Syria vs Tunisia
Syria vs Tunisia: Days above 35 °C
Days above 35 °C in 2014: 77.6 days in Syria and 62.9 days in Tunisia, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Syria, by 14.7 days, or 1.23 times that in Tunisia.
days a year · CMIP6
What the numbers say
- Syria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Syria at 117.9 days and Tunisia at 95.5 days in 2100.
Every year
days a year · CMIP6
| Year | Syria | Tunisia |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 77.6 | 62.9 |
| 2013 | 74.8 | 61.2 |
| 2012 | 76 | 60.5 |
| 2011 | 74.8 | 60.4 |
| 2010 | 75 | 64.3 |
| 2009 | 73 | 58.6 |
| 2008 | 74.9 | 60.2 |
| 2007 | 71.1 | 57.2 |
| 2006 | 73 | 58.7 |
| 2005 | 72.8 | 56.1 |
| 2004 | 72.6 | 56.3 |
| 2003 | 74.8 | 56.5 |
| 2002 | 69.9 | 57.2 |
| 2001 | 73.3 | 54.7 |
| 2000 | 70.4 | 57.5 |
| 1999 | 70.1 | 52.7 |
| 1998 | 68.8 | 53.9 |
| 1997 | 67 | 53.1 |
| 1996 | 66.7 | 50.8 |
| 1995 | 64.4 | 49 |
| 1994 | 62.6 | 48.8 |
| 1993 | 59.4 | 46 |
| 1992 | 58 | 46.1 |
| 1991 | 62.4 | 51 |
| 1990 | 67.5 | 53.5 |
| 1989 | 65.3 | 49.6 |
| 1988 | 63.6 | 49.4 |
| 1987 | 61 | 47.4 |
| 1986 | 65.1 | 47.7 |
| 1985 | 59.8 | 45 |
| 1984 | 58.6 | 46 |
| 1983 | 55.7 | 45.6 |
| 1982 | 59.7 | 48.5 |
| 1981 | 61.8 | 48.9 |
| 1980 | 63.5 | 48.9 |
| 1979 | 57.3 | 48.8 |
| 1978 | 58.4 | 45.1 |
| 1977 | 58.8 | 43.8 |
| 1976 | 62.1 | 45.8 |
| 1975 | 55.6 | 44.6 |
| 1974 | 59 | 42.4 |
| 1973 | 58.6 | 42.9 |
| 1972 | 60.3 | 47 |
| 1971 | 60.1 | 46 |
| 1970 | 60.9 | 46.1 |
| 1969 | 60.9 | 45 |
| 1968 | 58.1 | 45.6 |
| 1967 | 57.6 | 44.7 |
| 1966 | 57.4 | 43.5 |
| 1965 | 55.8 | 40.3 |
| 1964 | 55.9 | 42 |
| 1963 | 58.3 | 45.8 |
| 1962 | 59.5 | 47.6 |
| 1961 | 61.1 | 45.1 |
| 1960 | 60.9 | 47.6 |
| 1959 | 61.6 | 49.5 |
| 1958 | 61.9 | 47.1 |
| 1957 | 62.9 | 48.4 |
| 1956 | 61.3 | 46 |
| 1955 | 58.3 | 46.7 |
| 1954 | 58.7 | 46.1 |
| 1953 | 62 | 48 |
| 1952 | 61.5 | 47.4 |
| 1951 | 63.3 | 47.3 |
| 1950 | 59.6 | 47 |
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
| Year | Syria | Tunisia |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 81.668.2–95.6 | 6350.7–78.1 |
| 2016 | 79.368.4–97.9 | 63.348.7–80.3 |
| 2017 | 8368.3–94.2 | 68.549.7–81.6 |
| 2018 | 8469.7–97.7 | 65.751.9–82.5 |
| 2019 | 8673–95.9 | 67.753.6–78.2 |
| 2020 | 8469.3–99.4 | 65.550.3–79.6 |
| 2021 | 85.372.2–96.2 | 67.653.2–78.6 |
| 2022 | 86.571–98.2 | 7053.2–88 |
| 2023 | 88.576.4–101 | 69.755.7–81 |
| 2024 | 90.378–101.5 | 71.357.2–81.4 |
| 2025 | 89.170.7–102.4 | 69.150.4–87.5 |
| 2026 | 87.971.8–100.7 | 71.457.1–85.3 |
| 2027 | 90.575.7–102 | 67.852.6–83.6 |
| 2028 | 89.175.9–103.8 | 71.859–85.3 |
| 2029 | 9078.6–104 | 72.759.6–85.6 |
| 2030 | 90.477.7–104.4 | 73.756.9–86.9 |
| 2031 | 88.677.8–102.7 | 6957.5–80.5 |
| 2032 | 9477.4–106.1 | 7662.7–87 |
| 2033 | 95.579.3–106.3 | 76.157.7–86.6 |
| 2034 | 93.979.7–108 | 77.255.3–91.3 |
| 2035 | 9583–104.6 | 7663–92.6 |
| 2036 | 91.177.5–105.2 | 76.861.2–90.8 |
| 2037 | 94.978.3–107.6 | 75.961.6–88.6 |
| 2038 | 97.379.4–111.2 | 77.463.1–91.4 |
| 2039 | 98.182.9–115.3 | 77.761.2–90.6 |
| 2040 | 97.985.1–111.3 | 82.164.8–95.1 |
| 2041 | 96.584.7–109.2 | 77.462.1–92.6 |
| 2042 | 98.877.8–110.2 | 81.660.2–97.2 |
| 2043 | 99.785.9–112.7 | 77.163.8–93 |
| 2044 | 98.585–114.7 | 78.760.9–94.8 |
| 2045 | 103.692.5–115.5 | 79.165.1–90.5 |
| 2046 | 101.389.1–114.4 | 78.962.9–97.3 |
| 2047 | 100.786.8–117.8 | 80.966.8–98.8 |
| 2048 | 101.485.4–115.8 | 79.961.9–96.3 |
| 2049 | 100.982.6–116.6 | 80.563.5–97.9 |
| 2050 | 102.588–117.1 | 84.466.7–99.7 |
| 2051 | 103.191.6–114.5 | 80.965.3–96.8 |
| 2052 | 100.388–112.1 | 82.267.3–97.7 |
| 2053 | 10390.8–117.1 | 83.771.6–101.5 |
| 2054 | 103.182–121.3 | 83.369.5–98.4 |
| 2055 | 105.790–119.1 | 86.865.3–102.6 |
| 2056 | 101.787.7–117.2 | 85.669.3–101.2 |
| 2057 | 105.190.4–121.4 | 84.770.4–98.5 |
| 2058 | 105.488.3–122.7 | 88.773.8–106.1 |
| 2059 | 106.787.8–122.4 | 84.366.3–102.5 |
| 2060 | 105.592.3–122.3 | 87.170.9–99.2 |
