International Rankings of Somalia 2023, 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	53	1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	128	119000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	106	14.5 %	2021
Internet users - total	127	2.465 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	58	1	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	137	91000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	93	52	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	96	8.844 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	211	151.100 million US Dollars	2014
Budget - revenues	211	145.300 million US Dollars	2014
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	31	0.1 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	116	464.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	132	5.300 billion US Dollars	2014
Exports	182	819.000 million US Dollars	2014
GDP (official exchange rate)	155	7.052 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	185	0.3 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	123	8.7 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	59	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	87	20 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	48	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	168	7.4 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	184	32.5 % of GDP	2013
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	67	36.8 %	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	49	94.430 billion US Dollars	2018
Industrial production growth rate	105	3.5 %	2014
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	150	1.5 %	2017
Labor force	107	3.042 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	19	71 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	23	29 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	2023
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	43	76.7 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	154	19.399 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	113	4.05 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	174	1100 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	193	30.450 million US Dollars	2014
Taxes and other revenues	208	0 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	18	19.86 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	34	38.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	23	32.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	24	34.7	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	174	882000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	179	311.200 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	183	91000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	171	35.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	26	95.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	41	3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	58	1.7 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	194	802000 Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	81	5.663 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	168	5900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	168	5590 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	158	0.65 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	63	20.13 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	58	29.51 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	22	70.3	2018
Land use - arable land	145	1.8	2018
Land use - forest	147	10.6	2018
Land use - other	126	19.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	8	68.5	2018
Revenue from coal	34	N/A % of GDP	2023
Revenue from forest resources	99	N/A % of GDP	2023
Total renewable water resources	128	14.700 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	56	3.280 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	100	2.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	111	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	13	4.2	2025
Urbanization - urban population	123	47.9	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	47	627337 sq km	0
Area - total	48	637657 sq km	0
Area - water	63	1.032 million sq km	0
Coastline	41	3025 km	0
Elevation - highest point	89	2460 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	87	410 meters	0
Irrigated land	76	2000 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	81	2385 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	22	70.3	2018
Land use - arable land	145	1.8	2018
Land use - forest	147	10.6	2018
Land use - other	126	19.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	8	68.5	2018
Military
Military expenditures	3	6 % of GDP	2021
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	152	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	135	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	168	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	96	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	8	37.71 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	14	23 %	2009
Contraceptive prevalence rate	129	6.9 %	1819
Current health expenditure	93	N/A % of GDP	0
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	45	62.9 %	2023
Death rate	18	11.43 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	141	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	32	96.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	34	26.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	33	15.8 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	33	3.6 % of population	0
Education expenditures	73	0.3 % of GDP	2019
Gross reproduction rate	8	2.57 %	2023
Hospital bed density	62	0.9 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	3	75.15 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	2	94.68 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	2	85.06 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	203	58.55 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	210	53.75 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	203	56.12 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	7	621 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	159	18.3 years	2020
Median age - male	141	18.7 years	0
Median age - total	145	18.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	129	1.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	114	8.3 %	2016
Physicians density	158	0.02 physicians/1,000 population	2014
Population	79	12.694 million	2023
Population growth rate	20	2.49 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	66	82.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	26	66.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	27	43.8 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	29	17.6 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	16	1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	19	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	40	0.73 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	8	5.22 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	13	4.2	2025
Urbanization - urban population	123	47.9	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	34	38.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	23	32.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	24	34.7	0
Transportation
Airports	78	52	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	56	441000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	140	4	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	157	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2023
Roadways - total	188	N/A km	2023
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Somalia 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Somalia 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.