International Rankings of Somalia 2024, 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	1.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	128	119000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	106	14.50 %	2021
Internet users - total	127	2.465 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	58	1.00	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	141	91000	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	92	50.00	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	97	8.844 million	2022
Economy
Budget - expenditures	211	151.100 million US Dollars	2014
Budget - revenues	211	145.300 million US Dollars	2014
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	31	0.10 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	117	464.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	133	5.300 billion US Dollars	2014
Exports	181	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	0.30 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	123	8.70 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	59	72.60 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	2	1.60 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	87	20.00 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	48	0.80 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	2	60.20 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	168	7.40 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	184	32.50 % of GDP	2013
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	67	37 %	2017
Imports	49	94.430 billion US Dollars	2018
Industrial production growth rate	105	3.50 %	2014
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	151	1.50 %	2017
Labor force	107	3.042 million US Dollars	2021
Public debt	45	76.70 % 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	170	1100 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	8	25	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	193	30.450 million US Dollars	2014
Unemployment rate	18	19.86 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	34	38.50 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	23	32.50 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	24	34.70 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	174	882000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	176	882000	2019
Electricity - consumption	179	311.200 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	183	91000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	171	35.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	58	31	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	58	49	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	51	71	2021
Electricity access - population without electricity	16	10.000 million	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	26	95.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	41	3.00 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	58	1.70 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	194	802000 Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	81	5.663 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	168	5900 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	168	5590 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	158	1 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	63	20 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	113	14 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	22	70	2018
Land use - arable land	145	2	2018
Land use - forest	147	11	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	8	69	2018
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	4.20	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	123	48	2023
Geography
Area - land	46	627337 sq km	N/A
Area - total	48	637657 sq km	N/A
Area - water	47	10320 sq km	N/A
Coastline	42	3025 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	84	2460 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	87	410 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	76	2000 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	81	2385 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	22	70	2018
Land use - arable land	145	2	2018
Land use - forest	147	11	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	8	69	2018
Population Density	198	20.23 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	6	6 % of GDP	2021
Population
Birth rate	8	37.70 births/1,000 population	2023
Child marriage - men married by age 18	15	6	2020
Child marriage - women married by age 15	4	17	N/A
Child marriage - women married by age 18	11	36	N/A
Contraceptive prevalence rate	129	6.90 %	1819
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	45	63 %	2023
Death rate	20	11.40 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	141	5.20 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	21	19.30 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	3	99.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	5	94.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	32	96 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	34	26 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	33	16 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	33	4 % of population	N/A
Gross reproduction rate	8	2.57 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	3	75.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	2	94.70 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	2	85.10 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	146	59 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	148	54 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	146	56 years	2023
Maternal mortality ratio	7	621.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	162	19 years	N/A
Median age - male	150	19 years	N/A
Median age - total	145	19 years	2023
Net migration rate	72	1.40 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	114	8.30 %	2016
Physicians density	158	0.02 physicians/1,000 population	2014
Population	78	12.694 million	2023
Population growth rate	19	2.49 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	66	82 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	26	66 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	27	44 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	29	18 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	16	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	19	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	40	0.73 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	18	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	8	5.22 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	13	4.20	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	123	48	2023
Transportation
Airports	91	38	2024
Merchant marine - total	138	4	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	7.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020

*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 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Somalia 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Somalia 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.