Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Syria instead of Greenland, you would:
Economy
make 95.7% less money
Greenland has a GDP per capita of $68,100 as of 2021, while in Syria, the GDP per capita is $2,900 as of 2021.
be 48.8% more likely to be unemployed
In Greenland, 9.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Syria, that number is 13.5% as of 2023.
be 5.1 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Greenland, 16.2% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Syria, however, that number is 82.5% as of 2014.
Life
have 60.7% more children
In Greenland, there are approximately 13.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Syria, there are 21.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 13.6% less likely to be literate
In Greenland, the literacy rate is 100.0% as of 2015. In Syria, it is 86.4% as of 2015.
be 81.4% more likely to die during infancy
In Greenland, approximately 8.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Syria, on the other hand, 15.9 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 11.0% less likely to have access to electricity
In Greenland, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Syria, 89% of the population do as of 2022.
be 32.9% less likely to have internet access
In Greenland, approximately 69.5% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Syria, about 46.6% do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 50.0% less on education
Greenland spends 10.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Syria spends 5.1% of total GDP on education as of 2009.
Geography
see 99.6% less coastline
Greenland has a total of 44,087 km of coastline. In Syria, that number is 193 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Syria: At a glance
How big is Syria compared to Greenland? See an in-depth size comparison.