Syrian Arab Republic 2007

Socio-economic indicators
HDI: 0.623
Life expectancy at birth:  75.3
GNI: 4,331

Source: UNDP.

Figure 1: Persons with disabilities

Female Male Total
35.8% 64.2% 100.0%
99,855 179,144 278,999

Figure 2: Total population1

Female Male Total
48.9% 51.1% 100.0%
10,330,000 10,794,000 21,124,000

Figure 3: Age distribution of persons with disabilities (in percentage)

  Female Male Total
Total 1.1 1.8 1.4

Figure 4: Persons with disabilities by age group (in percentage)

  Female Male Total
0-14 26.7 22.5 24.0
15-24 24.2 23.6 23.8
25-44 22.9 24.2 23.7
45-64 10.9 14.4 13.1
65+ 15.3 15.2 15.3

Type of disability / difficulty (in percentage)

  Female Male Total
Physical disability 39.0 46.2 43.6
Hearing disability 5.4 4.7 4.9
Speech disability 6.9 5.9 6.2
Mental disability 23.7 19.4 20.9
Psychological disability 2.3 2.8 2.6
Multiple disabilities 12.6 9.7 10.7
Not specified 0.3 0.0 0.1
Visual disability 10.0 11.3 10.8

Cause of disability / difficulty (in percentage)

  Female Male Total
Congenital 54.1 46.4 49.1
Disease 26.1 27.6 27.0
Accident 6.6 14.4 11.6
Old age 10.2 9.3 9.7
Other causes 3.0 2.3 2.6

Figure 5: Persons with disabilities by geographical location (in percentage)

  Female Male Total
Urban 48.6 46.3 47.1
Rural 51.4 53.7 52.9

Figure 6: Total population by geographical location (in percentage)1

  Female Male Total
Urban 53.3 53.7 53.5
Rural 46.7 46.3 46.5

Figure 7: Persons with disabilities (15 years and above) by marital status (in percentage)

  Female Male Total
Never married 63.8 47.1 52.9
Married 17.3 49.0 38.0
Divorced 1.1 0.8 0.9
Widowed 17.8 3.1 8.1

Figure 8: Total population (15 years and above) by marital status (in percentage)1

  Female Male Total
Married 56.7 61.0 58.8
Never married 42.4 32.8 37.6
Widowed 0.7 5.4 3.0
Divorced 0.2 0.8 0.5

Persons with disabilities (10 years and above) by educational attainment (in percentage)

  Female Male Total
Illiterate 60.1 41.2 47.8
Read and write 14.9 18.7 17.4
Primary 15.1 25.9 22.1
Preparatory 5.9 9.4 8.2
Secondary 1.9 3.4 2.9
Intermediate institute 1.3 0.8 1.0
University degree 0.8 0.4 0.5
Not specified 0.0 0.1 0.1

Total population (15 years and above) by educational attainment (in percentage)1

  Female Male Total
Illiterate 6.1 18.1 12.0
Read and write 18.0 17.5 17.8
Primary 26.7 22.6 24.7
Preparatory 21.0 18.6 19.8
Secondary 15.1 13.2 14.2
Intermediate institute 6.1 5.9 6.0
University degree and above 7.0 4.1 5.6
Not specified 0.0 0.0 0.0

Figure 9: Persons with disabilities (15 years and above) by economic activity (in percentage)

  Female Male Total
Working 3.9 24.4 17.0
Unemployed 6.2 1.3 3.1
Not economically active 90.0 74.3 79.9

Figure 10: Total population (15 years and above) by economic activity (in percentage)1

  Female Male Total
Employed 9.1 65.5 36.9
Unemployed 5.3 7.6 6.5
Not economically active 85.6 26.9 56.6

Sources: Data on persons with disabilities is from Central Bureau of Statistics (2007); data on the total population is from Central Bureau of Statistics (2011a) and Central Bureau of Statistics (2011b).

SIGNATURE / RATIFICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES & ITS OPTIONAL PROTOCOL
Convention Signed 30.3.2007
Ratified / Acceded 10.7.2009
Optional Protocol Signed No
Ratified / Acceded 10.7.2009

Source: UN (2014).

Footnotes:

1 Data on the total population is from different sources than the data on persons with disabilities, which limits comparability between the two. Data for the indicators 'total population by sex' and 'total population by geographical location' is from the Statistical Yearbook (Central Bureau of Statistics (2011a)); data for the indicators 'total population by marital status', 'total population by educational attainment' and 'total population by economic activity' is from the Labour Force Survey (Central Bureau of Statistics (2011b)).