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Syrian Arab Republic

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Damascus

Rank #53 of 173

32.2Strength score

Photos

Syrian army soldiers in Iraq, 1991
Syrian army soldiers in Iraq, 1991Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Sergey Shoigu in Syria (2022-02-15) 04
Sergey Shoigu in Syria (2022-02-15) 04Ministry of Defence · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Air strikes in Syria 140927-F-UL677-234
Air strikes in Syria 140927-F-UL677-234Senior Airman Matthew Bruch · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

  • Finance78
  • Air power—
  • Manpower84
  • Land forces—
  • Naval power—
  • Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget
$2.5B #65
Budget as % of GDP
4.06% #16
Spending per person
$97 #81
GDP
$23.7B #123
Population
25,620,427 #57

Manpower

Active personnel
269,000 (World Bank figure) #20
Reserve personnel
—
Paramilitary
—
Total personnel
269,000 #34

Land forces

Tanks
—
Armoured vehicles
—
Self-propelled artillery
—
Towed artillery
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Rocket launchers (MLRS)
—

Air power

Total aircraft
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Fighter jets
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Attack aircraft & bombers
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Transport aircraft
—
Helicopters
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Attack helicopters
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Naval power

Total naval vessels
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Aircraft carriers
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Helicopter carriers
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Submarines
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Destroyers
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Frigates
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Corvettes
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Patrol vessels
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Nuclear

Nuclear warheads
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Weapons Syrian Arab Republic uses (11)

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Sukhoi Su-24Sukhoi Su-24Bombers Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25Fighter aircraft Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19Fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-17Sukhoi Su-17Fighter aircraft ToophanToophanAnti-tank guided missiles T-34/85T-34/85Other tanks M-63 PlamenM-63 PlamenMultiple rocket launchers Ghaem-class patrol vesselGhaem-class patrol vesselPatrol vessels Su-20Su-20Fighter aircraft R-40Air-to-air missiles SPG-82Grenade launchers

Others in the region

  1. 5Pakistan79.4 VS
  2. 9Israel75.3 VS
  3. 13Egypt, Arab Rep.72.9 VS
  4. 14Iran, Islamic Rep.71.8 VS
  5. 15Saudi Arabia70.9 VS
  6. 16Algeria69.6 VS
  7. 29United Arab Emirates64.4 VS
  8. 30Iraq64.1 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2011)