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Syria

SY

Damascus · pop. 26M · Arabic · Syrian pound

conflict

1 event · 1 killed · 1 civilian

Aug 25–31, the latest week from UCDP

Trajectories

economic momentum

$1,052

Roughly flat since 2000. GDP per head in 2022, in current US dollars.

2022 · $1,052

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers33

when	value	change
1990	$978
1991	$1,000	+2.2%
1992	$990	−1.0%
1993	$993	+0.3%
1994	$712	−28.2%
1995	$780	+9.4%
1996	$918	+17.8%
1997	$941	+2.5%
1998	$961	+2.1%
1999	$978	+1.8%
2000	$1,138	+16.4%
2001	$1,187	+4.3%
2002	$1,183	−0.3%
2003	$1,220	+3.1%
2004	$1,368	+12.1%
2005	$1,534	+12.1%
2006	$1,719	+12.1%
2007	$1,938	+12.7%
2008	$2,429	+25.4%
2009	$2,462	+1.4%
2010	$2,731	+10.9%
2011high	$2,952	+8.1%
2012	$1,898	−35.7%
2013	$986	−48.0%
2014	$1,061	+7.6%
2015	$848	−20.1%
2016	$656	−22.6%
2017	$852	+29.7%
2018	$1,098	+29.0%
2019	$1,110	+1.0%
2020low	$572	−48.4%
2021	$664	+15.9%
2022latest	$1,052	+58.5%

prices

13.4%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2019. The world’s median was 2.4%.

2019 · 13.4%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers30

when	value	change
1990	19.4%
1991	9.0%	−10.4 pts
1992	11.0%	+2.01 pts
1993	13.2%	+2.21 pts
1994	15.3%	+2.11 pts
1995	8.0%	−7.35 pts
1996	8.2%	+0.27 pts
1997	1.9%	−6.36 pts
1998	−0.8%	−2.68 pts
1999	−3.7%	−2.91 pts
2000low	−3.8%	−0.14 pts
2001	3.0%	+6.85 pts
2002	−0.1%	−3.13 pts
2003	5.8%	+5.93 pts
2004	4.4%	−1.36 pts
2005	7.2%	+2.81 pts
2006	10.0%	+2.78 pts
2007	3.9%	−6.12 pts
2008	15.7%	+11.8 pts
2009	2.9%	−12.8 pts
2010	4.4%	+1.48 pts
2011	4.8%	+0.36 pts
2012	36.7%	+31.9 pts
2013	40.0%	+3.33 pts
2014	10.9%	−29.1 pts
2015	38.5%	+27.5 pts
2016high	47.7%	+9.24 pts
2017	18.1%	−29.6 pts
2018	0.9%	−17.1 pts
2019latest	13.4%	+12.5 pts

demographic curve

2.7 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 7.1 in 1980.

2024 · 2.7

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)

the numbers65

when	value	change
1960	7.5
1961	7.5	0.0%
1962	7.5	+0.1%
1963	7.5	0.0%
1964	7.5	+0.2%
1965	7.5	+0.1%
1966	7.6	+0.3%
1967	7.6	+0.1%
1968	7.6	+0.2%
1969	7.6	+0.2%
1970high	7.6	+0.5%
1971	7.6	−0.3%
1972	7.6	−0.4%
1973	7.5	−0.3%
1974	7.5	−0.4%
1975	7.5	−0.5%
1976	7.4	−0.5%
1977	7.4	−0.4%
1978	7.3	−1.0%
1979	7.2	−1.3%
1980	7.1	−1.8%
1981	7.0	−2.0%
1982	6.8	−2.3%
1983	6.7	−1.7%
1984	6.6	−1.6%
1985	6.5	−1.5%
1986	6.4	−1.8%
1987	6.2	−2.6%
1988	6.0	−3.3%
1989	5.8	−3.7%
1990	5.6	−3.7%
1991	5.3	−3.9%
1992	5.1	−3.8%
1993	5.0	−2.9%
1994	4.9	−2.8%
1995	4.7	−3.3%
1996	4.5	−3.4%
1997	4.4	−3.6%
1998	4.3	−2.8%
1999	4.1	−2.5%
2000	4.1	−1.8%
2001	4.0	−2.3%
2002	3.9	−2.8%
2003	3.8	−2.6%
2004	3.7	−2.2%
2005	3.6	−2.0%
2006	3.6	−1.2%
2007	3.5	−0.7%
2008	3.5	−1.6%
2009	3.4	−1.9%
2010	3.4	−1.8%
2011	3.3	−2.1%
2012	3.2	−1.9%
2013	3.2	−1.7%
2014	3.1	−1.5%
2015	3.1	−1.6%
2016	3.0	−1.8%
2017	3.0	−1.3%
2018	2.9	−1.3%
2019	2.9	−1.8%
2020	2.8	−1.4%
2021	2.8	−1.4%
2022	2.7	−1.9%
2023	2.7	−1.2%
2024latest	2.7	−0.4%

Metrics

population

26M

57 of 176

REST Countries · UN data
gdp

$24B

114 of 170

World Bank · latest available
gdp per capita

$1,052

149 of 170

World Bank · latest available
area

185K km²

90 of 176

REST Countries
population density

141 /km²

41 of 176

zuhd — derived from population and area
life expectancy

72.1 yr

104 of 175

World Bank · latest available
co₂ per capita

1.3 t

107 of 163

World Bank · Climate Watch
urbanisation

72%

58 of 168

World Bank · UN DESA
fertility rate

2.7

55 of 168

World Bank · UN DESA
foreign-born share

3.6%

90 of 167

World Bank · UN DESA
r&d % of gdp

0.0%

123 of 123

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
researchers per million

140

89 of 118

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
scientific articles / yr

584

93 of 168

NSF / World Bank
gini inequality

26.4

9 of 139

World Bank · PovcalNet
youth unemployment

33%

152 of 166

ILO via World Bank
adult literacy

94%

46 of 109

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
democracy (v-dem)

0.05

151 of 163

V-Dem via Our World in Data
clean government

12

161 of 164

Transparency International via Our World in Data
press freedom

70.6

156 of 163

RSF via Our World in Data
human development

0.564

133 of 164

UNDP via Our World in Data
refugees hosted

12K

87 of 150

UNHCR via Our World in Data
refugees produced

6.0M

1 of 152

UNHCR via Our World in Data

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