The invention discloses a method for synthesizing 2-amino-5-nitrothiazole, which comprises the following steps: (1) in an inert atmosphere, adding diethylamine, acetyl chloride and triethyl orthoacetate into a reaction container, uniformly mixing, stirring to react for 12-24 hours, and distilling and purifying the reaction product to obtain N, N-dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal, (2) in an inert atmosphere, mixing N, N-dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal with nitromethane, heating the mixture to 80-100 DEG C for reflux reaction, carrying out reduced pressure distillation on the reaction productto remove the solvent, and purifying to obtain N, N-dimethyl nitroethylene, and (3) in an inert atmosphere, putting N, N-dimethyl nitroethylene into a reaction container, sequentially adding ethanol,liquid bromine and thiourea, reacting at room temperature, after the reaction is finished, filtering a reactant, washing with ice ethanol, drying to obtain a white solid, adding water, and filtering to obtain the 2-amino-5-nitrothiazole. According to the method for synthesizing 2-amino-5-nitrothiazole, the raw materials are easy to obtain, the cost is low, and the yield can reach 60%.