International Rankings of Syria 2022, 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	44	9	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	63	1.549 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	61	36 %	2020
Internet users - total	80	6.300 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	39	16	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	46	2.857 million	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	62	113.58	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	62	19.388 million	2019
Economy
Budget - expenditures	132	3.211 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	160	1.162 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	93	8.7 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	111	24.600 billion US Dollars	2014
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	153	16.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	18	26 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	55	73.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	88	46.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	93	18.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	10	12.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	43	20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	115	19.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	88	60.8 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	46	4.3 %	2017
Labor force	93	3.767 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	70	17 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	85	16 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	55	67 %	2008
Population below poverty line	1	82.5	2014
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	108	50.280 billion US Dollars	2015
Real GDP per capita	135	2900 US Dollars	2015
Taxes and other revenues	158	4.2 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	N/A	2022
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	112	46000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	69	6.927 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	68	19.920 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	106	38000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	96	38000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	86	13.071 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	75	347.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	64	10.082 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	55	3.687 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	55	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	24	95.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	108	4.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	66	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	125	24.567 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	70	3.531 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - production	54	3.531 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	39	240.693 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	39	129100 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	30	2.500 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	69	137900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	48	80800 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	77	12520 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	91	38080 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	65	111600 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	70	28.83 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	78	12.93 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	30	39.43 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	9	75.8	2018
Land use - arable land	34	25.4	2018
Land use - forest	155	2.7	2018
Land use - other	103	21.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	40	5.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	22	44.6	2018
Revenue from coal	30	N/A % of GDP	2022
Revenue from forest resources	95	N/A % of GDP	2022
Total renewable water resources	120	16.802 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	30	14.670 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	62	615.400 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	37	1.475 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	3	5.38	2025
Urbanization - urban population	98	56.8	2022
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	76	2.5 %	2010
Geography
Area - land	86	185887 sq km	0
Area - total	86	187437 sq km	0
Area - water	144	1550 sq km	0
Coastline	120	193 km	0
Elevation - highest point	187	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	47	66 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	63	514 meters	0
Irrigated land	35	13100 sq km	2013
Land boundaries - total	78	2363 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	9	75.8	2018
Land use - arable land	34	25.4	2018
Land use - forest	155	2.7	2018
Land use - other	103	21.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	40	5.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	22	44.6	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	46	19.34	9564
Age structure - 25-54 years	138	37.31	9596
Age structure - 55-64 years	147	5.41	4189
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	145	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	121	0.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	156	0.13 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	93	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	48	22.72 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	91	N/A % of GDP	0
Death rate	164	4.22 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	113	7.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	50	13.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	84	55.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	54	53 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	5	99.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	99	0.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	97	0.2 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	57	0.4 % of population	0
Education expenditures	71	N/A % of GDP	0
Hospital bed density	56	1.4 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	87	14.14 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	90	17.5 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	88	15.87 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	117	75.84 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	95	72.82 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	109	74.28 years	0
Literacy - female	69	81 %	2015
Literacy - male	43	91.7 %	0
Literacy - total population	61	86.4 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	90	31 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	120	24 years	2020
Median age - male	115	23 years	0
Median age - total	113	23.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	1	40.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	28	27.8 %	2016
Physicians density	96	1.29 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	58	21.564 million	2022
Population growth rate	1	5.91 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	6	99.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	108	0.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	109	0.5 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	87	0.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	14	9 years	2013
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	11	9 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	13	9 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	24	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	21	0.76 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	110	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - male	137	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - total	123	N/A %	2022
Total fertility rate	48	2.8 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	3	5.38	2025
Urbanization - urban population	98	56.8	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	N/A	2022
Transportation
Airports	57	90	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	22	16	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	40	3	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	21	5	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	48	29	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	30	5	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	46	12	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	47	61	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	34	48	2021
Heliports	17	6	2021
Merchant marine - total	114	28	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	128	30000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	148	17896	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	89	11	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Railways - standard gauge	35	1801	2014
Railways - total	71	2052 km	2014
Roadways - paved	36	63060 km	2010
Roadways - total	57	69873 km	2010
Waterways	65	900 km	2011

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Syria on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Syria 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Syria 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.