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Topic 13 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Syria: Food & Agriculture
Which countries farm and supply food most effectively?
Syria is placed 156th of 184 countries on food & agriculture in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) 2.83 (2024); Cereal Yield 1,815 (2023).
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Food & Agriculture
156th
of 184 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
- 2.83Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2024Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators
- 1,815Cereal Yield, 2023Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
- 2,230Dietary Energy Supply, 2024Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day)
- —Agriculture Orientation Index, 2024No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Syria on food & agriculture — 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.
Key 1 of 4
Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
2.83
Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators
Higher is better
Syria: 2.83. Across the 186 countries in this edition, values run from 1.67 (Tuvalu) to 4.57 (Italy); the world median is 3.14.
- World median
- 3.14
- Best in Western Asia
- 4.29 Lebanon
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 2.71 · Israel 3.5 · Jordan 3.29 · Lebanon 4.29 · Türkiye 4.14
Key 2 of 4
Cereal Yield
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 4.0
1,815
Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
Higher is better
Syria: 1,815. Across the 179 countries in this edition, values run from 23 (Cabo Verde) to 29,147 (Oman); the world median is 3,072.
- World median
- 3,072
- Best in Western Asia
- 29,147 Oman
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 2,749 · Israel 2,551 · Jordan 1,733 · Lebanon 2,415 · Türkiye 3,659
Key 3 of 4
Dietary Energy Supply
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
2,230
Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day)
Higher is better
Syria: 2,230. Across the 155 countries in this edition, values run from 1,757 (Somalia) to 3,962 (United States); the world median is 2,982.
- World median
- 2,982
- Best in Western Asia
- 3,774 Israel
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 2,737 · Israel 3,774 · Jordan 2,646 · Lebanon 2,846
Key 4 of 4
Agriculture Orientation Index
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Agriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size)
Higher is better
FAO publishes no 2024 figure for Syria, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 132 countries in this edition, values run from 0.03 (Ghana) to 5.38 (Singapore); the world median is 0.305.
- World median
- 0.305
- Best in Western Asia
- 1.25 Cyprus
- Land neighbours
- Israel 0.43 · Türkiye 0.44
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.
Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy)
Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators · higher is better
SyriaWorld median
Syria fell from 3 in 2015 to 2.83 in 2024; the world median went from 3.14 to 3.14.
Every year’s figures
Year Syria World median 2024 2.8 3.1 2023 2.8 3.1 2022 3.3 3.2 2021 3.0 3.1 2020 2.8 3.1 2019 2.8 3.1 2018 3.5 3.2 2017 3.2 3.1 2016 3.0 3.1 2015 3.0 3.1 Cereal Yield
Cereal yield (kg per hectare) · higher is better
SyriaWorld median
Syria rose from 1,149 in 2000 to 1,815 in 2023; the world median went from 2,170 to 3,072.
Every year’s figures
Year Syria World median 2023 1,815 3,072 2022 950 3,217 2021 820 3,003 2020 1,832 3,260 2019 2,204 3,106 2018 750 2,883 2017 1,233 2,984 2016 1,109 3,043 2015 1,906 3,000 2014 1,063 3,001 2013 1,576 2,970 2012 1,644 2,782 2011 1,679 2,754 2010 1,232 2,647 2009 1,708 2,653 2008 897 2,664 2007 1,622 2,553 2006 2,002 2,514 2005 1,711 2,512 2004 1,658 2,428 2003 1,999 2,331 2002 1,994 2,378 2001 1,693 2,199 2000 1,149 2,170 Dietary Energy Supply
Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day) · higher is better
SyriaWorld median
Syria fell from 2,691 in 2001 to 2,230 in 2024; the world median went from 2,628 to 2,982.
Every year’s figures
Year Syria World median 2024 2,230 2,982.0 2023 2,284 2,969.0 2022 2,340 2,962.5 2021 2,373 2,967.0 2020 2,412 2,934.0 2019 2,456 2,912.5 2018 2,529 2,893.0 2017 2,595 2,886.0 2016 2,679 2,863.0 2015 2,751 2,835.0 2014 2,822 2,844.0 2013 2,874 2,856.0 2012 2,950 2,838.0 2011 3,017 2,827.5 2010 3,065 2,808.0 2009 3,052 2,818.0 2008 3,016 2,811.0 2007 2,971 2,810.5 2006 2,924 2,772.0 2005 2,877 2,740.5 2004 2,830 2,712.5 2003 2,784 2,685.0 2002 2,737 2,667.0 2001 2,691 2,628.0 Agriculture Orientation Index
Agriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size) · higher is better
SyriaWorld median
Syria fell from 0.31 in 2001 to 0.01 in 2022; the world median went from 0.36 to 0.29.
