Livability · rank 152/167
Is 🇸🇾 Syria (Damascus) a good place to live?
Quality score 40/100 against essentials of $258/month.
The five metrics
Internet 3 7.8 Mbps median broadband, 33.8% online
Healthcare 70 UHC service coverage 70/100 (2023)
Air quality 48 PM2.5 28.2 µg/m³ (2023)
Beside the score, not inside it
Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.
- Rule of law
- very weak
- World Bank WGI estimate -1.81 · corruption control -1.7 · stability -2.37 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- What connectivity costs
- $0.76 /mo broadband
- Mobile 10GB $4.99/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.
What your budget buys
| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($258) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | 7.8× | like royalty |
| $3,000 | 11.6× | like royalty |
| $5,000 | 19.4× | like royalty |
Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.
Similar value-for-money
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine — quality 78.4, essentials $523/mo
- 🇧🇾 Belarus — quality 74.1, essentials $499/mo
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria — quality 29.8, essentials $205/mo
- 🇪🇬 Egypt — quality 43.8, essentials $254/mo
See also: everyday prices · retiring in Syria
Frequently asked questions
- Is Syria a good place to live for remote workers?
- Syria scores 40/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 7.8 Mbps, healthcare 70, air quality 48; English not scored) — rank 152 of 167.
- How fast is the internet in Syria?
- Median fixed broadband is around 7.8 Mbps.
- What does $3,000/month get you in Syria?
- Single-person essentials run about $258/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (11.6× essentials).