general information
- Population: 18.5 million (2015)
- GNI PPP Per Capita: 5,090 PPP dollars
- Women as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners: N/A
- Women as % of Parliament: 13%
- CO2 Emissions per Capita (metric tons): 1.9
- Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 48%
- Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel (%): N/A
- Democracy - CPIA Gender Equality Rating: N/A
- Economy - Big Mac Index: N/A
- Economy - Human Development Index: 0.648
- Economy - Technology Index: N/A
- Education - Average Years of School for Adults: 5.8
- Education - Education Spending (as % of GDP): 5.13%
- Education - Pupil-Teacher Ratio (elementary): 25.33
- Education - Teachers as % of Labor Force: N/A
- Health - Expenditure Per Capita: $57.8
- Health - Hospital Beds Per 1000: 1.5
- Health - Physicians Per 1000: 0.53
- Media - Televisions (total number): 1.05 million
- Media - Per Capita Televisions (you compute this): 69.22 per 1000 people
- % of GDP as Industry: 19%
- Total Labor Force: 3.37 million
- % of Labor Force in Industry: 16%
- Unemployment Rate: 50%
- Public Debt % of GDP: 57.5%
- Inflation Rate: 47.7%
- Industries: petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate rock mining, cement, oil seeds crushing, automobile assembly
- Value of Exports: $2.304 billion
- Export Commodities: crude oil, minerals, petroleum products, fruits and vegetables, cotton fiber, textiles, clothing, meat and live animals, wheat
- Export Partners and %: Iraq 64.7%, Saudi Arabia 11.2%, Kuwait 7.1%, UAE 6.1%, Libya 4.6%
- Value of Imports: $5.965 billion
- Import Commodities: machinery and transport equipment, electric power machinery, food and livestock, metal and metal products, chemicals and chemical products, plastics, yarn, paper
- Import Partners and %: Saudi Arabia 28%, UAE 13.7%, Iran 10.1%, Turkey 9%, Iraq 8.3%, China 6.1%
- Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: 497.8
- Electricity Production: 21 billion kWh
- Electricity Consumption: 17 billion kWh
- Electricity from Fossil Fuels: 82.9% of total installed capacity
- Electricity from Nuclear Fuels: 0% of total installed capacity
- Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants: 16.8% of total installed capacity
- Electricity from Renewable Sources: 0.3% of total installed capacity
- Refined Oil Production: 111,600 bbl/day
- Refined Oil Consumption: 165,000 bbl/day
- Natural Gas Production: 5.205 billion cu m
- Natural Gas Consumption: 5.205 billion cu m
- # of Land/Main Line Telephones: 4.082 million
- # of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 13.904 million
- # of Internet Hosts: N/A
- # of Internet Users: 5.116 million
- # of Airports (total): 90
- # of Airports with Paved Runways: 29
- # of km of Roadways (total): 69,873 km
- # of km of Roadways Paved: 63,060 km
- # of km of Waterways: 900 km (navigable but not economically significant)
- Location of Main Ports and Terminals:
- major seaport(s): Baniyas, Latakia, Tartus