Every year’s figures
Year Syria World median 2024 — 0.305 2023 — 0.305 2022 0.01 0.290 2021 0.02 0.260 2020 0.03 0.255 2019 0.02 0.265 2018 0.05 0.270 2017 0.04 0.260 2016 0.05 0.285 2015 0.06 0.305 2014 0.08 0.300 2013 0.07 0.285 2012 0.08 0.330 2011 0.13 0.290 2010 0.17 0.320 2009 0.15 0.370 2008 0.16 0.390 2007 0.20 0.410 2006 0.19 0.355 2005 0.19 0.325 2004 0.33 0.320 2003 0.31 0.320 2002 0.33 0.340 2001 0.31 0.360
03In context
Syria beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 184 countries on food & agriculture, never a place within the region.
Syria and the countries it borders
Standing among all 184; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy)Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators | Cereal YieldCereal yield (kg per hectare) | Dietary Energy SupplyDietary energy supply (kcal per person per day) | Agriculture Orientation IndexAgriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Türkiye | 36th | 4.14 | 3,659 | — | 0.44 |
 Israel | 42nd | 3.5 | 2,551 | 3,774 | 0.43 |
 Lebanon | 71st | 4.29 | 2,415 | 2,846 | — |
 Jordan | =129th | 3.29 | 1,733 | 2,646 | — |
 Iraq | 132nd | 2.71 | 2,749 | 2,737 | — |
| Syria | 156th | 2.83 | 1,815 | 2,230 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 184.
Placed either side on food & agriculture
The countries immediately above and below Syria in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Syria is ahead of the world, and behind
26 more statistics filed under food & agriculture, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median1
Statistics on which Syria does better than the middle country measured.
Agricultural Emissions IntensityFAO · 2023 · world median 1.5650.891.565No real change since 2013
Syria: 0.89 · world median 1.565 · Greenhouse gases from farming per value of agricultural output (kg CO₂eq per international dollar). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 28.2; lower is better.
Position 146th of 190 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median10
Statistics on which Syria does worse than the middle country measured.
Fruit Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 84.8380.7484.83▼ Worsened since 2013
Syria: 80.74 · world median 84.83 · Fruit available as food, excluding wine (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.27 to 379.63; higher is better.
Vegetable Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 102.6974.82102.69▼ Worsened since 2013
Syria: 74.82 · world median 102.69 · Vegetables available as food (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.89 to 412.72; higher is better.
Per Capita Food Supply VariabilityFAO · 2024 · world median 293729▲ Improved since 2014
Syria: 37 · world median 29 · Year-to-year variability of the food supply (kcal per person per day). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4 to 227; lower is better.
Organic Agricultural AreaFAO · 2024 · world median 0.7250.150.725▼ Worsened since 2014
Syria: 0.15 · world median 0.725 · Organic share of agricultural land (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 86.38; higher is better.
Position 113th of 150 · derived.
Crop Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.2396.3106.23▼ Worsened since 2012
Syria: 96.3 · world median 106.23 · Crop production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 53.79 to 189.93; higher is better.
Position 146th of 195 · derived.
Livestock Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 107.0698.92107.06▼ Worsened since 2012
Syria: 98.92 · world median 107.06 · Livestock production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 35.52 to 190.08; higher is better.
Position 147th of 194 · derived.
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and TubersFAO · 2022 · world median 415541▼ Worsened since 2012
Syria: 55 · world median 41 · Share of dietary energy supply from cereals, roots and tubers (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 21 to 82; lower is better.
Food Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.0896.98106.08▼ Worsened since 2012
Syria: 96.98 · world median 106.08 · Food production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 71.08 to 177.49; higher is better.
Position 159th of 195 · derived.
Global Report on Food CrisesFSIN · 2024 · world median 223922▼ Worsened since 2016
Syria: 39 · world median 22 · In IPC Phase 3+ (% of analysed population). Food Security Information Network (FSIN), 2025 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3 to 56; lower is better.
Position 7th of 44 · derived, 1st = worst.
Prevalence of UndernourishmentFAO · 2023 · world median 5.2395.2▼ Worsened since 2013
Syria: 39 · world median 5.2 · Population undernourished (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 54.2; lower is better.
