Country
Somalia
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- low income
- Capital
- Mogadishu
- ISO code
- SO · SOM
65 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 19.7M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 1,404 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 59.0 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.0 t CO₂
Population
- Population 19.7M 2025 66th of 214
- Population density 30 people/km² 2024 167th of 212
- Population growth 3.34 % per year 2025 8th of 214
- Natural increase 33.1 per 1,000 people 2023 2nd of 228
- Net migration 0.6 per 1,000 people 2025 66th of 214
- Fertility rate 6.01 births per woman 2024 2nd of 214
- Urban population 55.1 % 2025 142nd of 214
- Median age 15.4 years 2023 225th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 2.6 % 2025 203rd of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 5.1 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 193rd of 214
- Children under 15 46.6 % 2025 2nd of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 59.0 years 2024 209th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 61.6 years 2024 209th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 56.5 years 2024 209th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 5.1 years 2024 101st of 214
- Infant mortality 65.4 per 1,000 births 2024 4th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 101.1 per 1,000 births 2024 3rd of 195
- Maternal mortality 563 per 100,000 births 2023 6th of 193
- Health spending per person 22 USD 2023 188th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 52 $ (PPP) 2023 190th of 191
- Physicians 0.05 per 1,000 people 2014 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Hospital beds 0.9 per 1,000 people 2019 127th of 150
- Measles immunization 64 % 2024 176th of 191
- Undernourishment 56.5 % 2024 1st of 165
- Calorie supply 1,812 kcal per day 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Meat supply 11.1 kg per person per year 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
Economy
- GDP 13B USD 2025 143rd of 185
- GDP per capita 661 USD 2025 181st of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 1,404 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 182nd of 184
- GDP growth 3.0 % 2025 105th of 185
- GDP per capita growth -0.4 % 2025 169th of 185
- Unemployment 18.9 % 2025 8th of 181
- Youth unemployment 34.2 % 2025 14th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 51.0 % 2022 2nd of 150
- Trade 130 % of GDP 2024 36th of 172
- Agriculture in the economy 55.8 % of GDP 1990 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Women in the labour force 20.7 % 2025 171st of 181
Education and society
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 0.9 Mt CO₂ 2024 166th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.0 t CO₂ 2024 193rd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.07 t CO₂ 2024 210th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 167th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 1.8 t CO₂e 2024 156th of 201
- Forest area 7.8 % of land 2024 171st of 208
- Water stress 25 % 2022 60th of 176
- Arable land 1.8 % of land 2024 175th of 205
- Renewable energy 95.4 % of final energy 2021 2nd of 210
- Renewable electricity 20.9 % of electricity 2024 117th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 2.3 % of electricity 2024 71st of 193
- Electricity from solar 18.6 % of electricity 2024 16th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 530 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 78th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 23 kWh 2024 189th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 18.5 µg/m³ 2023 96th of 199
Somalia on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldSomali, Arabic · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldSomali shilling (SOS)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+3Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world3 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- VPN provider mapServers of 2 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)