Syrian Arab Republic
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Key facts
- Currency: Syrian pound
- Capital city: Damascus
- Region: Western Asia
- Continent: Asia
- Land area: 183,630 km²
- Population: 22,125,249
- Political Leader: Bashar al-Assad (President)
Latest news (see all)
US-led coalition's aircraft violate Syrian airspace 13 times in past day
Read: TASS News Agency
2024-04-19
Israel targets air defense system in Syria, state news agency says
Read: The Washington Times
2024-04-19
Syrian ministry says Israeli jets struck air defense facilities in country's south
Read: TASS News Agency
2024-04-19
Attack blamed on IS militants kills 22 pro-government fighters in central Syria
Read: ABC News
2024-04-19
Attack blamed on IS militants kills 22 pro-government fighters in central Syria
Read: The Star
2024-04-19
Israeli Air Force attacks airfield in southern Syria during strike on Iran
Read: TASS News Agency
2024-04-19
Metrics
General information
Business
| GDP | 8,969,510,000.00 current US$ |
| Inflation | 36.70 annual % |
| Self-employed | 36.70 % of total employment |
| Unemployment | 13.49 % of total labor force |
| Vulnerable employment | 35.37 % of total employment |
Environment
| Agricultural land | 139,134.00 km² |
| Alternative and nuclear energy | 1.35 % of total energy use |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 25,234.60 kt |
| Electricity production from coal sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from natural gas sources | 68.63 % of total |
| Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 2.31 % of total |
| Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from oil sources | 29.06 % of total |
| Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 0.00 % of total |
| Net energy imports | 47.83 % of energy use |
| Fertility rate | 2.75 births per woman |
| Forest area | 5,220 km² |
| Fossil fuel energy consumption | 97.79 % of total |
| Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | -9,394.70 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Median age | 17.70 years |
| Methane emissions | 15,963.70 kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Nitrous oxide emissions | 3,263.59 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Female Population | 11,046,621 |
| Male Population | 11,078,628 |
| Renewable energy consumption | 1.08 % of total final energy consumption |
| Rural land area | 180,423.00 km² |
| Rural population | 9,564,966 |
| Urban land area | 5,092.25 km² |
| Urban population | 12,560,283 |
| Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 0.31 % of total population |
Health
| Birth rate | 20.11 per 1,000 people |
| Death rate | 5.12 per 1,000 people |
| Health expenditure per capita | 63.14 current US$ |
| Health expenditure | 3.05 % of GDP |
| Hospital beds | 1.40 per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy at birth | 72 years |
| Suicide mortality rate | 2.00 per 100,000 population |
Other
| Access to electricity | 88.82 % of population |
| Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence | 6,865,000 |
| Individuals using the Internet | 35.78 % of population |
| Net migration | 757,103 |
| Press freedom | 1.09 |
Politics
| Armed forces personnel | 269,000 |
| Democracy score | 1.43 |
| Democracy type | Authoritarian |
| Military expenditure | 4.06 % of GDP |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 11.20 % |
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Source
SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago
