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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Syria: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Syria is placed 188th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.053 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 21.72 (2025).
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188th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Syria on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.053
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Syria: 0.053. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Western Asia
- 0.996 Saudi Arabia
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 0.464 · Israel 0.629 · Jordan 0.914 · Lebanon 0.26 · Türkiye 0.812
21.72
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 165th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Syria: 21.72. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Western Asia
- 71.57 Saudi Arabia
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 29.37 · Israel 71.32 · Jordan 56.07 · Lebanon 34.26 · Türkiye 58.91
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
-0.914
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Syria: -0.914. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Western Asia
- 3.497 Israel
- Land neighbours
- Iraq -0.619 · Israel 3.497 · Jordan 0.887 · Lebanon -0.058 · Türkiye 0.801
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Syria, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Western Asia
- 82.14 Israel
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 9.308 · Israel 82.14 · Jordan 3.195 · Türkiye 13.18
02Over time
Which way Syria is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
SyriaWorld median
Syria rose from 19.33 in 2020 to 21.72 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Syria World median 2025 22 40.2 2024 17 43.3 2023 18 41.4 2022 16 40.3 2021 — 44.1 2020 19 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
SyriaWorld median
Syria fell from 0.023 in 2000 to -0.914 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Syria World median 2025 -0.9 0.20 2024 0.9 0.11 2023 0.9 0.14 2022 1.1 0.16 2021 1.3 0.12 2020 1.0 0.12 2019 1.0 0.10 2018 1.2 -0.05 2017 1.2 -0.08 2016 1.2 -0.10 2015 1.2 -0.17 2014 1.2 -0.21 2013 0.8 -0.21 2012 0.8 -0.25 2011 0.3 -0.32 2010 0.2 -0.31 2009 0.2 -0.50 2008 0.2 -0.51 2007 0.2 -0.51 2006 0.2 -0.55 2005 0.2 -0.55 2004 0.0 -0.55 2003 0.0 -0.55 2002 0.0 -0.51 2001 0.0 -0.51 2000 0.0 -0.51
03In context
Syria beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Syria and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Israel | 13th | 0.629 | 71.32 | 3.497 | 82.14 |
 Türkiye | 70th | 0.812 | 58.91 | 0.801 | 13.18 |
 Jordan | 75th | 0.914 | 56.07 | 0.887 | 3.195 |
 Lebanon | =133rd | 0.26 | 34.26 | -0.058 | — |
 Iraq | 141st | 0.464 | 29.37 | -0.619 | 9.308 |
| Syria | 188th | 0.053 | 21.72 | -0.914 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Syria in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Syria is ahead of the world, and behind
8 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Behind the world median5
Statistics on which Syria does worse than the middle country measured.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.505-0.420.505▲ Improved since 2015
Syria: -0.42 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 116th of 176 · derived.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.114-0.764-0.114▲ Improved since 2015
Syria: -0.764 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 117th of 176 · derived.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.023-0.3231.023▲ Improved since 2015
Syria: -0.323 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 124th of 176 · derived.
Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.668.23598.66▲ Improved since 2020
Syria: 8.235 · world median 98.66 · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.457.415.45▼ Worsened since 2025
Syria: 7.4 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
No better end3
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,67067,95784,670Moved since 2020
Syria: 67,957 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,45478,402141,454No real change since 2020
Syria: 78,402 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,71449,159148,714Moved since 2020
Syria: 49,159 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
No current reading for Syria
Anthropic AI Usage Index, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, Firms Experiencing Internet Disruptions, Firms with Their Own Website, Frontier Technology Readiness Index, ICT Goods Exports (last 2010), ICT Services Exports (last 2011), Internet Use Among Adults, Made or Received a Digital Payment, Mobile Phone Ownership, Share of Firms' Payments Made Electronically, Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes (last 2022) and Smartphone Ownership. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Syria’s 15 topics
Digital & Technology is Syria’s 8th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Poverty & Inequality84th of 1593/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainability107th of 1864/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital121st of 1962/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing130th of 2002/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture156th of 1843/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge179th of 1983/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade165th of 1773/4 keys
- Digital & Technology188th of 1983/4 keys
- Energy157th of 1652/3 keys
- Risk & Resilience185th of 1933/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions186th of 1944/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 171st of 1773/4 keys
- Work & Labour179th of 1824/4 keys
- Gender & Equality180th of 1832/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties197th of 1984/4 keys
No standing on Economy & Innovation: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Syria can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
=1
South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
South Korea=1st4/4 keysHighest in Western Asia
Israel13th4/4 keysThis page
Syria188th3/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Syria on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Syria rank on digital & technology?
Syria is placed 188th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index and Government Cyber Security Capacity). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Syria?
0.053 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Syria?
21.72 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Syria compare with Türkiye on digital & technology?
Türkiye is placed 70th of 198, and Syria 188th. GovTech Maturity Index: Türkiye 0.812, Syria 0.053; Government AI Readiness Index: Türkiye 58.91, Syria 21.72; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Türkiye 0.801, Syria -0.914.
How have Syria’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 19.33 in 2020 to 21.72 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity fell from 0.023 in 2000 to -0.914 in 2025.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Syria?
No current reading is published for Syria on Anthropic AI Usage Index, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, Firms Experiencing Internet Disruptions, Firms with Their Own Website, Frontier Technology Readiness Index, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports, Internet Use Among Adults, Made or Received a Digital Payment, Mobile Phone Ownership, Share of Firms' Payments Made Electronically, Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes and Smartphone Ownership. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 8 statistics on this page come from 4 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Syria’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Syria (banner) — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Syria: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/syria/digital