International Rankings of Syria 2023, 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	45	9	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	66	1.549 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	72	46.6 %	2022
Internet users - total	69	8.492 million	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	46	13	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	47	2.821 million	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	77	80	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	66	16.991 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	135	3.211 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	162	1.162 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	97	8.7 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	157	2.123 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	134	4.989 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	161	1.850 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	114	24.600 billion US Dollars	2014
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	164	16.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	23	26 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	58	73.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	94	46.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	97	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	45	20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	121	19.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	99	60.8 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	132	6.279 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	192	14.77 %	2020
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	9	28.1 %	2017
Labor force	75	6.143 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	76	17 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	93	16 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	62	67 %	2008
Population below poverty line	1	82.5 %	2014
Public debt	29	94.8 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	115	50.280 billion US Dollars	2015
Real GDP growth rate	190	3.87 %	2020
Real GDP per capita	159	2900 US Dollars	2015
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	169	407.300 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	204	4.2 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	62	10.57 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	12	51.1	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	53	21.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	47	26.2	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	117	46000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	70	6.927 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	69	19.920 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	111	38000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	99	38000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	88	13.071 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	79	347.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	65	10.082 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	57	3.687 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	55	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	27	95.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	113	4.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	130	24.567 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	71	3.531 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - production	55	3.531 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	39	240.693 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	40	129100 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	30	2.500 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	70	137900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	50	80800 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	81	12520 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	94	38080 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	68	111600 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	72	28.83 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	79	12.93 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	32	39.43 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	10	75.8	2018
Land use - arable land	37	25.4	2018
Land use - forest	166	2.7	2018
Land use - other	113	21.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	44	5.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	23	44.6	2018
Revenue from coal	34	N/A % of GDP	2023
Revenue from forest resources	99	N/A % of GDP	2023
Total renewable water resources	127	16.800 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	32	14.670 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	59	620.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	41	1.480 billion cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	3	5.38	2025
Urbanization - urban population	105	57.4	2023
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	2.5 %	2010
Geography
Area - land	90	185887 sq km	0
Area - total	91	187437 sq km	0
Area - water	151	1550 sq km	0
Coastline	137	193 km	0
Elevation - highest point	219	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	50	66 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	66	514 meters	0
Irrigated land	37	13100 sq km	2013
Land boundaries - total	82	2363 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	10	75.8	2018
Land use - arable land	37	25.4	2018
Land use - forest	166	2.7	2018
Land use - other	113	21.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	44	5.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	23	44.6	2018
Military
Military expenditures	2	6.5 % of GDP	2019
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	150	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	125	0.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	161	0.13 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	96	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	52	22.19 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	93	N/A % of GDP	0
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	106	52.6 %	2023
Death rate	187	4.07 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	123	7.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	50	13.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	89	55.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	57	53 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	5	99.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	104	0.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	100	0.2 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	60	0.4 % of population	0
Education expenditures	74	N/A % of GDP	0
Gross reproduction rate	47	1.33 %	2023
Hospital bed density	57	1.4 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	95	13.8 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	96	17.06 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	94	15.48 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	129	76.1 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	105	73.09 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	124	74.55 years	0
Literacy - female	75	81 %	2015
Literacy - male	42	91.7 %	0
Literacy - total population	61	86.4 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	95	30 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	128	24 years	2020
Median age - male	122	23 years	0
Median age - total	124	23.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	1	45.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	31	27.8 %	2016
Physicians density	99	1.29 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	59	22.934 million	2023
Population growth rate	1	6.39 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	6	99.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	115	0.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	116	0.5 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	89	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	12	9 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	13	9 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	24	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	25	0.88 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	53	2.74 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	3	5.38	2025
Urbanization - urban population	105	57.4	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	12	51.1	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	53	21.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	47	26.2	0
Transportation
Airports	57	90	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	49	611000	3280
Heliports	20	6	2021
Merchant marine - total	128	22	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	132	30000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	17896	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	91	11	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	36	63060 km	2010
Roadways - total	64	69873 km	2010
Waterways	67	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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Syria 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Syria 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.