| All Syrian Basins | Damascus and its Rural Basin | Year | ||||||
| % | Total | Unlicensed Wells | Licensed Wells | % | Total | Unlicensed Wells | Licensed Wells |
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| NA | NA | NA |
| 12,000 | NA | NA | 1982 |
| 47 | 139,899 | 66,120 | 73,779 | 87 | 25,484 | 22,169 | 3315 | 1998 |
| 46 | 138,002 | 64,168 | 73,834 | 89 | 31,074 | 27,558 | 3516 | 2000 |
| 57 | 202,274 | 116,244 | 86,030 | 83 | 46,636 | 38,883 | 7753 | 2005 |
| 57 | 229,881 | 130,997 | 98,884 | 76 | 56,961 | 43,246 | 13,715 | 2010 |