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Somalia

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Key facts

  • currency: Somali shilling
  • capital city: Mogadishu
  • region: Eastern Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 627,340 km²
  • population: 18,143,378 people
  • political leader: Hassan Ali Khayre (Prime Minister)
Classified as: place

Summary

Somalia is a country. The capital city is Mogadishu, located in the Eastern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 627,340 km², a population of 18,143,378 people and uses the currency Somali shilling. The Prime Minister is Hassan Ali Khayre.

Location on a map: [10°0′N, 49°0′E]

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Environment

Somalia is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Eastern Africa and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 441,290.00 km²
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 0.94 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 48.90 % of population
  • Fertility rate: 6.20 births per woman
  • Forest area: 59,032 km²
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 33.36 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 11.40
  • Methane emissions: 25.81 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 5.01 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 9,046,859 people
  • Male population: 9,096,520 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 95.40 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 635,102.22 km²
  • Rural population: 9,449,071 people
  • Urban land area: 1,451.27 km²
  • Urban population: 8,694,307 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.68 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Somalia by population

Cities in Somalia

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Somalia

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Somalia

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Somalia

Evolution of historical forest area in Somalia

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Somalia

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Somalia

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Somalia

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Somalia

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Somalia

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Somalia

Evolution of historical land area in Somalia

Evolution of historical median age in Somalia

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Somalia

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Somalia

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Somalia

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Somalia

Relationship between methane emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Somalia

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Somalia

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Somalia

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Somalia

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Somalia

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions in Somalia

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Somalia

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Somalia

Evolution of historical population in Somalia

Relationship between urban land area and population in Somalia

Evolution of historical female population in Somalia

Evolution of historical male population in Somalia

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Somalia

Evolution of historical rural land area in Somalia

Evolution of historical rural population in Somalia

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Somalia

Evolution of historical urban land area in Somalia

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Somalia

Evolution of historical urban population in Somalia

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Somalia

Relationship between population and date in Somalia

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Somalia

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Somalia

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Somalia

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Somalia

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Somalia

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Somalia

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Somalia

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Somalia

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Somalia

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Somalia

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Somalia

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Somalia

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate in Somalia

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Somalia

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Somalia

Distribution of sites in Somalia by inscription year

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Somalia

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Somalia

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Somalia

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Somalia

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Somalia

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Somalia

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Somalia

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Somalia

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Somalia

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Somalia

Geographical distribution of sites in Somalia by area

Sites in Somalia

Proportion of transboundary sites in Somalia

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Somalia by mean width

Wildfires in Somalia

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Somalia

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 14,000 people
  • Democracy score: 0.00
  • Democracy type: Unknown
  • Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 3,862,000 people
  • Individuals using the internet: 27.60 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 1.53 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -30,000 people
  • Press freedom: 1.37
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 19.71 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Somalia

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Somalia

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Somalia

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Somalia

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Somalia

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Somalia

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Somalia

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Somalia

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Somalia

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Somalia

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Somalia

Evolution of historical net migration in Somalia

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Somalia

Political parties in Somalia

Distribution of politicians from Somalia by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Somalia

Politicians from Somalia

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Business

  • Expense: 0.00 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 11,679,800,110.15 current US$
  • Self-employed workers: 51.23 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 0.00 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 19.03 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 45.12 % of total employment

Proportion of revenue types by company in Somalia

Distribution of companies founded in Somalia by year

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Somalia

Companies from Somalia

Proportion of employee types in companies from Somalia

Evolution of historical central government debt in Somalia

Evolution of historical expense in Somalia

Evolution of historical GDP in Somalia

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Somalia

Evolution of historical inflation in Somalia

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Somalia

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Somalia

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Somalia

Evolution of historical unemployment in Somalia

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Somalia

Exchanges in Somalia

Proportion of shops per country in Somalia

Shops in Somalia

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Health

  • Birth rate: 43.09 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 11.01 per 1,000 people
  • Hospital beds: 0.87 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 56
  • Suicide mortality rate: 7.90 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical death rate in Somalia

Evolution of historical birth rate in Somalia

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Somalia

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Somalia

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Somalia

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Somalia

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Somalia

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Somalia

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Somalia

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Somalia

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Somalia

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Somalia

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Somalia

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Somalia

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Somalia

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Somalia

Diseases in Somalia

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Somalia

Proportion of diseases in Somalia by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Somalia by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Somalia

Evolution of historical deaths in Somalia

Relationship between cases and deaths in Somalia

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Somalia by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Somalia

Athletes from Somalia

Proportion of competitions per city in Somalia

Competitions in Somalia

Proportion of competitions per country in Somalia

Distribution of competitions in Somalia by start date

Proportion of medals won by Somalia in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Somalia

Distribution of artists from Somalia by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Somalia

Geographical distribution of museums in Somalia by visitors

Museums in Somalia

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Somalia by total students

Distribution of universities in Somalia per foundation year

Universities in Somalia

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In literature

There are 162 books written about Somalia in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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