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Somalia vs Zambia
How Somalia and Zambia compare on 34 measures, from 1900 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Zambia was higher: 66.4 years against 58.8 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Zambia was higher: $1,356 against $465
- Population · In 2023, Zambia was higher: 20.7 million people against 18.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Somalia was higher: 1.54% of GDP against 1.26% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Zambia was higher: 0.54 tonnes against 0.05 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancySomalia: 58.8 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySomalia: 10.1 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySomalia: 66.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSomalia: 3.79% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateSomalia: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSomalia: 18.4 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSomalia: 3.57% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSomalia: 6.13 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSomalia: 55.1% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageSomalia: 15.5 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSomalia: 2.6% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateSomalia: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSomalia: 1.54% of GDP in 2025Zambia: 1.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSomalia: $193M in 2025Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military spending per personSomalia: $10 in 2025Zambia: $19 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSomalia: 20.8% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSomalia: 14,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerSomalia: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSomalia: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSomalia: 2 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024
Climate
Technology and environment
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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