Position 4th of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end15
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Agricultural LandFAO · 2023 · world median 37.9674.0937.96Moved since 2013
Syria: 74.09 · world median 37.96 · Agricultural land (% of land area). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.445 to 86.48.
Position 12th of 209 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Water Withdrawal by SectorFAO · 2022 · world median 62.1487.5362.14No real change since 2012
Syria: 87.53 · world median 62.14 · Freshwater withdrawn for agriculture (% of total). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 99.48.
Position 33rd of 171 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Land Under Cereal ProductionFAO · 2023 · world median 689,2782,688,604689,278No real change since 2013
Syria: 2,688,604 · world median 689,278 · Land under cereal production (hectares). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 103,715,108.
Position 47th of 179 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Arable Land per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 0.1090.1860.109No real change since 2013
Syria: 0.186 · world median 0.109 · Arable land (hectares per person). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1.459.
Position 67th of 206 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Agricultural Irrigated LandFAO · 2023 · world median 3.667.2173.66No earlier reading
Syria: 7.217 · world median 3.66 · Irrigated share of agricultural land (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 89.04.
Position 42nd of 121 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.849.842.8Moved since 2012
Syria: 49.8 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.
Employment in AgricultureILO · 2025 · world median 14.3816.314.38Moved since 2015
Syria: 16.3 · world median 14.38 · Employment in agriculture (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.095 to 85.34.
Position 85th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Agricultural EmissionsFAO · 2023 · world median 8,6357,4598,635No real change since 2013
Syria: 7,459 · world median 8,635 · Farm-gate emissions (kt CO₂eq). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1,044,508.
Position 108th of 193 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Fisheries and Aquaculture ProductionFAO · 2024 · world median 52,3756,00052,375No real change since 2014
Syria: 6,000 · world median 52,375 · Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic animals caught or farmed, tonnes (live weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 70,500,841.
Fertilizer Consumption per HectareFAO · 2023 · world median 87.3617.3287.36No real change since 2013
Syria: 17.32 · world median 87.36 · Fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare of arable land). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,926.
Position 148th of 188 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.730.351.73Moved since 2014
Syria: 0.35 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 148th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Livestock DensityFAO · 2023 · world median 0.5350.210.535No real change since 2013
Syria: 0.21 · world median 0.535 · Livestock units per hectare of agricultural land. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 43.97.
Position 155th of 188 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Meat Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 57.8316.2357.83Moved since 2013
Syria: 16.23 · world median 57.83 · Meat available as food (kg per person per year, carcass weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.49 to 156.95.
Cropland Nitrogen BalanceFAO · 2023 · world median 37.63-2.83937.63No real change since 2013
Syria: -2.839 · world median 37.63 · Nitrogen surplus (+) or deficit (−) on cropland, kg per hectare. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -555.52 to 1,199.
Fish and Seafood Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 16.170.816.17Moved since 2013
Syria: 0.8 · world median 16.17 · Fish and seafood available as food (kg per person per year, live-weight equivalent). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 83.81.
No current reading for Syria
Agriculture Orientation Index (last 2022), Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP) (last 2022), Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker (last 2022), Legal Guarantees of Women's Equal Rights to Land, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity and Women's Share of Agricultural Landowners. 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
Food & Agriculture among Syria’s 15 topics
Food & Agriculture is Syria’s 5th 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 food & agriculture
The three countries placed highest of 184, and the leaders Syria can most readily be measured against.
1
SerbiaSouthern Europe
1st of 184 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Lošmi derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
AustriaWestern Europe
2nd of 184 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0, greyscale
3
MaltaSouthern Europe
3rd of 184 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: Dirk Heldmaier derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Japan5th2/4 keysHighest in Western Asia
Türkiye36th3/4 keysThis page
Syria156th3/4 keys
Positions out of 184 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.
07Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
The subject is about producing and supplying food, not about whether people are fed: hunger, stunting and food insecurity are measured under Health & Wellbeing, and whether a healthy diet is affordable under Poverty & Inequality. The wider environmental cost of farming, including emissions, water withdrawal and forest loss, is filed under Environment & Sustainability. Land use, fertiliser and pesticide use, irrigation, livestock, fishing and the supply of particular foods are published here as context.
How the Food & Agriculture 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 food & agriculture method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
- Cereal Yield — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
- Dietary Energy Supply — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
- Agriculture Orientation Index — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 26 statistics on this page come from 3 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
- Serbia — Lošmi derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Austria — chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Malta — Dirk Heldmaier derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Syria: Food & Agriculture — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/syria/food