Somalia, Fed. Rep. — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Somalia, Fed. Rep., 1960–2025.
GDP for Somalia, Fed. Rep. was 13.00 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 180.46 million in 1960 (about 72.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.80% per year.
Somalia, Fed. Rep. ranks 150 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 71%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 19.93 billion, so Somalia, Fed. Rep. sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 111%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 31 of 47 economies; Equatorial Guinea (12.82 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 78% in 1993. That is 41% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1972; grown tenfold by 1997. Doubling roughly every 11 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 91st of 111 in 1960 → 101st of 146 in 1970 → 131st of 163 in 1980 → 152nd of 192 in 1990 → 139th of 204 in 2000 → 172nd of 212 in 2010 → 149th of 210 in 2020 → 143rd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,995,200,000.27 | +8.6% |
| 2024 | 11,967,000,000 | +9.2% |
| 2023 | 10,958,000,000 | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 10,203,000,000 | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 9,483,000,000 | +9.9% |
| 2020 | 8,628,000,000 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 8,656,000,000 | +9.9% |
| 2018 | 7,873,000,000 | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 7,621,501,710 | +15.2% |
| 2016 | 6,613,743,070 | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 6,152,149,100 | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 5,728,399,720 | +13.1% |
| 2013 | 5,062,881,600 | +16.0% |
| 2012 | 4,364,670,160 | +50.2% |
| 2011 | 2,906,000,096.93 | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 2,687,807,003.74 | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 2,948,594,552.45 | -50.1% |
| 2008 | 5,913,620,292.91 | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 5,430,713,728.89 | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 5,026,743,282.04 | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 4,683,246,454.1 | +21.3% |
| 2004 | 3,859,592,813.1 | +36.1% |
| 2003 | 2,836,724,351.56 | +29.4% |
| 2002 | 2,192,684,134.59 | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 2,252,847,464.69 | -34.0% |
| 2000 | 3,412,797,450.2 | +12.1% |
| 1999 | 3,045,751,527.66 | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 2,962,047,564.42 | +35.1% |
| 1997 | 2,191,749,013.58 | +22.3% |
| 1996 | 1,792,234,297.39 | +16.8% |
| 1995 | 1,534,756,134.55 | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 1,481,205,097.98 | +17.5% |
| 1993 | 1,260,132,955.79 | +77.7% |
| 1992 | 709,297,578.5 | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 717,974,929.76 | -30.4% |
| 1990 | 1,031,282,081.17 | -12.7% |
| 1989 | 1,181,360,843.94 | +12.3% |
| 1988 | 1,051,596,967.13 | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 1,018,972,664.46 | +11.2% |
| 1986 | 916,590,786.33 | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 875,702,247.19 | +11.2% |
| 1984 | 787,434,541.73 | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 735,408,641.77 | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 774,578,931.96 | +10.8% |
| 1981 | 699,302,473.05 | +16.1% |
| 1980 | 602,515,548.45 | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 589,566,929.13 | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 564,571,823.2 | +13.2% |
| 1977 | 498,550,724.64 | -42.8% |
| 1976 | 871,344,245.12 | +15.1% |
| 1975 | 757,015,878.79 | +32.2% |
| 1974 | 572,504,035.9 | +18.4% |
| 1973 | 483,699,610.6 | +8.0% |
| 1972 | 447,883,941.19 | +29.1% |
| 1971 | 347,039,445.71 | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 347,985,394.29 | +13.6% |
| 1969 | 306,357,284.57 | +6.8% |
| 1968 | 286,719,885.31 | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 271,781,886.81 | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 257,375,897.05 | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 243,725,898.03 | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 229,529,912.67 | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 216,145,935.94 | +6.2% |
| 1962 | 203,531,927.55 | +6.2% |
| 1961 | 191,659,914.38 | +6.2% |
| 1960 | 180,459,936.78 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Somalia, Fed. Rep.’s GDP in 1961?
191,659,914.38 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Somalia, Fed. Rep.’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Somalia, Fed. Rep.’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +7101.2% in total — about 6.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 12,995,200,000.27; 2024: 11,967,000,000; 2023: 10,958,000,000; 2022: 10,203,000,000; 2021: 9,483,000,000. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.