160	16.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	23	26.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	57	73.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	92	46.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	95	18.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	10	12.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	45	20.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	120	19.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	92	60.80 % of GDP	2017
Gross national saving	99	17	2017
Imports	127	6.279 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	47	4.30 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	6	28.10 %	2017
Labor force	94	3.767 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	76	17 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	89	16 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	58	67 %	2008
Population below poverty line	1	83 %	2014
Public debt	22	94.80 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	114	50.280 billion US Dollars	2015
Real GDP growth rate	149	36.50 %	2014
Real GDP per capita	191	2900 US Dollars	2015
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	156	407.300 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	165	4.20 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	2	50.00 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	76	27.510 million	2017
Crude oil - imports	45	87660	2015
Crude oil - production	61	25000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	29	2.500 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	83	14.160 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	71	262.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	16	83	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	53	17	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	65	9.058 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	84	17.070 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	66	3.738 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	54	3.738 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	40	240.700 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	71	134000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	79	12520 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	92	38080 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	66	111600 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	72	29 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	79	13 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	31	39 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	10	76	2018
Land use - arable land	36	25	2018
Land use - forest	164	3	2018
Land use - other	110	22	2018
Land use - permanent crops	44	6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	24	45	2018
Total renewable water resources	123	16.802 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	31	14.670 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	64	615.400 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	38	1.475 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	3	5.38	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	112	56	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	50	4.500 million tons	2009
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	78	112500 tons	2010
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	78	2.50 %	2010
Geography
Area - land	88	185887 sq km	N/A
Area - total	88	187437 sq km	N/A
Area - water	96	1550 sq km	N/A
Coastline	130	193 km	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	53	208 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	65	514 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	38	14280 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	80	2363 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	10	76	2018
Land use - arable land	36	25	2018
Land use - forest	164	3	2018
Land use - other	110	22	2018
Land use - permanent crops	44	6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	24	45	2018
Total renewable water resources	122	16.802 billion	2017
Population Density	96	109.66 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	47	19.34	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	148	37.31	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	156	5.41	N/A
Birth rate	48	23.25 births/1,000 population	2021
Death rate	179	4.36 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	99	7.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	54	13.20 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	82	55.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	66	47.80 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	8	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	105	1 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	95	1 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	62	1 % of population	N/A
Hospital bed density	55	1.40 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	94	14.48 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	95	17.95 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	94	16.27 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	125	76 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	103	73 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	119	74 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	91	31.00	2017
Median age - female	124	24 years	2020
Median age - male	117	23 years	N/A
Median age - total	119	24 years	N/A
Net migration rate	1	34.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	31	27.80 %	2016
Physicians density	99	1.29 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	60	20.384 million	2021
Population growth rate	1	5.32 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	5	100 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	113	1 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	107	1 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	13	9 years	2013
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	12	9 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	13	9 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1.00	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	28	0.97	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	25	0.97	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	23	0.88 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	17	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	50	2.85 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	3	71	2011
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	26	27	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	15	36	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	3	5.38	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	112	56	2021
Transportation
Airports	57	90	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	23	16	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	41	3	2013
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	22	5	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	50	29	2013
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	30	5	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	46	12	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	47	61	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	34	48	2013
Heliports	20	6	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	131	30000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	151	17896	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	91	11.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Railways - total	63	2052 km	2014
Roadways - paved	35	63060 km	2010
Roadways - total	58	69873 km	2010
Waterways	59	900 km	N/A

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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