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Syrian Arab Republic
MediumRanked #162 of 195 in 2023 · Arab States
Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2025 composite indices. All figures below come directly from that dataset — nothing here is estimated or AI-generated.
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0.564 in 2023, compared against the world and Arab States average.
Components
72.1 yrs
Life expectancy
7.4 yrs
Expected schooling
5.9 yrs
Mean schooling
3,918
GNI per capita
Related indices
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.419
HDI adjusted downward for inequality in the distribution of health, education, and income within the country — lower than HDI whenever inequality exists.
Gender Development Index
0.787
Ratio of female to male HDI — 1.0 means parity; below 1.0 means women's human development lags men's.
Gender Inequality Index
0.490
Reflects gender-based disadvantage in reproductive health, empowerment, and labour markets — 0 is parity, 1 is total inequality.
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI
0.553
HDI adjusted downward for a country's carbon emissions and material footprint — the gap from HDI shows the cost to planetary pressure.