Syria's life expectancy rose from 70.2 yrs in 1995 to 72.6 yrs in 2024.
Syria · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 20 with data
Syria's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 62.1 yrs in 2000 to 62.3 yrs in 2021.
Syria's infant mortality fell from 25.7 ‰ in 1995 to 17.7 ‰ in 2024.
Syria's under-5 mortality rate fell from 29.2 ‰ in 1995 to 18.4 ‰ in 2024.
Syria's maternal mortality ratio fell from 32.0 /100k in 1994 to 20.0 /100k in 2023.
Syria's ncd mortality fell from 27.9 % in 2000 to 21.3 % in 2021.
Syria's suicide mortality rate fell from 1.0 /100k in 2000 to 0.6 /100k in 2021.
Syria's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 22.0 /100k in 2000 to 14.9 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.7 pts183rd of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −37.4 %181st of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +12.5 pts188th of 192
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- Physiciansup +1.4 %77th of 127*
- Nurses and midwivesup +2.2 %91st of 120*
- Hospital bedsup +2.9 %96th of 127*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +7.0 pts140th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +7.0 pts161st of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisunchanged +0.0 %85th of 208
›No data available (3)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Syria.
- SmokingNo data
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data