The US$216 billion is net of reconstruction already completed, because the model credits an estimated already-rebuilt share of damage in each governorate
Claim ID
CH1-008
Exact or summary claim
The US$216 billion is net of reconstruction already completed, because the model credits an estimated already-rebuilt share of damage in each governorate
Destination
Chapter 1
Status
SUPPORTED
Source
World Bank assessment, Table 9, Approximate Share of Damaged Asset Value Already Reconstructed by December 31 2024, printed page 46
Source type
Official assessment, primary document opened by page rendering
Published
2025-10-21
Accessed
2026-08-10
Measure and scope
Estimated reconstructed portion of damage by governorate: Raqqa 37.5 per cent, Tartous 27.5 per cent, Aleppo 17.5 per cent, Rif Dimashq 15.0 per cent, Damascus 12.5 per cent, Dar'a 11.0 per cent, Deir-ez-Zor 7.5 per cent, Idleb 6.0 per cent, and 5.0 per cent for Homs, Hama, Quneitra, Al-Hasakeh, Lattakia and As-Sweida. The report states the model credits these already rebuilt portions by removing them from remaining needs, so that the remaining reconstruction cost focuses on damage that is truly unmet as of the assessment date. Source given as the assessment team
Known conflict
None. But it is a further element of the measure that no public use of the figure carries
Specialist
None
Downstream
Chapter 1 opening section on what the figure measures
Action
Add to the measure statement. US$216 billion is not the cost of rebuilding everything damaged; it is the cost of rebuilding what has not already been rebuilt, on the assessment team's estimate of that share