Unemployment rate: Syria
13.569% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.569 |
| 2024 | 13.359 |
| 2023 | 13.27 |
| 2022 | 13.245 |
| 2021 | 14.887 |
| 2020 | 15.179 |
| 2019 | 13.369 |
| 2018 | 13.505 |
| 2017 | 13.603 |
| 2016 | 13.798 |
| 2015 | 14.244 |
| 2014 | 14.782 |
| 2013 | 14.5 |
| 2012 | 13.8 |
| 2011 | 8.626 |
| 2010 | 8.61 |
| 2009 | 8.14 |
| 2008 | 10.94 |
| 2007 | 8.42 |
| 2006 | 8.17 |
| 2005 | 8.81 |
| 2004 | 9.513 |
| 2003 | 10.28 |
| 2002 | 10.94 |
| 2001 | 11.63 |
| 2000 | 9.587 |
| 1999 | 7.6 |
| 1998 | 7.376 |
| 1997 | 7.31 |
| 1996 | 7.221 |
| 1995 | 7.2 |
| 1994 | 7.5 |
| 1993 | 7.4 |
| 1992 | 6.949 |
| 1991 | 6.75 |