Commodity Origins

What does Syria produce and export?

Syria ranks in the top ten producers of 2 commodities: pistachios (#4, 6.1% of world output in 2024), olive oil (#8, 3.4% of world output in 2023). It is a top-ten exporter of olive oil (#7, 1.9% of world export value in 2024).

Where syria is produced, 2024World map shaded by share of syria production in 2024. Darkest: Syria 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: 100% (1)Armenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does Syria produce?

Commodities where Syria is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Pistachios Fruit & vegetables46.1%83,796 t2024FAOSTAT
Olive oil Oilseeds & vegetable oils83.4%89,257 t2023FAOSTAT

What does Syria export?

Top 1 Syria commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 1 Syria commodity exports in 2024: Olive oil 1.9%; rest of world 98%.Olive oilOlive oil: 1.9%, $309.5 million1.9%Rest of worldRest of world: 98%, $098%
Syria's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of Syria's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity Syria dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 1 Syria commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Olive oil$309.5 million1.9%
Rest of world$098%

Syria's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of Syria's own $475.1 million of tracked exports, not by world trade. Olive oil alone is 65% of it. See the full export dependency report for how Syria compares with other countries.

Syria's tracked export mix by commodityOlive oil: 65.1%; Phosphate rock: 18.3%; Cotton: 10.9%; Wool: 2.8%; Almonds: 1.5%; Other tracked commodities: 1.4%.Olive oil: 65.1%Olive oil65.1%Phosphate rock: 18.3%Phosphate rock18.3%Cotton: 10.9%Cotton10.9%Wool: 2.8%Wool2.8%Almonds: 1.5%Almonds1.5%Other tracked commodities: 1.4%Other tracked co…1.4%
Commodities where Syria is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Olive oil71.9%$309.5 million2024

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

Syria commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where Syria is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

Syria in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Syria, computed from the same data as this page.

What Syria uses

Syria had about 24 million people and a food supply of 2,259 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in Syria, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Wheat5.0 million tonnes0.6%151 (#12 of 143)61%40%
Milk2.2 million tonnes0.2%73 (#85 of 142)95%5.8%
Barley1.3 million tonnes1%0.0 (#102 of 141)98%2.1%
Oranges714 thousand tonnes0.6%28 (#26 of 140)88%13%
Tomatoes711 thousand tonnes0.4%28 (#59 of 142)104%9.6%
Corn661 thousand tonnes0.1%6.4 (#92 of 140)84%19%
Potatoes566 thousand tonnes0.1%18 (#94 of 143)110%2.1%
Apples268 thousand tonnes0.2%11 (#51 of 143)93%13%

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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