COUNTRY / INDICATOR

Syrian Arab Republic Unemployment

Syrian Arab Republic unemployment: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 1997, ranking context and source documentation.

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SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS

COUNTRY: Syrian Arab RepublicINDICATOR: SL.UEM.TOTL.ZSUNIT: percentSOURCE: World Bank Indicators APISOURCE KEY: worldbankDATA UPDATED: 2026-07-13 02:00:00FETCHED: 2026-09-28 19:13:51REVISIONS: 0ORIGINAL API RESPONSE

13,57Latest / 2025

0,21Change from previous

12,05Series average

172Global rank / 192

Syrian Arab Republic / Unemployment Unit: Percent (%)

Selected year: 202513,57%

199720252025

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Year	Value	Change
2025	13,57	0,21
2024	13,36	0,09
2023	13,27	0,03
2022	13,25	-1,64
2021	14,89	-0,29
2020	15,18	1,81
2019	13,37	-0,14
2018	13,51	-0,10
2017	13,60	-0,20
2016	13,80	5,20
2010	8,60	0,50
2009	8,10	-2,80
2008	10,90	2,50
2007	8,40	0,20
2006	8,20	0,10
2005	8,10	-4,20
2004	12,30	1,50
2003	10,80	-0,90
2002	11,70	3,50
2001	8,20	-5,30
2000	13,50	0,00
1999	13,50	1,10
1998	12,40	-4,40
1997	16,80	—

Source methodology

World Development Indicators

Indicator note: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.

Source organization: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 2026

Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 07:06:43. Open original metadata response.

Country-specific interpretation

Automatically derived from the displayed series

Syrian Arab Republic recorded 13,57 percent in 2025, the latest year available in this series.

Compared with 2024, the unemployment increased by 0,21.

Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.

Across 24 observations from 1997 to 2025, the average was 12,05; the minimum was 8,10 in 2005 and the maximum was 16,80 in 1997.

Syrian Arab Republic ranks 172 out of 192 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.

The latest value is above the available average for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.

It is also above the available average for the Low income group.

Labor-market slack and employment pressure.

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