Somalia
Access to electricity in Somalia
Access to electricity in Somalia: 2.1% in 2000 and 54.4% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 54.4%
- Since 2000
- +52.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 192 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Somalia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 54.4 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 50.3 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 48.9 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 49.3 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 49.9 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 49.2 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 50.7 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 52.1 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 51.1 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 51.2 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 51.4 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 51.5 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 51.8 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 52 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 52.3 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 25.5 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 22.9 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 20.2 | 82 |
| 2006 | 15.2 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 15 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 12.4 | 80 |
| 2003 | 9.8 | 80 |
| 2002 | 7.4 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 4.7 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 2.1 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 73.2 |
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Somalia in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$193M in 2025
- Military spending per person$10 in 2025
- Military share of state spending20.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel14,000 people in 2020
- National power0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2025