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🇸🇴 Somalia

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Policy rate not yet covered
Headline inflation 6.70% Jul 2026
FX premium not yet covered
Latest T-bill not yet covered

Tier 1 · Markets

The Market Now

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Official rate, 10-year annual average (World Bank)

20,00021,50023,0002014201520162017

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Tier 2 · Policy & Prices

Policy & Prices

Policy rate

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Inflation

Series YoY Period Source
Headline 6.70% Jul 2026 Source

As of 18 Sep 2026, 02:41 UTC

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Yield curve

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Tier 3 · Structure

Structure & trajectory

Annual indicators, latest available year on each card · Sources: World Bank / UN / IMF WEO Oct 2025 / V-Dem / EIA

12 of 17 indicators improving improving

Rule: for each metric with at least two observations, direction is the sign of (latest − earliest). Child mortality, $3/day poverty, national poverty, debt service, debt-to-GDP, and the Gini index are inverted (a decline is improvement). Overall: improving if ≥60% of those metrics improved, mixed if 40–60%, worsening if <40%.

Population

19.7M · 2025

13M16.5M20M201520172019202120232025

↑ 6.3M since 2014

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GDP per capita (PPP)

$1,643 · 2025

$1,300$1,450$1,600201520172019202120232025

↑ $515.05 since 2014

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GDP per capita growth

-0.4% · 2025

-7%0%11%201520172019202120232025

↓ 5.5 pts since 2014

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Life expectancy

59 years · 2024

5255.559201420162018202020222024

↑ 4.5 years since 2014

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Child mortality

101.1 per 1,000 · 2024

100130160201420162018202020222024

↓ 37.5 since 2014

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Internet users

27.9% · 2024

1.6%14.8%28%201420162018202020222024

↑ 26.3 pts since 2014

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Manufacturing share of GDP

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Electricity access

54.4% · 2024

48%51%54%201420162018202020222024

↑ 3 pts since 2014

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Poverty ($3/day)

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Adult literacy

54.1% · 2022

54%59%64%2019202020212022

↓ 9.5 pts since 2019

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Debt service / exports

0.7% · 2024

0%33.5%67%201420162018202020222024

↑ 0.7 pts since 2014

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Exports of goods and services

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GDP growth

3% · 2025

-3%0%15%201520172019202120232025

↓ 6 pts since 2014

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GDP

$13B · 2025

$6.1B$9.6B$13B201520172019202120232025

↑ $7.3B since 2014

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Unemployment

18.9% · 2025

18%19%20%201520172019202120232025

↑ 0.4 pts since 2014

ILO modeled estimate — national definitions differ

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FDI inflows

$765M · 2024

$260M$510M$760M201420162018202020222024

↑ $504M since 2014

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Remittances

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External debt

$1.8B · 2024

$1.7B$3.5B$5.4B201420162018202020222024

↓ $1B since 2014

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Agriculture share of GDP

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Services share of GDP

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Investment rate

28.1% · 2025

12%20%28%201520172019202120232025

↑ 14.7 pts since 2014

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Terms of trade

75.10 · 2024

75.0097.50120.00201420162018202020222024

↓ 33.10 since 2014

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FX reserves

not available

Lending rate

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Deposit rate

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Gini index

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Health expenditure

3.7% · 2023

2.2%3%3.7%2014201820202023

↑ 0.7 pts since 2014

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Tertiary enrollment

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Tourist arrivals

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Account ownership

38.7% · 2014

2014

Findex · every 3–4 years

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Exports per capita derived

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Median age

15.4 years · 2023

1414.5152014201820202023

↑ 0.5 years since 2014

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Government revenue / GDP

7.2% · 2026

2.3%4.9%7.5%201620182020202220242026

↑ 4.9 pts since 2014

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Debt to GDP

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Gross debt (national currency)

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Current account / GDP

-8.7% · 2026

-9.7%-5.9%-2.1%20142017202020232026

↓ 6.4 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Budget balance / GDP

-0.6% · 2026

-0.9%0%0.5%20142017202020232026

↓ 0.5 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Electoral democracy

0.17 · 2025

0.140.150.17201520172019202120232025

↑ 0.00 since 2014

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Trade profile

Exports

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Imports

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Balance derived

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no recent report

Top exports

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Top imports

no recent report

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