Somalia's flag    Somalia


Official language: Somali
Currency: Somali Shilling
Capital City: Mogadishu
Area: 637657km2
Subregional membership(s): East Africa, Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD), Least developed countires, Sub-Saharan Africa, Non-Oil Producing, Non-Oil LDCs, Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)


18706921.5K
2024

Mid-year population
7.6B
2021

GDP at current prices, USD
106.1
2022

Under five mortality rate
8.4
2021

Primary enrolment ratio
Population and migration
United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)2.764.243.613.623.653.193.103.043.073.05
Population - Urban (%)43.2043.8044.40
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)52.952.953.654.355.154.053.354.155.356.1
Total fertility rate (per woman)7.06.96.76.66.56.46.36.26.16.0
Population - Urban (number)6,014,5946,273,5876,544,4046,827,4157,122,8827,431,0387,752,2728,086,8438,434,6108,795,255
Median age (years)14.915.015.015.115.115.215.215.215.315.3
Population - Male (number)6,899,4057,164,5657,450,9127,725,1408,011,3758,290,4718,555,6288,822,4429,096,5209,379,605
Population - Urban (%)43.2443.8244.3944.9745.5546.1446.7347.3247.9248.52
Population - Total (number)13,763,90714,292,84714,864,22115,411,09415,981,30116,537,01617,065,58117,597,51118,143,37918,706,922
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)54.955.055.756.457.156.055.356.157.458.1
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)56.957.357.858.659.158.157.458.259.560.2
Population - Female (%)49.8749.8749.8749.8749.8749.8749.8749.8749.86
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)4.224.234.234.244.244.234.234.214.194.16
Population - Female (number)6,864,5027,128,2827,413,3107,685,9547,969,9268,246,5458,509,9548,775,0699,046,8599,327,317
Population - Male (%)49.8949.8849.8749.8749.8649.86
Health
World Bank, United Nations Statistics Division, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
126.0122.0118.1113.8110.3106.6103.199.9
139.0134.8130.4126.3122.6118.7115.2112.1
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)
140.3136.5132.4128.6124.5120.7117.0
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)27.1227.9828.8529.7330.6231.5232.4332.56
128.1123.7119.8116.0112.4108.9105.4
132.6128.5124.2120.2116.5112.9109.4106.1
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)31.10
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)46.0046.0046.0046.00
134.5130.3126.1122.5118.6114.9111.8
Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Statistics Division, International Labour Organization (ILO), World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Female (%)69.8164.65
Mean years of schooling - Male (years)2.9
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)
Primary school enrollment - Male (number)
Ratio of school attendance rate of orphans to school attendance rate of non orphans (%)
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)1.9
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)41.03
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)
Mean years of schooling - Female (years)0.9
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)28.01
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)5.46
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)8.45
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Male (%)83.8376.30
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, 15-24 years old (%)0.890.940.85
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)75.6970.47
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)54.04
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)
Primary school enrollment - Total (number)250,453
Primary school enrollment - Female (number)
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)
National accounts
United Nations Statistics Division, Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Construction (ISIC F) (US dollars)243,959,228272,893,044303,799,512305,098,920347,265,790339,126,258362,622,451384,032,171
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current prices - National Currency (billions)32,37533,08635,462
Industry (%)7.35
Changes in inventories (US dollars)
Exports of goods and services (US dollars)1,035,873,2721,067,000,000994,000,0001,119,000,0001,131,000,0001,178,000,0001,532,000,0001,804,000,000
Industry (%)7.367.367.367.367.367.36
Services (%)32.4632.4632.4632.4632.4632.46
Final consumption expenditure (US dollars)8,798,445,1509,668,000,00010,829,000,00011,013,000,00012,321,000,00012,404,000,00012,980,000,00014,099,000,000
Manufacturing (ISIC D) (US dollars)144,083,303161,975,226179,351,519180,604,533205,566,124200,567,514214,592,066227,239,366
Mining, Manufacturing, Utilities (ISIC C-E) (US dollars)183,378,749205,990,233228,764,693229,700,911261,691,073255,414,253273,127,624289,295,377
Services (%)32.47
Agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing (ISIC A-B) (US dollars)3,505,481,2623,908,532,6354,363,000,2224,376,591,4004,980,809,7164,866,370,3605,202,119,8445,509,388,294
Transport, storage and communication (ISIC I) (US dollars)546,861,626609,167,699680,803,726682,088,964776,583,734758,837,117811,009,528859,005,281
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current prices - US dollars (billions)1.51.41.5
Final consumption expenditure (US dollars)8,798,445,15010,091,577,28211,201,256,76011,550,379,70011,923,327,30411,881,175,97712,262,370,57912,919,381,467
GDP, PPP - Current, International dollar (millions)14,94016,10915,74316,73617,59917,74918,857
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (US dollars)6,627,605,9777,732,285,9828,467,416,5718,720,508,9769,037,098,0628,805,469,3249,097,017,4659,318,808,690
Wholesale, retail trade, restaurants and hotels (ISIC G-H) (US dollars)618,903,278690,155,312770,479,485773,267,952879,699,353859,554,116918,923,070973,129,068
Gross fixed capital formation (including Acquisitions less disposals of valuables) (US dollars)773,044,456850,000,0001,054,000,0001,268,000,0001,392,000,0001,440,000,0001,870,000,0002,699,000,000
Prices
Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period4.31
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year2.90
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)4.31
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)105.66108.09111.22
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=100109.15113.86
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)1.402.302.90
Energy
African Union Commission, AfDB, AUC and ECA Joint African Statistical Yearbook, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)394406418
Coal - Production, Tonnes (thousands)0.00.0
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)
Conventional crude oil - Import, metric tons (thousands)0.0
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)000
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)383394406419432
Conventional crude oil - Import (terajoules)0
Conventional crude oil - Transformation, metric tons (thousands)0.0
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)000
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)00000
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)
Conventional crude oil - Transformation (terajoules)0
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)197209223
Electricity - total thermal production (Giga watt hours)350350350
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)00
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)0.10.10.10.10.1
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)223238254
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)383394406419432
Conventional crude oil - Total energy supply (terajoules)0
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)93.0099.00105.00
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)00000
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)84.085.0
Coal - Production, Tonnes (thousands)0.0
Conventional crude oil - Change in stocks (terajoules)
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)111212
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)383394406
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)113,000117,000122,000
Tourism

Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Transport

Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Paved Road (% of total) (%)
Information society
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)0.370.340.000.50
38.7038.7065.5270.0070.0070.00
35,160
1.761.882.00
0.21
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)42.4046.5547.8949.6651.4853.4851.82
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)42.3046.9048.8050.99
0.009.0018.0025.0030.0030.00
1.761.882.00
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)5,836,0006,653,0407,119,0007,653,040
0.68
0.60.640.660.610.720.7
0.21
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)0.370.340.490.570.550.53
82,00092,00098,00098,000119,000119,000
38.7038.7065.5246.4780.0080.0080.00
35,160
, 2018=10046,459,75021,903,24014,473,5209,236,11024,894,45045,738,26012,567,760
International trade
International Road Federation
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Total trade - Export, current USD (millions)1,0381,067994.01,1191,1311,1781,305
Total trade - Import, current USD (millions)3,9874,1944,6245,1235,4235,8186,370
Banking, insurance, financial statistics
United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)22,25423,06223,098
Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics
World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)0.00.00.00.00.1
Net ODA - current USD (millions)1,2611,1841,760
General government net lending/borrowing - as % of GDP (%)0.310.620.550.040.370.35-1.13
International reserves - current USD (millions)
Net ODA - Per capita (current USD)90.6382.67119.41
Total external debt (% of GNI) (%)52.2549.9150.8295.5687.2767.2566.69
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)
Balance of payments
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Economic Commission for Africa
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)1,6231,962
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)-6.30-7.07-7.75-6.16-10.44-10.80-14.92
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)303.0330.0369.0408.0447.0464.0455.5
Current account balance - current USD (millions)-318.0-435.0-497.0
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)1,6231,962
Environment
United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)
Carbon Dioxide Emissions - per Capita (metric tons)0.050.05
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)0.70.70.70.70.7
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)10.10
CO2 emissions per capita (metric tons)
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)10.1410.029.909.789.659.53
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected (%)0.830.000.000.00
Land area covered by forest (%)
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected (%)0.83