Syria, year by year

Every index this site holds for Syria, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.563 → 0.557 (-0.006)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth72.8 → 72.6 (-0.2)

Urban population54 → 72 (+18)

Births per woman3.61 → 2.70 (-0.91)

Renewable share of energy3 → 1 (-2)

Access to electricity92 → 89 (-3)

Infant mortality18 → 18 (-0)

CO2 emissions per person3.1 → 1.3 (-1.9)

Forest area2 → 3 (+0)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 17 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.563	69.8	—	—	5.56	2	—	32	2.6	2.0	—	—
1991	0.568	70.1	0	49	5.34	2	—	30	2.8	2.1	—	—
1992	0.573	70.2	0	49	5.14	2	—	29	2.7	2.1	—	—
1993	0.574	70.3	0	50	4.99	2	—	28	2.7	2.1	—	—
1994	0.578	70.3	0	50	4.86	2	—	27	2.7	2.2	—	—
1995	0.580	70.2	0	50	4.70	2	—	26	2.8	2.2	—	—
1996	0.583	70.2	0	50	4.54	2	—	25	2.9	2.2	—	—
1997	0.586	70.2	0	51	4.37	2	—	24	2.8	2.3	—	—
1998	0.587	70.2	0	51	4.25	2	—	23	2.9	2.3	—	—
1999	0.586	70.5	0	51	4.14	2	—	22	2.8	2.3	—	—
2000	0.587	70.9	0	52	4.07	2	93	21	2.8	2.4	—	—
2001	0.595	71.3	0	52	3.98	2	93	20	2.7	2.4	—	—
2002	0.602	71.7	2	53	3.87	2	87	19	2.6	2.4	—	—
2003	0.613	72.2	3	53	3.76	2	93	19	2.6	2.5	—	—
2004	0.626	72.5	4	54	3.68	3	92	19	2.6	2.5	—	—
2005	0.639	72.8	6	54	3.61	2	92	18	3.1	2.5	—	—
2006	0.650	73.0	8	54	3.56	2	100	18	3.1	2.5	1719	—
2007	0.657	73.3	12	54	3.54	2	92	18	3.1	2.6	1938	—
2008	0.651	73.4	14	55	3.48	1	91	18	3.1	2.6	2429	—
2009	0.660	73.5	17	55	3.42	1	91	18	2.8	2.6	2462	—
2010	0.661	73.5	21	56	3.36	1	93	18	2.8	2.7	2731	—
2011	0.687	72.3	23	58	3.29	2	92	19	2.6	2.7	2952	—
2012	0.638	66.2	24	65	3.22	2	91	24	2.0	2.8	1898	—
2013	0.558	65.2	26	73	3.17	3	90	25	1.4	2.8	986	—
2014	0.544	65.5	28	76	3.12	3	90	25	1.5	2.8	1061	—
2015	0.552	63.3	30	76	3.07	1	90	26	1.4	2.8	848	—
2016	0.551	65.2	32	75	3.01	1	90	24	1.4	2.8	656	—
2017	0.558	65.7	33	75	2.97	1	90	24	1.6	2.8	852	3265
2018	0.563	67.4	34	74	2.93	1	86	24	1.7	2.8	1098	3456
2019	0.564	71.0	—	74	2.88	1	89	21	1.6	2.8	1110	3502
2020	0.561	71.9	—	73	2.84	1	89	20	1.5	2.8	594	3878
2021	0.558	72.4	—	73	2.80	1	89	19	1.5	2.8	689	4766
2022	0.557	72.8	—	73	2.75	—	89	19	1.4	2.8	1057	4905
2023	—	72.1	—	72	2.71	—	88	19	1.3	2.8	—	—
2024	—	72.6	—	72	2.70	—	89	18	1.3	—	—	—
2025	—	—	—	72	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Profile shows	0.557	72.6	—	72	2.70	1	—	—	1.3	2.8	1057	4905

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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