At a glance
Twelve headline indicators, latest available year.
What changed in Somalia
Statistically notable movements in the latest data.
- Record high2025MajorGDP reached a record high of US$ 13.0B in 2025 (series since 1960).
- Record high2025MajorGDP per capita reached a record high of US$ 661 in 2025 (series since 1960).
- Record high2025MajorPopulation reached a record high of 19.7M people in 2025 (series since 1960).
Countries similar to Somalia
Nearest peers by standardised distance on the selected dimension.
Country DNA
Percentile rank among all countries on nine dimensions. Descriptive, not a score.
2025
Key facts
Computed from the data — no model-generated numbers.
Trade is worth 128.1 % of GDP (2025), above the world median of 79.5 %.
Somalia's population grew 122.4 % between 2000 and 2025, from 8.8M people to 19.7M people.
55.1 % of the population lived in urban areas in 2025, compared with 33.1 % in 2000.
CO₂ emissions of 0.07 t per person are 0.02× the world median of 3.10 t (2024).
GDP grew 5.1 % a year on average over 2014–2025.
Life expectancy gained 8.2 years since 2000, from 50.7 years to 59.0 years in 2024.
27.9 % of people used the internet in 2024, up from 1.2 % in 2011.
Life expectancy of 59.0 years ranks 43rd of 48 in Sub-Saharan Africa (2024).
Renewables' share of electricity generation rose from 0.0 % in 2010 to 20.9 % in 2024 (+20.9 points).
Within Sub-Saharan Africa, Somalia ranks 44th of 47 for GDP per capita (PPP) (intl $ 1,643, 2025).
Unemployment of 18.9 % in 2025 is above the Sub-Saharan Africa median of 5.1 %.
GDP per capita rose from US$ 386 in 2000 to US$ 661 in 2025 (+71.2 % in current US dollars).
The fertility rate fell from 7.64 births/woman in 2000 to 6.01 births/woman in 2024.
With a median age of 15.4 years, Somalia ranks 213th of 216 countries worldwide (2023).
Borders: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya
Languages: Arabic, Somali
Timeline
Records, reversals and turning points across the whole history.
- 2025
- 2024
- Sharp riseLow-carbon electricity share rose 1.9 points to 20.9 % in 2024.
- Sharp dropFossil fuel electricity share fell 1.9 points to 79.1 % in 2024.
- Sharp dropTrade balance fell US$ 1.6B to US$ -8.1B in 2024.
- Sharp riseCO₂ emissions from land-use change rose 1.6 Mt to 29.1 Mt in 2024.
- Sharp riseSolar electricity share rose 1.9 points to 18.6 % in 2024.
- Sharp dropNet barter terms of trade index fell 41.2 to 75.1 in 2024.
- Sharp riseGovernment expenditure on education (% of government expenditure) rose 3.4 points to 7.0 % in 2024.
- Sharp riseImports of goods and services (% of GDP) rose 17.9 points to 99.1 % in 2024.
- Sharp riseExports of goods and services (% of GDP) rose 9.3 points to 31.2 % in 2024.
- Sharp riseTrade openness rose 27.2 points to 130.3 % in 2024.
- Record highGDP per capita (PPP) set a new high of intl $ 1,604 in 2024, the first since 2017.
- Record lowExternal debt stocks (% of GNI) fell to a new low of 14.9 % in 2024, the first since 1970.
- Record highGNI per capita, PPP (current international $) set a new high of intl $ 1,640 in 2024, the first since 2017.
- Record highImports of goods and services (% of GDP) set a new high of 99.1 % in 2024, the first since 1980.
- Record highTrade openness set a new high of 130.3 % in 2024, the first since 1980.
- Record lowNet barter terms of trade index fell to a new low of 75.1 in 2024, the first since 2009.
- Record highAccess to electricity (% of population) set a new high of 54.4 % in 2024, the first since 2010.
- Record highHousehold consumption (% of GDP) set a new high of 133.4 % in 2024, the first since 2012.
- 2023
- Sharp riseLife expectancy rose 4.9 years to 58.8 years in 2023.
- Sharp dropInfant mortality fell 24.6 % to 67.3 per 1,000 in 2023.
- Sharp riseCO₂ emissions from land-use change rose 1.5 Mt to 27.5 Mt in 2023.
- Sharp riseNet migration rose 138,651 people to 46,217 people in 2023.
- Sharp dropUnder-5 mortality rate fell 27.1 % to 104.3 per 1,000 in 2023.
- Sharp riseLife expectancy at birth, female rose 5.2 years to 61.4 years in 2023.
- Sharp riseLife expectancy at birth, male rose 4.6 years to 56.4 years in 2023.
- Sharp dropTrade balance fell US$ 840.0M to US$ -6.5B in 2023.
- Sharp dropDeath rate, crude fell 23.2 % to 9.8 per 1,000 in 2023.
Explore Somalia by topic
19 topics · 220 indicators with data.
- Economy21 with data · 27 indicators
- Government & public finance13 with data · 18 indicators
- Population & demographics23 with data · 23 indicators
- Employment & wages12 with data · 19 indicators
- Income & inequality4 with data · 10 indicators
- Housing0 with data · 12 indicators
- Health21 with data · 23 indicators
- Education12 with data · 16 indicators
- Trade17 with data · 21 indicators
- Energy24 with data · 26 indicators
- Climate12 with data · 16 indicators
- Environment9 with data · 10 indicators
- Infrastructure & transportation7 with data · 10 indicators
- Digital economy & Internet4 with data · 6 indicators
- Innovation, research & technology4 with data · 9 indicators
- Agriculture & natural resources20 with data · 20 indicators
- Tourism0 with data · 5 indicators
- Security & governance7 with data · 15 indicators
- Quality of life10 with data · 14 indicators