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Syrian Arab Republic — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Syrian Arab Republic, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
13.57%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +101.0% since 1991
Unemployment for Syrian Arab Republic was 13.57% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 15.18% in 2020. The lowest was 6.75% in 1991 (about 2.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.07% per year.
Syrian Arab Republic ranks 20 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 11%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 9.00%, so Syrian Arab Republic sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 11% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
13.57%
First (1991)
6.75%
Change
+101.0%
Highest
15.18%
in 2020
Lowest
6.75%
in 1991
Average
10.69%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.07%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.57% |
| 2024 | 13.36% |
| 2023 | 13.27% |
| 2022 | 13.25% |
| 2021 | 14.89% |
| 2020 | 15.18% |
| 2019 | 13.37% |
| 2018 | 13.51% |
| 2017 | 13.6% |
| 2016 | 13.8% |
| 2015 | 14.24% |
| 2014 | 14.78% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.