Mediterranean Action Plan

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ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
The amount of some oil products imports such as (diesel oil & LPG) is increasing gradually
due to insufficient of refineries capacities in Syria, (only two refineries exists in Syria,
The value of such imports becomes a heavy burden on Syrian economy and it shares about
25% of total imports value in 2005 while it didn’t exceed 5% before 2000.
Table 3 Employment in the energy sector (absolute value, percentage of the total)
Years 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Ministry of petroleum
(workers)
2843
0
2911
7
3005
0
3027
5
3117
2
3171
2
3290
2
2811
3
3662
3
36645
% of total 4.2% 4.2% 4.2% 4.2% 4.2% 4.2% 4.2% 3.5% 4.4% 4.2%
Ministry of electricity
(workers)
1990
1
2017
8
2138
8
2169
1
2398
5
2483
7
2587
8
2691
4
2867
6
29564
% of total 2.9% 2.9% 3.0% 3.0% 3.3% 3.3% 3.3% 3.3% 3.4% 3.4%
Total workers number
of energy sector in
Syria
Energy sector share of
total man power in
Syria
Total man power in
Syria*
4833
1
4929
5
5143
8
5196
6
5515
7
5654
9
5878
0
5502
7
6529
9
66209
7.1% 7.0% 7.2% 7.1% 7.5% 7.4% 7.5% 6.8% 7.8% 7.7%
68139
3
70051
7
71738
7
72894
4
73679
2
76077
3
78838
8
80442
2
83398
1
Years 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006
Ministry of petroleum (workers) 37528 38070 41635 43386 37528
% of total 4.3% 3.9% 4.2% 4.2% 4.3%
Ministry of electricity (workers) 30022 35375 36713 40305 30022
% of total 3.5% 3.6% 3.7% 3.9% 3.5%
Total workers number of energy sector in
Syria
Energy sector share of total man power in
Syria
67550 73445 78348 83691 67550
7.8% 7.5% 7.9% 8.1% 7.8%
Total man power in Syria* 867394 983476 986467 1031688 867394
* Note: Total manpower in Syria only include public sector.
863778
As shown from the previous, the share of total workers number of energy sector in Syria is
almost around 8% of total Syrian workers all over the period 1990 – 2005. Which mean that
energy sector in Syria affords wide job opportunities for Syrian citizens.
Table 4Relative importance of the energy sector within the State budget
Years 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Mining &
quarrying
2525 2684 3197
3160.1
86
5099 5856 8471 8965 8635
% of total 4.1% 2.9% 2.6% 2.2% 3.1% 3.1% 4.0% 3.8% 3.4%
Electricity, gas
& water
3166
4934.7
18
12671 15969 17814 24056 27004 25168 23539
% of total 5.1% 5.3% 10.3% 11.1% 11.0% 12.8% 12.8% 10.6% 9.2%
Total energy
sector budget
Energy sector
share of the
Syrian budget
Syrian
consolidated
budget
5692 7618 15868 19129 22913 29912 35475 34133 32174
9.2% 8.2% 12.9% 13.3% 14.1% 15.9% 16.8% 14.4% 12.6%
61875 93042 123018 144162 162040 188050 211125 237300
25530
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US$ exchange 12.18 12.18 12.18 31.87 34.06 34.29 43.01 45.51 46.50