Country scorecard
Syria
Asia · 22.1M people
ALPS
1.19
languages per person
#170 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
8%
globally connected
Largely monolingual — the average person here speaks 1.2 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Syria is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇱🇧 Lebanon98%
- 🇩🇿 Algeria98%
- 🇹🇳 Tunisia98%
- 🇲🇦 Morocco98%
- 🇰🇲 Comoros98%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Standard Arabic99%
- English10%
- French10%
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