Arab AI Governance Lab

All 22 states

Syria SYR

Regulatory maturity stage: Nascent   Index: 20.7 (rank 16/19)   Levant and Iraq

Syria is placed at the Nascent stage in the 2025 release. National AI strategy: None coded; dedicated governance bodies: 0; AI-relevant regulations: 0; data protection law: None coded.

National AI strategy
None coded
Dedicated AI governance bodies
0
AI-relevant regulations
0
Data protection law
None coded
International frameworks referenced
0
OECD.AI registered initiatives
0

Index pillars

Regulation0.0
Readiness21.7
Digital government38.9
Cybersecurity22.1

Indicators

Position among Arab League states with data

Oxford Insights AI readiness, 202521.72
UN E-Government Development Index, 2024rank 1620.3888
Human Capital Index, 20240.4169
ITU Global Cybersecurity Index22.14
National Cyber Security Index15.58
Internet users, 2023 (% of population)n/a
AI publications, 202317

Trends

AI readiness score

2020: 19.332023: 18.122025: 21.7219.3321.7220202025

Human Capital Index

2018: 0.4862020: 0.5072022: 0.4982024: 0.4170.4860.41720182024

AI publications per year

2020: 272021: 202022: 242023: 17271720202023

Typology coding

Governance type
To be defined
Regulatory approach
To be defined
Enforcement model
To be defined
Sovereignty posture
To be defined
International alignment
To be defined
Cluster label (M3)
Fragile or conflict-affected context

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Cite this profile

Arab AI Governance Lab (2025). Syria: country profile. https://arablab.ai/countries/syria/ Data: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MOVIFA

 

Sources: Oxford Insights; UN DESA; World Bank WDI; ITU; e-Governance Academy; OECD.AI; Lab coding (F1, M3).