Country Overview Wheat Data Indicator (Source) Value Year Total Land (FAO) 183,630 km2 2012 Arable Land (FAO) 4,665,000 ha 2012 Wheat area (FAO) 1,287,886 ha 2014 Wheat area (USDA) 1,450,000 ha 2015 Wheat yield (FAO) t/ha 2014 Wheat yield (USDA) 2 t/ha 2015 Wheat production (FAO) 2,024,332 t 2014 Wheat production (USDA) 3,500,000 t 2015 Wheat total domestic consumption (USDA) 4,500,000 t 2015 Wheat domestic supply (FAO) 4,033,479 t 2011 Wheat imports (FAO) 340,391 t 2012 Wheat imports (USDA) 1,000,000 t 2015 Wheat exports (FAO) 3 t 2012 Wheat exports (USDA) 29,000 t 2014 Wheat seed production (FAO) 250,000 t 2013 Wheat Data Indicator (Source) Value Year Food supply - TOTAL kcal/capita/year (FAO) 3,106 2011 Food supply - CEREALS kcal/capita/year (FAO) 1,333 2011 Percentage of total daily calories from cereals (FAO) 43 % 2011 Food supply - WHEAT kcal/capita/year (FAO) 1,175 2011 Percentage of total daily calories from wheat (FAO) 38 % 2011 Total supply wheat (USDA) 6,824,000 t 2015 Beginning stocks (USDA) 2,324,000 t 2015 Ending stocks (USDA) 2,324,000 t 2015 Feed domestic consumption (USDA) 800,000 t 2015 Food, seed & industrial consumption (USDA) 3,700,000 t 2015 Demographic Data Indicator - year (Source) Year Value % Total population - (FAO) 2024 27,484,000 100% Total population projection - (FAO) 2020 25,736,000 93% Total population projection - (FAO) 2050 36,706,000 133% Urban population - (FAO) 2024 16,876,000 100% Urban population projection - (FAO) 2020 15,366,000 91% Urban population projection - (FAO) 2050 26,489,000 156% Rural Population - (FAO) 2024 10,608,000 100% Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2020 10,369,000 97% Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2050 10,217,000 96% Agricultural population - (FAO) 2020 1,438,000 100% Agricultural population projection - (FAO) 2020 1,438,000 100 % --- --- --- Human Development Index (UNDP) 2011 0.632 Literacy rate, adult total (WB) (percentage of people ages 15 and above) SYR 2,013 Life expectancy at birth, total (WB) (years) SYR 2,013 Demographic Data Indicator - year (Source) Value Year Population bellow US$ 1.25 - SYR (WB) 2013 % Multidimensional Poverty Index (UNDP) 0.021 2006 Unemployment total (WB) (percentage) 2,013 SYR GDP per capita (WB) (US$) 2,013 SYR GDP growth annual (WB) (percentage) 2,013 SYR Agriculture, value added (WB) (percentage of GDP) 2,013 SYR Fertilizer consumption (WB) (% of fertilizer production) 2,013 SYR Fertilizer consumption (WB) (kilograms per hectare of arable land) 2,013 SYR Nº of tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land (WB) 2,013 SYR Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people (WB) 2,013 SYR Internet users per 100 people (WB) This country is not found in our database or data is not available. External Links FAO Country Brief http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=SYR World Bank - country brief http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/syria Index Mundi - country brief http://www.indexmundi.com/syria/ Source FAO: Last update on August 15, 2015. USDA: Last update on August 15, 2015. UNDP: Last update on February 22, 2013. WB: Instant updates via API.