Syria
Access to electricity in Syria
Access to electricity in Syria: 93.4% in 2000 and 89.3% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 89.3%
- Since 2000
- −4.1 percentage points
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 99.5% in 2006, the lowest 86% in 2018.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 89.3 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 88.4 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 89 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 88.8 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 89 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 89.2 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 86 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 89.6 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 89.8 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 90 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 90.2 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 90.4 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 90.7 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 91.5 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 92.7 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 91.1 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 91.3 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 91.5 | 82 |
| 2006 | 99.5 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 92 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 92.3 | 80 |
| 2003 | 92.6 | 80 |
| 2002 | 86.6 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 93.1 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 93.4 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 73.2 |
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Syria in numbers
Every measure for Syria on one page
Health
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Military
- Military spending4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per person$110 in 2011
- Military share of state spending13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnel269,000 people in 2020
- National power0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports30 million TIV in 2010
Climate
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