Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Somalia
Somalia: Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social was 0.3% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0.3%
Change on year
down 16.6%
World rank
124th
of 127 countries
All-time high
1.9%
in 2022
All-time low
0.3%
in 2024
Years of data
7
2017–2024
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Somalia, 2017–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Somalia stood at 0.3%. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is down 16.6% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.
Somalia ranks 124th of 127 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Somalia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.4% | — |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | +336.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | -73.4% |
| 2022 | 1.9% | +310.2% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | -78.4% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | -16.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 1.7% | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
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 proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Somalia?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Somalia was 0.3% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2024.
- How does Somalia rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services, social?
- Somalia ranks 124th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services, social rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social protection (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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