International Rankings of Somalia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Somalia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Somalia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	125	92000	0
Internet users - percent of population	217	2 %	2018
Internet users - total	169	225181	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2018
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	146	74800	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	193	48.8	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	118	5.612 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	210	151.100 million US Dollars	2014
Budget - revenues	210	145.300 million US Dollars	2014
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	31	0.1 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	86	54.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	153	20	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	130	46	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	132	51.6	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	153	7.052 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	181	0.3 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	122	8.7 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	58	72.6 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	2	1.6 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	86	20 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	47	0.8 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	2	60.2 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	163	7.4 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	177	32.5 % of GDP	2013
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	53	3.5 %	2014
Labor force	88	4.154 million US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	19	71 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	22	29 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	161	N/A %	2021
Population below poverty line	156	N/A	0
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	149	20.440 billion US Dollars	2017
Real GDP per capita	198	N/A US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	167	2.1 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	168	852500	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	178	315.300 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	8	93	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	34	7	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	180	85000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	168	339.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	81	5.663 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	138	5600	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	161	5590 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	154	0.65 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	63	20.13 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	57	29.51 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	22	70.3	2018
Land use - arable land	141	1.8	2018
Land use - forest	145	10.6	2018
Land use - other	123	19.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	9	68.5	2018
Revenue from coal	32	N/A % of GDP	2021
Revenue from forest resources	96	N/A % of GDP	2021
Total renewable water resources	124	14.700 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	58	3.281 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	153	2.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	162	15.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	13	4.2	2025
Urbanization - urban population	130	46.7	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	46	627337 sq km	0
Area - total	46	637657 sq km	0
Area - water	62	1.032 million sq km	0
Coastline	41	3025 km	0
Elevation - highest point	78	2460 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	86	410 meters	0
Irrigated land	75	2000 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	78	2385 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	22	70.3	2018
Land use - arable land	141	1.8	2018
Land use - forest	145	10.6	2018
Land use - other	123	19.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	9	68.5	2018
Total renewable water resources	123	14.700 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	38	19.81 %	1040
Age structure - 25-54 years	185	30.93 %	5166
Age structure - 55-64 years	170	4.61 %	4325
Birth rate	7	38.25 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	6.9 %	1819
Current Health Expenditure	88	N/A % of GDP	2021
Death rate	17	11.82 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	115	5.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	32	17.6 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	3	96.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	4	90.6 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	17	98.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	35	27.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	43	16.2 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	53	1.9 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	79	8700	2020
Hospital bed density	60	0.9 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	2	78.05 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	2	97.71 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	2	88.03 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	194	57.7 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	199	53.02 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	196	55.32 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	4	829	2017
Median age - female	155	18.3 years	2020
Median age - male	136	18.7 years	0
Median age - total	140	18.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	139	2.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	113	8.3 %	2016
Physicians density	154	0.02 physicians/1,000 population	2014
Population	77	12.095 million	2021
Population growth rate	26	2.35 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	66	86.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	20	72.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	24	46.7 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	41	13.8 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	15	1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	18	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	17	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	45	0.66 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	15	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	8	5.41 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	145	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	136	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	144	N/A	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	13	4.2	2025
Urbanization - urban population	130	46.7	2021
Transportation
Airports	77	52	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	39	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	22	5	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	70	8	2020
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	17	16	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	37	22	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	54	44	2020
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	0
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	155	4486	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	95	7	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Somalia on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Somalia 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Somalia 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.