Social Development in Somalia

131 indicators covering social development for Somalia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 5 2018 98th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 236,269 2025 up 317.0% 9th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.012 units per person 2025 up 192.9% 11th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 97.4% 4th
Political Rights Score 2 2025 168th
Freedom Score 8 2025 up 300.0% 184th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 25,702 2025 up 154.1% 34th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0013 units per person 2025 up 78.5% 37th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 20.3% 6th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -0.3854 % change on previous year 2025 down 102.5% 43rd
Full democracy 0 2025 78th
States involved in state-based conflicts 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 15 2018 up 50.0% 99th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 15.46 % change on previous year 2025 up 67.9% 35th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.306 2025 up 121.7% 145th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.549 2025 up 124.1% 117th
Political Corruption Index 0.87 2025 down 5.9% 16th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.87 2025 down 5.9% 16th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0 2024 177th
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 down 100.0% 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 2 conflicts 2025 up 100.0% 2nd
Countries where armed conflicts took place 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.2857 units per square kilometre 2023 up 402.5% 34th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0327 units per square kilometre 2023 up 107.6% 61st
LGBT+ Rights Index -0.3355 2019 unchanged 138th
Forcibly displaced people 3.39 million 2025 up 173.4% 12th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 down 100.0% 1st
Press freedom 0 2016 131st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 116th
Age of electoral democracy 9 years 1968 up 800.0% 125th
Corruption Perceptions Index 9 2024 up 12.5% 178th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 3.86 million people 2024 up 240.8% 6th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0 2024 201st
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0 2024 178th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0 2024 176th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0 2024 55th
Self-reported life satisfaction 4.51 2025 down 17.1% 119th
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 4.51 2025 down 17.1% 119th
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 down 100.0% 51st
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 90th
Homicides 848.81 deaths 2021 up 15.3% 63rd
Homicide rate 4.97 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 17.6% 91st
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 5 2021 down 16.8% 87th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 0 2025 183rd
States involved in state based conflicts, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Freedom of Association Score 2 2025 unchanged 97th
Freedom of Expression Score 2 2025 unchanged 98th
Civil Rights Score 1 2025 unchanged 117th
Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 98.2% 2020 up 0.0% 2nd
Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 99.1% 2020 up 0.0% 2nd
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 30.0% 2020 up 0.3% 150th
Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 0.9% 2020 down 0.5% 185th
Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 0.9% 2020 down 0.1% 185th
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 0.3% 2020 up 1.1% 183rd
Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 0 2020 183rd
Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place 0 2010 4th
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / 3.35 million 2025 up 173.7% 10th
Tobacco MPOWER overview: Monitor, Protect people, Offer help, Warn of 2 2024 unchanged 156th