Cooling Degree Days in Syria
Syria: Cooling Degree Days was 3,385 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Syria, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
In 2024, cooling degree days in Syria stood at 3,385. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.9% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Syria peaked at 3,385 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,024, in 1967.
Syria ranks 105th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,441 | 2,024 | 2,835 | 10 |
| 1970s | 2,344 | 2,069 | 2,522 | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,441 | 2,145 | 2,674 | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,624 | 2,282 | 3,005 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,796 | 2,606 | 2,938 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,047 | 2,646 | 3,261 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,235 | 3,121 | 3,385 | 5 |
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More environment data for Syria
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 47.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.91 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 4.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0073 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0025 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 6.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0162 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0139 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5633 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Syria?
- Cooling degree days in Syria was 3,385 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 3,385 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,024 in 1967.
- How does Syria rank for cooling degree days?
- Syria ranks 105th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Syria data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org, published as part of Cooling Degree Days. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A cooling degree day (CDD) is a measurement designed to track energy use. It is the number of degrees that a day's average temperature is above 18°C (65°F). Daily degree days are accumulated to obtain annual values.