Syria exposure#
This page summarises the exposure model for Syria in Middle East, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.
National summary#
The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| COM | 144.5K | 0.0M | $22.1B | 3.89% | 0.00% | 10.62% |
| IND | 53.6K | 0.0M | $12.3B | 1.44% | 0.00% | 5.91% |
| RES | 3,516.6K | 25.6M | $173.8B | 94.67% | 100.00% | 83.47% |

Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in Syria.

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in Syria.

Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for Syria.
Subnational summary#
The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_1 | ||||||
| Aleppo | 775.2K | 4,597.1K | $38.5B | 20.87% | 17.94% | 18.51% |
| Rif Dimashq | 371.7K | 3,656.1K | $35.8B | 10.01% | 14.27% | 17.17% |
| Damascus | 96.0K | 2,487.0K | $25.6B | 2.58% | 9.71% | 12.30% |
| Idlib | 623.8K | 1,764.5K | $17.5B | 16.79% | 6.89% | 8.42% |
| Hama | 272.0K | 2,443.7K | $16.8B | 7.32% | 9.54% | 8.08% |
| Latakia | 217.2K | 1,534.0K | $15.9B | 5.85% | 5.99% | 7.62% |
| Homs | 264.7K | 1,944.4K | $14.1B | 7.12% | 7.59% | 6.75% |
| Al-Hasaka | 266.8K | 1,924.9K | $10.3B | 7.18% | 7.51% | 4.95% |
| Tartus | 232.6K | 1,060.7K | $9.9B | 6.26% | 4.14% | 4.77% |
| Al-Raqqa | 142.9K | 1,050.0K | $6.2B | 3.85% | 4.10% | 2.98% |
| Deir Al-Zor | 185.4K | 1,388.8K | $6.1B | 4.99% | 5.42% | 2.93% |
| Daraa | 149.2K | 1,039.9K | $5.7B | 4.02% | 4.06% | 2.74% |
| Al-Suwayda | 87.5K | 629.2K | $5.2B | 2.36% | 2.46% | 2.50% |
| Quneitra | 29.7K | 98.7K | $0.6B | 0.80% | 0.39% | 0.29% |

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.
Taxonomy summary#
The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.

Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in Syria.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACRO_TAXONOMY | TAXONOMY | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:4/RES | RES | 83,326 | 2,869,834 | $22,749.3M | 2.24% | 11.20% | 10.92% |
| CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:5/RES | RES | 52,473 | 2,076,448 | $19,261.8M | 1.41% | 8.11% | 9.25% | |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 745,937 | 2,855,269 | $16,235.1M | 20.08% | 11.15% | 7.80% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 278,789 | 1,957,240 | $15,907.4M | 7.50% | 7.64% | 7.64% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 326,722 | 2,324,467 | $15,103.0M | 8.80% | 9.07% | 7.25% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:7/RES | RES | 17,194 | 914,164 | $9,409.2M | 0.46% | 3.57% | 4.52% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 480,885 | 2,093,099 | $8,088.0M | 12.95% | 8.17% | 3.88% |
| OT | MATO/LN/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 406,785 | 931,911 | $7,911.9M | 10.95% | 3.64% | 3.80% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 313,356 | 1,660,185 | $7,905.8M | 8.44% | 6.48% | 3.80% |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:6/RES | RES | 17,992 | 872,818 | $7,580.0M | 0.48% | 3.41% | 3.64% |
| CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:6/RES | RES | 16,419 | 732,988 | $7,232.2M | 0.44% | 2.86% | 3.47% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 359,450 | 1,559,084 | $7,062.7M | 9.68% | 6.09% | 3.39% |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:>5/COM | COM | 5,676 | 0 | $5,289.3M | 0.15% | 0.00% | 2.54% |
| CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 21,945 | 0 | $5,091.3M | 0.59% | 0.00% | 2.44% | |
| CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:8/RES | RES | 6,990 | 425,678 | $4,388.9M | 0.19% | 1.66% | 2.11% | |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 102,063 | 586,424 | $3,694.9M | 2.75% | 2.29% | 1.77% |
| MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND | IND | 13,852 | 0 | $3,213.6M | 0.37% | 0.00% | 1.54% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 151,519 | 778,754 | $3,181.8M | 4.08% | 3.04% | 1.53% |
| S | S/LFM/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND | IND | 10,784 | 0 | $2,680.6M | 0.29% | 0.00% | 1.29% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 12,568 | 0 | $2,634.6M | 0.34% | 0.00% | 1.27% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:5/RES | RES | 10,369 | 514,930 | $2,629.9M | 0.28% | 2.01% | 1.26% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:5/COM | COM | 3,762 | 0 | $2,330.1M | 0.10% | 0.00% | 1.12% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:4/COM | COM | 4,937 | 0 | $2,195.2M | 0.13% | 0.00% | 1.05% | |
| CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:4/RES | RES | 16,547 | 779,156 | $1,744.6M | 0.45% | 3.04% | 0.84% | |
| CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:9/RES | RES | 2,282 | 170,750 | $1,613.2M | 0.06% | 0.67% | 0.77% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 45,940 | 253,859 | $1,524.7M | 1.24% | 0.99% | 0.73% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:4/RES | RES | 5,166 | 175,606 | $1,492.0M | 0.14% | 0.69% | 0.72% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 34,706 | 0 | $1,469.9M | 0.93% | 0.00% | 0.71% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM | COM | 6,497 | 0 | $1,447.0M | 0.17% | 0.00% | 0.69% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:5/RES | RES | 3,574 | 138,576 | $1,309.6M | 0.10% | 0.54% | 0.63% |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:3/RES | RES | 17,439 | 138,355 | $1,064.4M | 0.47% | 0.54% | 0.51% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 12,109 | 0 | $1,025.7M | 0.33% | 0.00% | 0.49% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:10/RES | RES | 1,124 | 91,201 | $885.6M | 0.03% | 0.36% | 0.43% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4/RES | RES | 3,008 | 101,801 | $856.4M | 0.08% | 0.40% | 0.41% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 18,238 | 0 | $820.7M | 0.49% | 0.00% | 0.39% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:5/RES | RES | 2,119 | 81,458 | $776.0M | 0.06% | 0.32% | 0.37% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:4/COM | COM | 1,655 | 0 | $735.3M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.35% | |
| CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:>10/RES | RES | 913 | 74,521 | $708.4M | 0.02% | 0.29% | 0.34% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 14,459 | 0 | $650.6M | 0.39% | 0.00% | 0.31% |
| MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 7,003 | 0 | $630.3M | 0.19% | 0.00% | 0.30% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 10,619 | 82,172 | $611.9M | 0.29% | 0.32% | 0.29% |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:6/RES | RES | 1,355 | 65,092 | $591.4M | 0.04% | 0.25% | 0.28% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:7/RES | RES | 1,019 | 52,737 | $559.7M | 0.03% | 0.21% | 0.27% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 2,293 | 0 | $532.0M | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.26% | |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:5/COM | COM | 763 | 0 | $472.6M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.23% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 9,431 | 0 | $424.4M | 0.25% | 0.00% | 0.20% |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:>5/COM | COM | 391 | 0 | $365.7M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.18% |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:6/RES | RES | 798 | 32,694 | $349.9M | 0.02% | 0.13% | 0.17% | |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 3,248 | 0 | $292.4M | 0.09% | 0.00% | 0.14% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 1,660 | 0 | $239.1M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.11% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM | COM | 1,114 | 0 | $233.4M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.11% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 1,005 | 0 | $233.2M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.11% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:6/RES | RES | 529 | 22,662 | $232.9M | 0.01% | 0.09% | 0.11% | |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:8/RES | RES | 357 | 20,693 | $222.2M | 0.01% | 0.08% | 0.11% |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:5/COM | COM | 320 | 0 | $198.2M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.10% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:4/COM | COM | 421 | 0 | $186.5M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.09% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 7,625 | 32,324 | $176.9M | 0.21% | 0.13% | 0.08% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND | IND | 1,032 | 0 | $148.6M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:5/RES | RES | 443 | 23,489 | $145.8M | 0.01% | 0.09% | 0.07% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 6,791 | 29,223 | $136.8M | 0.18% | 0.11% | 0.07% |
| S | S/LFM/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND | IND | 848 | 0 | $130.9M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.06% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 2,982 | 0 | $126.3M | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.06% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 596 | 0 | $124.8M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.06% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4/COM | COM | 231 | 0 | $103.2M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.05% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:5/COM | COM | 164 | 0 | $102.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.05% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 3,041 | 16,386 | $100.0M | 0.08% | 0.06% | 0.05% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 6,516 | 31,903 | $98.1M | 0.18% | 0.12% | 0.05% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 1,048 | 0 | $88.8M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 5,808 | 14,544 | $87.5M | 0.16% | 0.06% | 0.04% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 2,646 | 14,598 | $76.2M | 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.04% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 1,548 | 0 | $65.6M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:9/RES | RES | 90 | 6,247 | $62.9M | 0.00% | 0.02% | 0.03% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:4/COM | COM | 110 | 0 | $48.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 537 | 0 | $45.5M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:10/RES | RES | 32 | 2,502 | $26.3M | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:4/RES | RES | 205 | 9,976 | $21.5M | 0.01% | 0.04% | 0.01% | |
| CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:>10/RES | RES | 24 | 2,045 | $20.5M | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.01% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 134 | 0 | $19.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% | |
| CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:5/COM | COM | 31 | 0 | $19.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 70 | 0 | $10.0M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 80 | 205 | $1.2M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 78 | 193 | $1.2M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 76 | 332 | $1.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 71 | 349 | $1.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |