Country profile · SYR
Syria
Region · Middle East & North Africa Population · 23.6M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 1.9%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 30 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 2.71
- Expected years of schooling
- 7.4 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 44%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 25% / 3%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.26
- Urban population
- 72%
- Employment in agriculture
- 17%
- Internet use
- 34%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.00%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 5.0 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 17.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 59%
- Women married before age 18
- 13%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 3.46
Religion
- Islam93%
- Christianity5%
- Other religions2%
Major cities
- Damascus
- Aleppo
- Homs
Common hazards
- Earthquakes
- Economic shocks
Common migration destinations
- Turkey
- Germany
- Lebanon