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Syria: natural resources

Minerals produced, mines and deposits, power capacity and how much the economy depends on resources. Syria is part of the Invest Global country data, so every figure carries its source.

Mines and deposits mapped
11
4 operating
Minerals above 1% of world
0
USGS MCS 2026
Power capacity
8.0 GW
18 plants
Clean share of electricity
4%
Ember, 2024

Minerals produced

MineralProductionShare of worldWorld rankReserves share
Phosphate rock800 kt0.3%230.3%

Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, MCS 2026. Rank is among reporting countries.

Mines and deposits

Phosphate11
Uranium1
SiteCommoditiesStatusOperatorSource
Eastern A and Eastern BPhosphateOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
KneifessPhosphateOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Sharkya APhosphateOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Sharkya BPhosphateOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Homs Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphateProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
Eastern APhosphatePast producerNot statedUSGS MRDS
Khneifis DistrictPhosphatePast producerNot statedUSGS MRDS
Al-Sawwanah al-SharqiyahPhosphateListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
Khunayfis, Homs GovernoratePhosphateListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
KhneifissPhosphate, UraniumProspectNot statedUSGS MRDS
Tarag El HbariPhosphateProspectNot statedUSGS MRDS

Showing operating and larger sites first. Open the map for every site.

Power capacity by fuel

Oil3.5 GW
Gas2.9 GW
Hydro1.5 GW
Largest plantsFuelCapacityOwner
Aleppo Thermal Power Plant SyriaOil1,065 MWNot stated
Taqba (Al-Thawra) Hydroelectric Power Project SyriaHydro800 MWNot stated
Dier Ali CCGT Power Plant SyriaGas750 MWNot stated
Jandar CCGT Power Plant SyriaGas700 MWNot stated
Banias Thermal Power Plant SyriaOil680 MWNot stated
Al-Zara Thermal Power Plant SyriaOil660 MWNot stated
Mehardeh Thermal Power Plant SyriaOil630 MWNot stated
Teshreen (Tishrin) Hydroelectric Power Project SyriaHydro630 MWNot stated

Source: WRI Global Power Plant Database v1.3 (CC BY 4.0). Plants of about 1 MW and above, data mostly 2018 to 2021.

Resource dependence

Oil rents
4.0%
% of GDP · 2020
Natural gas rents
2.3%
% of GDP · 2020
Coal rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2020
Mineral rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2020

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Mine and deposit locations combine the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (public domain, last updated 2022, strongest for the United States and the Americas) and Wikidata (CC0, notable named mines). Coverage is uneven and partly historical, and status can be out of date: this is not a complete or current registry, and a point on the map is not an offer, a licence or evidence of a legal right. Production and reserve figures are from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries and are rounded estimates. Power plants are from the WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), mostly 2018 to 2021. Nothing here is investment, legal or technical advice.