Income inequality: Atkinson index in Somalia
Somalia: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.4741 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Somalia, 2016–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: atkinson index in Somalia is 0.4741, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
That places Somalia 17th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Somalia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.4741 | — |
| 2017 | 0.4741 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4741 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4741 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4741 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4741 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4741 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4741 | +0.0% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 0.4741 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.3934, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 0.4741 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4345, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4741 | 0.4741 | 0.4741 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.4741 | 0.4741 | 0.4741 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 14 Barbados 0.4898 compare
- 15 South Sudan 0.4885 compare
- 16 Equatorial Guinea 0.4842
- 18 Dominica 0.4605
- 19 Botswana 0.4548 compare
- 20 Central African Republic 0.4547 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Somalia
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 6.13 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 503.5 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 27.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 2.06 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 2.1% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 15.94 % change on previous year (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 7.9% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.2356 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Somalia?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Somalia was 0.4741 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4741 in 2016.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4741 in 2016.
- How does Somalia rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Somalia ranks 17th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.