Gender in Syria

203 indicators covering gender for Syria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Child population (UN estimates and projections) 8,107 2030 up 11.3% 51st
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 3.23 % change on previous year 2030 up 449.1% 1st
Population 21,289 2030 up 54.6% 55th
Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 21,289 2030 up 54.6% 55th
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year 2030 down 65.5% 59th
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 288,104 2025 up 40.4% 48th
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 302,347 2025 up 40.2% 48th
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 273,777 2025 up 18.3% 50th
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 287,191 2025 up 17.9% 50th
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 255,304 2025 down 0.5% 52nd
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 267,522 2025 down 1.0% 52nd
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 241,641 2025 down 10.6% 53rd
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 253,016 2025 down 11.1% 53rd
Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 230,930 2025 down 16.7% 54th
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 241,730 2025 down 17.2% 54th
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 217,987 2025 down 22.5% 56th
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 228,077 2025 down 23.0% 55th
Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 63.26 2027 up 1.6% 5th
Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.29 2025 down 12.4% 169th
Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.352 2025 up 92.3% 150th
Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.413 2025 down 2.1% 150th
Women's Political Participation Index 0.083 2025 down 78.5% 173rd
Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.29 2025 down 12.4% 169th
Key features of women's political empowerment 0.29 2025 down 12.4% 169th
Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate 26.09 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.29 2025 down 12.4% 169th
Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 20th
Prevalence of obesity, female 40.1% 2024 up 7.8% 44th
Prevalence of obesity, male 25.2% 2024 up 12.0% 58th
Life expectancy at age 60, female 20.15 years 2024 up 6.3% 136th
Life expectancy at age 60, male 19.67 years 2024 up 23.9% 81st
Share of women who are obese 40.1% 2024 up 7.8% 47th
Share of women who are overweight or obese 72.1% 2024 up 2.6% 43rd
Share of overweight men vs. women 68.0% 2024 up 2.1% 41st
Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 82.7% 2024 up 8.1% 129th
Share of women who are married or in a union 11.2% 2009 down 5.5% 64th
Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th
Population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP 2022 up 79.6% 20th
Population, annual growth rate 4.57 % change on previous year 2024 up 171.1% 5th
Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 up 36.7% 73rd
Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 1st
Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 72.36 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 down 16.5% 154th
Women, Business and the Law Index 40 index (0–100) 2023 up 16.4% 181st
Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 144th
Women have the same rights to remarry as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 122nd
Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 94th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0003 units per person 2025 down 29.9% 73rd
Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Population, per square kilometre 128.49 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% 63rd
Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0007 units per person 2025 up 20.4% 111th
Labor force, female 1.18 million 2025 up 58.6% 112th
Labor force, female, per capita 0.0459 units per person 2025 up 20.2% 182nd
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 index 2025 up 1.3% 71st