Economy · GDP per capita · Somalia
Somalia’s GDP per capita rose to $661.2 in 2025.
$661.2
2025
Up $31.6 from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
In plain words
$661.2
What it is. GDP per capita divides the value of everything produced in Somalia in a year by the number of people living there, measured in current US dollars. It gives a rough sense of average output per person. It says nothing about how income is shared, and it is a weak guide in an economy where much activity is informal, such as livestock, farming and money transfers from relatives abroad, and is hard to count.
Higher is better. Higher output per person generally means more income is available to spend, save and invest, so a higher figure is better for this measure. The latest figure, for 2025, is $661, up from $630 a year earlier, a rise of 5%. That is the highest level since 2016, when the figure stood at $461, the lowest in the same span. Somalia's figure has therefore climbed across the whole period.
Why it matters. At $661 a year, average output per person in Somalia remains very small, so household budgets stay tight and many families depend on remittances and informal work. The rise of $32 over the past year points to some growth in average incomes. For firms and the state, a small economy per head means a narrow base for earnings and taxes to fund public services.
| Period | GDP per capita · Somalia |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $460.9 |
| 2017 | $510.9 |
| 2018 | $509.5 |
| 2019 | $540 |
| 2020 | $518.2 |
| 2021 | $549.1 |
| 2022 | $573.1 |
| 2023 | $596.9 |
| 2024 | $629.5 |
| 2025 | $661.2 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, GDP per capita, Somalia, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/gdp-per-capita/somalia
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Gross domestic product per person at current US dollars. Unit: USD.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series NY.GDP.PCAP.CD), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.