WORLDHEALTHRANKINGS
live longer live better
Learn Think Feel Do
WorldHealthRankings

World Health Review

Syria
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Syria and Oman health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Oman
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Syria Population Pyramid
33,129,325
Oman Population Pyramid
6,915,451
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Oman OMAN
  Syria SYRIA   Oman OMAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
 
41.1
42.9
41.9
135
139
136
1970
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
 
48.9
51.3
50.1
122
121
121
1980
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
 
59.2
62.1
60.6
97
105
100
1990
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
 
68.4
71.5
69.9
50
80
65
2000
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
 
70.7
74.9
72.6
48
69
61
2010
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
 
73.7
78.1
75.6
40
49
46
2019
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
 
73.0
75.3
73.9
72
103
91
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Oman OMAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.2
74.3
87
110
73.0
75.3
72
103
Age
71.2
74.3
87
110
73.0
75.3
72
103
Age 5
73.0
75.9
84
109
73.8
76.0
72
107
Age 10
73.4
76.2
82
107
73.9
76.1
72
108
Age 15
73.8
76.4
73
106
74.0
76.1
71
108
Age 20
74.0
76.6
74
106
74.3
76.3
72
109
Age 25
74.3
76.7
75
106
74.7
76.4
72
109
Age 30
74.5
76.9
75
106
74.9
76.5
73
110
Age 35
74.8
77.1
78
107
75.1
76.6
75
110
Age 40
75.1
77.3
80
108
75.4
76.8
78
113
Age 45
75.5
77.6
82
108
75.6
77.0
79
116
Age 50
76.1
78.0
82
108
76.0
77.3
85
122
Age 55
77.0
78.5
83
111
76.5
77.7
92
137
Age 60
78.2
79.3
84
116
77.2
78.5
109
146
Age 65
79.9
80.4
82
130
78.3
79.6
136
156
Age 70
81.8
81.8
82
143
80.1
81.2
150
165
Age 75
84.0
83.5
83
164
82.3
83.4
171
165
Age 80
86.6
85.6
99
175
84.9
86.3
178
162
Age 85
89.5
88.2
126
180
88.8
89.6
171
158
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Oman OMAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279.54
12
301.95
5
2. Stroke
79.31
95
94.98
78
3. War
68.78
2
0.07
62
4. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
12.12
138
5. Kidney Disease
22.22
96
18.16
113
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.72
107
37.10
74
7. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
4.80
138
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.14
102
22.46
24
9. Road Traffic Accidents
16.75
87
12.63
113
10. Lung Disease
16.00
132
20.58
101
11. Liver Disease
15.66
104
17.70
98
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.00
124
58.11
28
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
7.13
117
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
10.38
67
2.95
92
15. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
4.21
170
16. Asthma
9.65
67
0.60
156
17. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
30
6.52
67
18. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
2.19
81
19. Lymphomas
7.40
15
5.23
77
20. Hypertension
7.33
147
21.35
75
21. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
8.09
61
22. Leukemia
6.15
5
3.54
94
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
2.65
157
24. Low Birth Weight
5.18
86
2.79
129
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.99
96
7.63
8
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
3.32
104
27. Other Injuries
3.62
158
4.21
146
28. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
4.70
109
29. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
4.16
135
30. Falls
3.00
148
9.24
25
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.96
114
1.47
163
32. Violence
2.84
116
0.72
167
33. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
0.75
148
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.72
146
4.33
98
35. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
1.40
147
36. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
2.40
109
37. Birth Trauma
2.40
87
1.05
120
38. Suicide
2.11
177
4.47
149
39. Drug Use
1.89
51
0.54
155
40. Meningitis
1.74
66
0.88
87
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.52
92
0.57
151
42. Pertussis
1.35
58
0.26
89
43. Drownings
1.21
137
4.91
26
44. Fires
1.16
103
1.20
102
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
1.43
130
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.75
162
2.10
105
47. Poisonings
0.66
83
0.91
71
48. Epilepsy
0.59
170
0.50
177
49. Maternal Conditions
0.58
105
0.35
122
50. Malnutrition
0.53
113
0.09
155
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Syria SYRIA   Oman OMAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,203
34.16
5,287
35.65
2. Stroke
8,088
9.80
1,648
11.11
3. War
7,760
9.40
4
0.03
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,958
3.58
701
4.73
5. Road Traffic Accidents
2,550
3.09
527
3.55
6. Kidney Disease
2,329
2.82
312
2.10
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,156
2.61
78
0.53
8. Congenital Anomalies
2,077
2.52
386
2.60
9. Lung Cancers
2,048
2.48
113
0.76
10. Breast Cancer
1,953
2.37
141
0.95
11. Liver Disease
1,720
2.08
406
2.74
12. Low Birth Weight
1,652
2.00
207
1.40
13. Lung Disease
1,601
1.94
325
2.19
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,551
1.88
323
2.18
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,534
1.86
1,029
6.94
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,224
1.48
205
1.38
17. Asthma
1,052
1.27
11
0.07
18. Lymphomas
827
1.00
138
0.93
19. Leukemia
796
0.96
127
0.86
20. Bladder Cancer
757
0.92
41
0.28
21. Birth Trauma
744
0.90
77
0.52
22. Stomach Cancer
725
0.88
185
1.25
23. Hypertension
707
0.86
360
2.43
24. Other Injuries
521
0.63
130
0.88
25. Violence
444
0.54
34
0.23
26. Endocrine Disorders
418
0.51
53
0.36
27. Pancreas Cancer
411
0.50
77
0.52
28. Prostate Cancer
404
0.49
37
0.25
29. Falls
383
0.46
292
1.97
30. Parkinson's Disease
367
0.44
110
0.74
31. Liver Cancer
366
0.44
116
0.78
32. Inflammatory/Heart
337
0.41
127
0.86
33. Suicide
333
0.40
241
1.62
34. Ovary Cancer
328
0.40
26
0.18
35. Meningitis
295
0.36
21
0.14
36. Pertussis
289
0.35
13
0.09
37. Oral Cancer
289
0.35
70
0.47
38. Skin Cancers
276
0.33
22
0.15
39. Drug Use
249
0.30
29
0.20
40. Drownings
215
0.26
211
1.42
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
12
0.08
42. Cervical Cancer
188
0.23
42
0.28
43. Fires
179
0.22
38
0.26
44. Uterin Cancer
146
0.18
11
0.07
45. Maternal Conditions
105
0.13
22
0.15
46. Poisonings
98
0.12
47
0.32
47. Oesophagus Cancer
97
0.12
32
0.22
48. Epilepsy
92
0.11
22
0.15
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
79
0.10
36
0.24
50. Encephalitis
77
0.09
126
0.85
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Oman OMAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
12.12
138
2. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
4.80
138
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
7.13
117
4. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
4.21
170
5. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
2.19
81
6. Lymphomas
7.40
15
5.23
77
7. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
8.09
61
8. Leukemia
6.15
5
3.54
94
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
2.65
157
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
3.32
104
11. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
4.70
109
12. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
4.16
135
13. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
0.75
148
14. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
1.40
147
15. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
2.40
109
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
1.43
130
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.