Country profile · SOM
Somalia
Region · Sub-Saharan Africa Population · 18.4M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 6.7%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 621 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 6.13
- Expected years of schooling
- 7.5 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 4%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 25% / 3%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.37
- Urban population
- 54%
- Employment in agriculture
- 31%
- Internet use
- 26%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.07%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 6.0 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 20.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 42%
- Women married before age 18
- 45%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 4.67
Religion
- Islam100%
Major cities
- Mogadishu
- Hargeisa
- Kismayo
Common hazards
- Drought
- Floods
Common migration destinations
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- the United States