Percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of in Syria
Syria: Percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of was 69 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of in Syria, 1980–2025
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Syria recorded 69 for percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.8% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of in Syria peaked at 87 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 13, in 1980.
Syria ranks 17th of 20 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of in Syria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 13 | — |
| 1981 | 14 | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 22 | +57.1% |
| 1983 | 19 | -13.6% |
| 1984 | 23 | +21.1% |
| 1985 | 27 | +17.4% |
| 1986 | 64 | +137.0% |
| 1987 | 37 | -42.2% |
| 1988 | 52 | +40.5% |
| 1989 | 86 | +65.4% |
| 1990 | 87 | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 84 | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 86 | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 86 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 85 | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 85 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 84 | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 87 | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 86 | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 84 | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 80 | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 84 | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 83 | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 82 | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 81 | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 81 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 81 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 81 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 82 | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 82 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 80 | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 72 | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 69 | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 65 | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 64 | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 73 | +14.1% |
| 2017 | 78 | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 74 | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 76 | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 70 | -7.9% |
| 2021 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 52 | -25.7% |
| 2023 | 74 | +42.3% |
| 2024 | 81 | +9.5% |
| 2025 | 69 | -14.8% |
Syria compared with similar countries
- Syria's 69 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 97, 71% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of in Syria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +137.0% | 27 | 64 |
| 1989 | +65.4% | 52 | 86 |
| 1982 | +57.1% | 14 | 22 |
| 1987 | -42.2% | 64 | 37 |
| 2023 | +42.3% | 52 | 74 |
| 1988 | +40.5% | 37 | 52 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 35.7 | 13 | 86 | 10 |
| 1990s | 85.4 | 84 | 87 | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.9 | 80 | 84 | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.3 | 64 | 82 | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.33 | 52 | 81 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Syria
More health data for Syria
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.1 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8632 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,122 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 1,491 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 7.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0503 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 7.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of in Syria?
- Percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of in Syria was 69 in 2025, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of recorded in Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 87 in 1990.
- What is the lowest percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 in 1980.
- How does Syria rank for percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of?
- Syria ranks 17th out of 20 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Syria data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of measles-containing vaccine. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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