PAINTMAPS.comGeneral Information for Syria | ||
| What is the capital city of Syria ? | Damascus |  |
| What is the total area of Syria ? (km2) | 185.180 | |
| What is the population in Syria ? (2020) | 17.500.658 | |
| What is the median age in Syria ? | 26 | |
| What is the iso country code for Syria ? (2lt) | SY | |
| What is the iso country code for Syria ? (3lt) | SYR | |
| What continent is Syria in ? | Asia | |
| What currency is used in Syria ? | Syrian Pound | |
| What is the currency code for Syria ? | SYP | |
| What is the tel code for Syria ? | +963 | |
| What language use in Syria ? | Arabic | |
| What is the language code for Arabic ? | AR | |
| What is the internet TLD code for Syria ? | .sy | |
| Where is the highest place in Syria ? | Jabal el-Sheikh (2814 m.) | |
| Where is the lowest place in Syria ? | Northeast shores of the Sea of Galilee in the Golan Heights (-214 m.) | |
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Worldbank Country Statistics for Syria | |
 Primary education, duration (years) | 6 |
| Primary school starting age (years) | 6 |
| Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$) | 741,7 |
| Cost to import, border compliance (US$) | 827,8 |
| Time to export, documentary compliance (hours) | 48 |
| Time to export, border compliance (hours) | 84 |
| Cost to export, documentary compliance (US$) | 725 |
| Cost to export, border compliance (US$) | 1.112,5 |
| Time required to get electricity (days) | 146 |
| Public credit registry coverage (% of adults) | 7,8 |
| Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults) | 0 |
| Depth of credit information index (0=low to 8=high) | 2 |
| Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations) | 176 |
| Business extent of disclosure index (0=less disclosure to 10=more disclosure) | 7 |
| Distance to frontier score (0=lowest performance to 100=frontier) | 41,9681 |
| PPG, bilateral (INT, current US$) | 8.081.010 |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) | 13,2 |
| Secondary education, duration (years) | 6 |
| Lower secondary school starting age (years) | 12 |
| Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) | 42,7 |
| Profit tax (% of commercial profits) | 23 |
| Tax payments (number) | 20 |
| Other taxes payable by businesses (% of commercial profits) | 0,4 |
| Labor tax and contributions (% of commercial profits) | 19,3 |
| Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours) | 336 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, male (number) | 7 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, female (number) | 8 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business (number) | 7 |
| Time required to start a business, male (days) | 15 |
| Time required to start a business, female (days) | 16 |
| Time required to start a business (days) | 15,5 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita) | 88,3 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, male (% of GNI per capita) | 8,1 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, female (% of GNI per capita) | 8,1 |
| Procedures to register property (number) | 4 |
| Time required to register property (days) | 48 |
| Time required to enforce a contract (days) | 872 |
| Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 12=strong) | 1 |
| Time to resolve insolvency (years) | 4,1 |
| Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) | 149,3 |
| Time to import, border compliance (hours) | 141,3 |
| PPG, private creditors (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, other private creditors (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, bonds (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, official creditors (INT, current US$) | 33.000.500 |
| PPG, multilateral (INT, current US$) | 24.919.500 |
| Interest payments on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| Interest payments on external debt, long-term (INT, current US$) | 33.000.500 |
| Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 8,182 |
| Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 6,058 |
| Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 20,78 |
| PPG, private creditors (DIS, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, other private creditors (DIS, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (DIS, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, official creditors (DIS, current US$) | 327.944.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (DIS, current US$) | 171.093.000 |
| Disbursements on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DIS, current US$) | 327.944.000 |
| Disbursements on external debt, long-term (DIS, current US$) | 327.944.000 |
| PPG, bilateral (DIS, current US$) | 156.852.000 |
| PPG, private creditors (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, other private creditors (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, bonds (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, official creditors (AMT, current US$) | 333.175.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (AMT, current US$) | 151.974.000 |
| Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 19,562 |
| Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 16,123 |
| Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 41,112 |
| Labor force, total | 4.797.280 |
| Labor force, female (% of total labor force) | 14,4925 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 40,762 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 69,829 |
| Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 16,8268 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 11,75 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 43,144 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 73,176 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 12,66 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 28,936 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 48,351 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 8,23 |
| Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 56,503 |
| Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 53,725 |
| Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 76,051 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (AMT, current US$) | 333.175.000 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, long-term (AMT, current US$) | 333.175.000 |
| PPG, bilateral (AMT, current US$) | 181.201.000 |
| Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 28,838 |
| Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 31,437 |
| Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 10,556 |
| GDP per person employed (constant 2011 PPP $) | 9.490,33 |
| Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 3,767 |
| Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 2,95 |
| Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 9,515 |
| Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 60,993 |
| Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 58,096 |
| Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 81,375 |
| Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 34,348 |
| Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 36,736 |
| Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 17,554 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 37,427 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 65,599 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 9,308 |
| Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 39,007 |
| Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 41,904 |
| Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 18,625 |
| Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 4,659 |
| Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 5,169 |
| Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 1,07 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 23,275 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 40,556 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 4,847 |
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 14,659 |
| Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 14,839 |
| Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 13,393 |
| Personal remittances, received (current US$) | 1.622.540.000 |
| Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) | 13,5 |