| 2061 | 109.790.9–122.3 | 88.970.3–100.4 |
| 2062 | 107.786.7–124.6 | 87.769.6–103.4 |
| 2063 | 107.692.2–124.2 | 89.272.4–103.3 |
| 2064 | 110.291.7–123.3 | 88.472.5–107.6 |
| 2065 | 108.295.2–122.1 | 89.975.6–106.9 |
| 2066 | 105.388.6–121.8 | 85.568.8–101.1 |
| 2067 | 109.795.4–127.6 | 93.276.1–109.3 |
| 2068 | 111.395.4–126 | 93.474.5–108.8 |
| 2069 | 107.594–120.1 | 89.973.9–101.7 |
| 2070 | 113.395.9–123.2 | 87.873.3–105.8 |
| 2071 | 109.495.7–126.5 | 91.674.1–108 |
| 2072 | 112.698.1–127 | 93.579.3–105.5 |
| 2073 | 11393.2–127.9 | 90.477.9–104.5 |
| 2074 | 109.592.9–123.7 | 89.971.1–106.9 |
| 2075 | 111.795.5–125.4 | 89.676.2–108.2 |
| 2076 | 112.294–126.5 | 93.875.3–106.5 |
| 2077 | 110.895.6–128 | 91.774.1–106.7 |
| 2078 | 112100–127.9 | 93.176–110.3 |
| 2079 | 117.9100.2–129.8 | 9873.5–114.5 |
| 2080 | 116.8101.5–128.9 | 9474.2–111.7 |
| 2081 | 112.597.1–132 | 9176.7–108.9 |
| 2082 | 11596.5–130.3 | 98.176.1–112.6 |
| 2083 | 115.894.1–131.2 | 95.176.2–110 |
| 2084 | 117.696.5–129.2 | 95.379.6–115.5 |
| 2085 | 114.695.2–129.1 | 9678–114.8 |
| 2086 | 114.3100–129.2 | 93.279.4–107.8 |
| 2087 | 113.497.9–129.4 | 93.374.9–113.6 |
| 2088 | 118.1101–132.7 | 99.578.1–114 |
| 2089 | 117.199–132.8 | 95.278.6–114.8 |
| 2090 | 116.4101.5–129.4 | 96.476.6–113.9 |
| 2091 | 117100.2–135.8 | 99.478.1–113.5 |
| 2092 | 116100.5–134.1 | 96.776.4–109.2 |
| 2093 | 119.9102.9–137.9 | 96.881–113 |
| 2094 | 117.4104.3–133.7 | 94.677.7–111.6 |
| 2095 | 117100.8–133.2 | 97.479.7–111.8 |
| 2096 | 115.1100.9–129.7 | 97.479.5–118.2 |
| 2097 | 121.498.4–136.9 | 95.581.2–115.5 |
| 2098 | 117.397.7–133 | 98.283.3–113.8 |
| 2099 | 117.9102.9–129.7 | 99.779.3–112.5 |
| 2100 | 117.998.2–137.3 | 95.578.5–115.7 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Days in a year whose highest temperature passes 35 °C, averaged over the country.
- Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
- The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
- Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Syria vs Tunisia
Health
- Life expectancySyria: 72.1 years in 2023Tunisia: 76.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySyria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Tunisia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySyria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tunisia: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSyria: 3.58% in 2017Tunisia: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateSyria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Tunisia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSyria: 23.6 million people in 2023Tunisia: 12.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthSyria: 4.92% a year in 2023Tunisia: 0.65% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSyria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023Tunisia: 1.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSyria: 72.1% in 2025Tunisia: 70.7% in 2025
- Median ageSyria: 22.3 years in 2023Tunisia: 32.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSyria: 4.7% in 2023Tunisia: 9.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSyria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Tunisia: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSyria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010Tunisia: 2.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personSyria: $110 in 2011Tunisia: $121 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSyria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010Tunisia: 7.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSyria: 269,000 people in 2020Tunisia: 48,000 people in 2020
- National powerSyria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Tunisia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSyria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020Tunisia: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSyria: 2 million TIV in 2025Tunisia: 7 million TIV in 2025