Somalia

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Key facts

  • Currency: Somali shilling
  • Capital city: Mogadishu
  • Region: Eastern Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 627,340 km²
  • Population: 17,597,511
  • Political Leader: Hassan Ali Khayre (Prime Minister)

Latest news

World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia

Read: Global Issues

2024-03-27

World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia

Read: United Nations

2024-03-27

Turkish TIKA sends Ramadan food aid to Congo, Peru, Yemen, Somalia

Read: Daily Sabah

2024-03-26

World News in Brief: 17 million Yemenis need health support, cholera in Somalia, OCHA chief stepping down, Haiti crisis update

Read: Global Issues

2024-03-25

World News in Brief: 17 million Yemenis need health support, cholera in Somalia, OCHA chief stepping down, Haiti crisis update

Read: United Nations

2024-03-25

Al-Shabab terrorists storm military base in Somalia

Read: Daily Sabah

2024-03-23

Somali pirates to face trial after India navy capture

Read: Deutsche Welle

2024-03-23

Metrics

Business

Expense 0.00 % of GDP
GDP 10,419,500,000.00 current US$
Self-employed 51.23 % of total employment
Tax revenue 0.00 % of GDP
Unemployment 19.29 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 45.12 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 441,290.00 km²
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 660.40 kt
Fertility rate 6.31 births per woman
Forest area 59,032 km²
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 -368.44 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 11.30 years
Methane emissions 18,752.10 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 6,548.95 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 8,775,069
Male Population 8,822,442
Renewable energy consumption 95.37 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 635,102.00 km²
Rural population 9,269,665
Urban land area 1,451.27 km²
Urban population 8,327,846
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 2.68 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 43.56 per 1,000 people
Death rate 11.60 per 1,000 people
Hospital beds 0.87 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 55 years
Suicide mortality rate 7.90 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 49.32 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 3,864,000
Individuals using the Internet 2.00 % of population
Net migration -30,000
Press freedom 1.37


Politics

Armed forces personnel 14,000
Democracy score 0.00
Democracy type Unknown
Military expenditure 1.53 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 19.71 %


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Coordinates: [10°0′N, 49°0′N]
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Cities Population In Somalia

Somalia Historical Agricultural Land

Somalia Historical Alternative And Nuclear Energy

Somalia Historical Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2)

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Somalia Historical Electricity Production From Coal Sources

Somalia Historical Electricity Production From Natural Gas Sources

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Somalia Historical Electricity Production From Nuclear Sources

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Somalia Historical Fertility Rate

Somalia Historical Forest Area

Somalia Historical Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption

Somalia Historical Other Greenhouse Gas Emissions, HFC, PFC And SF6

Somalia Historical Internally Displaced Persons, By Conflict And Violence

Somalia Historical Individuals Using The Internet

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Somalia Historical Median Age

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Somalia Historical Population

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Somalia Historical Renewable Energy Consumption

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Somalia Historical Urban Population Living In Areas Where Elevation Is Below 5 Meters

Sites Per Inscription Date In Somalia

Sites Area In Somalia

Sites Per Transboundary In Somalia

Wildfires Total Fire Area In Somalia

Somalia Historical Birth Rate

Somalia Historical Death Rate

Somalia Historical Health Expenditure Per Capita

Somalia Historical Health Expenditure

Somalia Historical Incidence Of HIV

Somalia Historical Hospital Beds

Somalia Historical Life Expectancy At Birth

Somalia Historical Suicide Mortality Rate

Country Covid-19 Daily Covid Cases Per Date In Somalia

Country Covid-19 Daily Average Number Of Cases Over The Last 7 Days Per Date In Somalia

Country Covid-19 Daily Covid Deaths Per Date In Somalia

Country Covid-19 Daily Average Number Of Covid Deaths Over The Last 7 Days Per Date In Somalia

Companies Per Foundation Year In Somalia

Somalia Historical Central Government Debt

Somalia Historical Expense

Somalia Historical GDP

Somalia Historical Inflation

Somalia Historical Self-employed

Somalia Historical Tax Revenue

Somalia Historical Unemployment

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Public Companies Per Ceo Gender In Somalia

Somalia Historical Armed Forces Personnel

Somalia Historical Military Expenditure

Somalia Historical Proportion Of Seats Held By Women In National Parliaments

Politicians Per Birth Date In Somalia

Politicians Per Gender In Somalia

Artists Per Birth Date In Somalia

Artists Per Gender In Somalia

Museums Visitors In Somalia

Universities Total Students In Somalia

Universities Per Foundation Year In Somalia

Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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