Somalia, year by year

Every index this site holds for Somalia, in time order: 11 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

Twenty years here

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Life expectancy at birth: 59 years2024at birthUp 8.1 years from 50.9 years in 2005
Internet users: 28%2024of people onlineUp 27 points from 1% in 2006
Urban population: 55%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 19 points from 36% in 2006
Births per woman: 6.012024births per womanDown 1.52 from 7.53 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 95%2022of energy usedUp 2 points from 93% in 2004
Access to electricity: 54%2024of people with electricityUp 39 points from 15% in 2005
Infant mortality: 652024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 39 from 104 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.1 t2024of CO2 per person a yearLevel with 2005
Forest area: 9%2023of land under forestDown 2 points from 11% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 11 series · 20 values marked for checking

Year	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	46.9	—	—	7.44	86.3	—	106	0.1	13.2	—	—
1991	25.4	—	29.7	7.47	87.6	—	216	0.1	13.1	—	—
1992	25.0	—	30.0	7.50	88.8	—	223	0.1	13.0	—	—
1993	50.5	—	30.4	7.53	89.4	—	219	0.1	12.8	—	—
1994	50.3	—	30.7	7.54	89.9	—	104	0.1	12.7	—	—
1995	50.6	0.0	31.1	7.58	90.6	—	104	0.1	12.6	—	—
1996	50.5	0.0	31.4	7.62	91.0	—	104	0.1	12.5	—	—
1997	50.3	0.0	31.8	7.66	91.7	—	104	0.1	12.3	—	—
1998	50.8	0.0	32.2	7.66	92.5	—	104	0.1	12.2	—	—
1999	50.6	0.0	32.6	7.66	92.9	—	104	0.1	12.1	—	—
2000	50.8	0.0	33.1	7.65	93.3	2	104	0.1	12.0	—	—
2001	50.8	0.1	33.5	7.64	93.3	5	104	0.1	11.9	—	—
2002	50.8	0.1	34.0	7.63	92.6	7	104	0.1	11.7	—	—
2003	50.7	0.4	34.5	7.60	92.8	10	104	0.1	11.6	—	—
2004	50.7	1.1	35.0	7.57	93.0	12	104	0.1	11.5	—	—
2005	50.9	1.1	35.5	7.53	93.3	15	104	0.1	11.4	—	—
2006	50.9	1.1	36.0	7.49	93.5	15	104	0.1	11.3	458	659
2007	50.9	1.1	36.6	7.46	93.0	20	103	0.1	11.1	480	700
2008	51.5	1.1	37.2	7.42	93.4	23	101	0.1	11.0	507	739
2009	52.1	1.2	37.8	7.38	93.6	26	98	0.1	10.9	247	774
2010	48.9	—	38.6	7.32	93.6	52	113	0.1	10.8	219	815
2011	32.5	1.3	39.4	7.27	93.7	52	218	0.1	10.6	235	881
2012	49.1	1.4	40.3	7.21	93.9	52	112	0.1	10.5	350	1003
2013	54.0	1.5	41.3	7.14	94.4	52	88	0.1	10.4	393	944
2014	54.4	1.6	42.4	7.06	94.6	51	86	0.1	10.3	429	1128
2015	55.1	1.8	43.9	6.98	94.5	51	84	0.1	10.1	446	1341
2016	55.3	1.9	45.9	6.88	94.8	51	82	0.1	10.0	461	1469
2017	52.2	—	48.4	6.77	94.9	52	97	0.1	9.9	511	1597
2018	54.8	—	51.0	6.66	94.9	51	85	0.1	9.8	509	1552
2019	57.3	2.7	51.6	6.56	95.0	49	75	0.1	9.7	540	1548
2020	57.1	15.0	52.3	6.45	95.5	50	73	0.1	9.5	518	1454
2021	55.7	23.9	52.9	6.35	95.4	49	71	0.1	9.4	549	1392
2022	53.9	27.6	53.5	6.26	95.4	49	89	0.1	9.3	573	1486
2023	58.8	26.1	54.1	6.13	—	50	67	0.1	9.2	597	1557
2024	59.0	27.9	54.6	6.01	—	54	65	0.1	—	630	1604
2025	—	—	55.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	661	1643
On the profile	59.0	27.9	55.1	6.01	95.4	—	—	0.1	9.2	661	1643

Sources: Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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