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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Syria: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Syria is placed 165th of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 33.93 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 12.8 (2024).
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165th
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Syria on mobility & trade — 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
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
33.93
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 108th of 177 by UNCTAD
Syria: 33.93. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in Western Asia
- 319.55 United Arab Emirates
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 83 · Israel 123.65 · Jordan 76.95 · Lebanon 86.86 · Türkiye 302.2
12.8
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Syria: 12.8. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in Western Asia
- 2 Cyprus
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 4.2 · Jordan 4.6 · Lebanon 8.7 · Türkiye 4.8
2.3
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 123rd of 139 by World Bank Group
Syria: 2.3. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in Western Asia
- 4 United Arab Emirates
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 2.4 · Israel 3.6 · Türkiye 3.4
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Syria, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in Western Asia
- 17.66 Israel
- Land neighbours
- Israel 17.66 · Lebanon 0.5 · Türkiye 0.69
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.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
SyriaWorld median
Syria fell from 49.14 in 2006 to 48.71 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Syria World median 2026 48.71 56.21 2025 33.93 60.84 2024 27.64 55.22 2023 25.44 54.78 2022 25.67 51.49 2021 24.96 52.64 2020 30.00 47.86 2019 32.39 51.05 2018 33.48 52.03 2017 33.37 49.87 2016 33.38 48.09 2015 36.42 49.13 2014 37.45 48.08 2013 41.04 51.32 2012 46.57 47.44 2011 56.17 50.26 2010 55.98 50.51 2009 54.62 53.04 2008 51.68 51.68 2007 54.56 55.78 2006 49.14 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
SyriaWorld median
Syria rose from 2.089 in 2007 to 2.3 in 2023; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Syria World median 2023 2.300 2.900 2018 2.296 2.706 2016 1.598 2.734 2014 2.091 2.753 2012 2.604 2.773 2010 2.740 2.746 2007 2.089 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
SyriaWorld median
Syria rose from 0 in 2002 to 0.02 in 2010; the world median went from 0.51 to 0.56.
Every year’s figures
Year Syria World median 2024 — 0.975000 2023 — 0.690000 2022 — 0.565000 2021 — 0.550000 2020 — 0.680000 2019 — 0.625000 2018 — 0.480000 2017 — 0.630000 2016 — 0.865000 2015 — 0.790000 2014 — 0.760000 2013 — 0.645000 2012 — 0.630000 2011 — 0.535000 2010 0.02 0.560000 2009 0.01 0.780000 2008 0.01 0.595000 2007 0.00 0.660000 2006 0.00 0.445000 2005 0.00 0.570000 2004 — 0.535000 2003 0.01 0.530000 2002 0.00 0.510000 2001 — 0.490000 2000 — 0.430000
03In context
Syria beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Syria and the countries it borders
Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Israel | 11th | 123.65 | — | 3.6 | 17.66 |
 Türkiye | 52nd | 302.2 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 0.69 |
 Jordan | 74th | 76.95 | 4.6 | — | — |
 Iraq | =101st | 83 | 4.2 | 2.4 | — |
 Lebanon | =117th | 86.86 | 8.7 | — | 0.5 |
| Syria | 165th | 33.93 | 12.8 | 2.3 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Syria in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Syria is ahead of the world, and behind
13 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, 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 median2
Statistics on which Syria does worse than the middle country measured.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.4565.14.456No earlier reading
Syria: 5.1 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.
Position 79th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.2-0.4661.2▲ Improved since 2015
Syria: -0.466 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 149th of 176 · derived.
No better end11
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.13332.1-0.133Moved since 2013
Syria: 32.1 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,4518,927,523444,451No real change since 2015
Syria: 8,927,523 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,323896,042223,323Moved since 2015
Syria: 896,042 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,8364,1441,836Moved since 2015
Syria: 4,144 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23106.45103.23Moved since 2015
Syria: 106.45 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
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.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1767.0967.17Moved since 2014
Syria: 67.09 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,2699,88512,269Moved since 2015
Syria: 9,885 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.73123.14275.73Moved since 2016
Syria: 123.14 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.0893.6326.089Moved since 2015
Syria: 3.632 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.1250.306Moved since 2015
Syria: 0.125 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
No current reading for Syria
Container Port Traffic (last 2020), Cost of Sending Remittances (last 2016), Creative Goods Exports (last 2010), Creative Services Exports (last 2010), Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2022), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports (last 2010), ICT Services Exports (last 2011), Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2022), Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary (last 2016), Services Exports (last 2019), Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products (last 2020) and Trade (% of GDP) (last 2022). 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
Mobility & Trade among Syria’s 15 topics
Mobility & Trade is Syria’s 7th 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 mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Syria can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Singapore1st4/4 keysHighest in Western Asia
Israel11th3/4 keysThis page
Syria165th3/4 keys
Positions out of 177 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.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Syria and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Syria on mobility & trade: 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 mobility & trade?
Syria is placed 165th of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time and Logistics Performance Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Syria?
33.93 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Syria?
12.8 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How does Syria compare with Türkiye on mobility & trade?
Türkiye is placed 52nd of 177, and Syria 165th. Liner Shipping Connectivity Index: Türkiye 302.2, Syria 33.93; Container Import Dwell Time: Türkiye 4.8, Syria 12.8; Logistics Performance Index: Türkiye 3.4, Syria 2.3.
How have Syria’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index fell from 49.14 in 2006 to 48.71 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index rose from 2.089 in 2007 to 2.3 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports rose from 0 in 2002 to 0.02 in 2010.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Syria?
No current reading is published for Syria on Container Port Traffic, Cost of Sending Remittances, Creative Goods Exports, Creative Services Exports, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, Services Exports, Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products and Trade (% of GDP). They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade 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 mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 13 statistics on this page come from 6 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
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Syria: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/syria/mobility