Chad vs Syria

Chad and Syria compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Syria has about 1.2 times as many people as Chad: 25.6 million against 21 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Syria ($1,057 in 2022) is 3% higher than in Chad ($1,022 in 2025).
• The economy grew faster in Chad (5.6% in 2025) than in Syria (-0.2% in 2022), a difference of 5.8 percentage points.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Syria (13.4% in 2019) than in Chad (-3.9% in 2025), a difference of 17.3 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Syria (13.6%) than in Chad (1.1%), a difference of 12.5 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Syria can expect to live 17.4 years longer than one born in Chad: 72.6 years against 55.2 years in 2024.
• The population of Syria is older: half of its people are over 22.2 years, against 15.4 years in Chad in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Syria (33.8% in 2018) than in Chad (12.6% in 2024), a difference of 21.2 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Syria (1.3 tonnes) are about 9.3 times as high as in Chad (0.14 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Chad (3%) than in Syria (2.9%), a difference of 0.1 percentage points in 2024.