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Somalia, Fed. Rep.
Sub-Saharan Africa · Low income · capital Mogadishu
Reports 17 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old59.0years
Ranks 212 of 217 in 2024
21% below world median · 8% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old101.1per 1,000 live births
Ranks 194 of 196 in 2024
5.8× above world median · 1.1× above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old563per 100,000 live births
Ranks 189 of 194 in 2023
11.0× above world median · 1.2× above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2009 · 17 years old25.3% of under-5s
Ranks 17 of 33 in 2009
about the same world median · 36% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 33 countries reporting in 2009 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old3.74% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
41% below world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old6.01births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
2.2× above world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2022 · 4 years old54.1% of adults 15+
Ranks 42 of 45 in 2022
40% below world median · 14% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 45 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2023 · 3 years old20.9% gross
Ranks 166 of 166 in 2023
79% below world median · 78% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 166 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Education spending
2023 · 3 years old0.00% of GDP
Ranks 121 of 121 in 2023
100% below world median · 100% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old661current US$
Ranks 182 of 186 in 2025
92% below world median · 51% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old1,643international $
Ranks 183 of 185 in 2025
92% below world median · 63% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old18.9% of labour force
Ranks 175 of 182 in 2025
2.7× above world median · 2.7× above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Military spending
2024 · 2 years old1.59% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
about the same world median
Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old54.4% of population
Ranks 194 of 215 in 2024
46% below world median · 6% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old27.9% of population
Ranks 168 of 182 in 2024
66% below world median · 24% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old0.05t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
98% below world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old19.7mpeople
Not ranked — no better end
2.0× above world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Somalia, Fed. Rep. has no figure in this dataset for Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini), Inflation, Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.