International Rankings of Somalia 2022, 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	52	1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	124	119000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	84	2 %	2019
Internet users - total	163	308858	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	1	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	132	91000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	121	48.8	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	104	7.119 million	2018
Economy
Budget - expenditures	202	151.100 million US Dollars	2014
Budget - revenues	202	145.300 million US Dollars	2014
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	27	0.1 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	150	7.052 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	174	0.3 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	117	8.7 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	56	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	84	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	155	7.4 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	169	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	52	3.5 %	2014
Labor force	87	4.154 million US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	17	71 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	21	29 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	152	N/A %	2022
Population below poverty line	151	N/A	0
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	149	13.190 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	151	800 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	160	2.1 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	24	36.7	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	16	31.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	18	33.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	165	882000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	171	311.200 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	174	91000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	164	35.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	23	95.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	39	3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	55	1.7 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	186	802000 Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	80	5.663 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	160	5900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	157	5590 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	152	0.65 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	62	20.13 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	56	29.51 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	21	70.3	2018
Land use - arable land	134	1.8	2018
Land use - forest	136	10.6	2018
Land use - other	116	19.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	7	68.5	2018
Revenue from coal	30	N/A % of GDP	2022
Revenue from forest resources	95	N/A % of GDP	2022
Total renewable water resources	121	14.700 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	57	3.281 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	150	2.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	158	15.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	13	4.2	2025
Urbanization - urban population	118	47.3	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	44	627337 sq km	0
Area - total	44	637657 sq km	0
Area - water	60	1.032 million sq km	0
Coastline	38	3025 km	0
Elevation - highest point	79	2460 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	84	410 meters	0
Irrigated land	74	2000 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	77	2385 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	21	70.3	2018
Land use - arable land	134	1.8	2018
Land use - forest	136	10.6	2018
Land use - other	116	19.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	7	68.5	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	36	19.81	1040
Age structure - 25-54 years	175	30.93	5166
Age structure - 55-64 years	160	4.61	4325
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	147	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	131	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	163	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	93	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	8	37.98 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	13	23 %	2009
Contraceptive prevalence rate	124	6.9 %	1819
Current health expenditure	91	N/A % of GDP	0
Death rate	14	11.62 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	131	5.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	21	19.3 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	3	99.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	5	94.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	31	96.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	33	26.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	32	15.8 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	31	3.6 % of population	0
Education expenditures	70	0.3 % of GDP	2019
Hospital bed density	61	0.9 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	3	76.59 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	2	96.18 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	2	86.53 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	187	58.12 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	190	53.39 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	188	55.72 years	0
Literacy - female	118	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	103	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	112	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	4	829 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	148	18.3 years	2020
Median age - male	134	18.7 years	0
Median age - total	133	18.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	128	2.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	108	8.3 %	2016
Physicians density	153	0.02 physicians/1,000 population	2014
Population	76	12.386 million	2022
Population growth rate	24	2.42 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	65	82.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	24	66.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	25	43.8 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	28	17.6 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	15	1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	13	1.08	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	13	1.08	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	41	0.56 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	110	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - male	137	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - total	123	N/A %	2022
Total fertility rate	8	5.31 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	13	4.2	2025
Urbanization - urban population	118	47.3	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	24	36.7	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	16	31.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	18	33.8	0
Transportation
Airports	77	52	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	21	5	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	68	8	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
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	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	130	4	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	152	4486	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	93	7	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	151	N/A km	2022
Roadways - total	158	N/A km	2022
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Somalia 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Somalia 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.