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Somalia

68 series · 1800–2025 · Low income · Sub-Saharan Africa

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National accounts

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Nominal GDPMillions of local currencynGDP1960–2025338,100,000 (2025)
Nominal GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsnGDP_USD1960–202411,966 (2024)
Real GDPMillions of local currencyrGDP1960–2025203,600,000 (2025)
Real GDP per capitaConstant local currency per personrGDP_pc1960–202510,359,484 (2025)
Real GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsrGDP_USD1960–20259,855 (2025)
DeflatorIndex, 2015 = 100deflator1960–2025154.1 (2025)
Real GDP per capita (USD)US dollars per personrGDP_pc_USD1960–2025501.4 (2025)

Consumption and investment

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Total consumptionMillions of local currencycons1960–2025478,200,000 (2025)
Total consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcons_GDP1960–2025141.5 (2025)
Total consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarscons_USD1960–202416,892 (2024)
Household consumptionMillions of local currencyhcons1960–2025450,800,000 (2025)
Household consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPhcons_GDP1960–2025133.4 (2025)
Household consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarshcons_USD1960–202415,961 (2024)
Government consumptionMillions of local currencygcons1960–202527,423,490 (2025)
Government consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgcons_GDP1960–20258.11 (2025)
Government consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarsgcons_USD1960–2024931.0 (2024)
Gross capital formationMillions of local currencyinv1960–202595,049,536 (2025)
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPinv_GDP1960–202528.1 (2025)
Gross capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsinv_USD1960–20243,201 (2024)
Gross fixed capital formationMillions of local currencyfinv1970–202595,049,536 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPfinv_GDP1970–202528.1 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsfinv_USD1970–20243,201 (2024)

External sector

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
ExportsMillions of local currencyexports1932–202598,884,296 (2025)
Exports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPexports_GDP1960–202529.3 (2025)
Exports (USD)Millions of US dollarsexports_USD1950–20243,735 (2024)
ImportsMillions of local currencyimports1932–2025334,100,000 (2025)
Imports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPimports_GDP1960–202598.8 (2025)
Imports (USD)Millions of US dollarsimports_USD1950–202411,861 (2024)
Current accountMillions of local currencyCA1977–2023-23,629,600 (2023)
Current account (% of GDP)Percent of GDPCA_GDP1977–2023-8.87 (2023)
USD exchange rateLocal currency per US dollarUSDfx1950–202424,300 (2024)
Current account (USD)Millions of US dollarsCA_USD1977–2023-972.4 (2023)

Government finances

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Government expenditureMillions of local currencygovexp2013–202525,303,958 (2025)
General government expenditureMillions of local currencygen_govexp2013–202525,303,958 (2025)
General government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govexp_GDP2013–20257.49 (2025)
Central government expenditureMillions of local currencycgovexp2013–202521,148,375 (2025)
Central government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovexp_GDP2013–20256.26 (2025)
Government revenueMillions of local currencygovrev2013–202524,298,946 (2025)
General government revenueMillions of local currencygen_govrev2013–202524,298,946 (2025)
Central government revenueMillions of local currencycgovrev2013–202563,488,891 (2025)
General government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govrev_GDP2013–20257.19 (2025)
Central government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovrev_GDP2013–202518.8 (2025)
Government tax revenueMillions of local currencygovtax2017–20249,437,695 (2024)
General government tax revenueMillions of local currencygen_govtax2017–20249,437,695 (2024)
Central government tax revenueMillions of local currencycgovtax2017–20246,405,687 (2024)
General government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govtax_GDP2017–20243.25 (2024)
Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovtax_GDP2017–20242.20 (2024)
Government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdef_GDP2013–2025-0.297 (2025)
General government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdef_GDP2013–2025-0.297 (2025)
General government deficitMillions of local currencygen_govdef2013–2025-1,005,014 (2025)
Central government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdef_GDP2013–2025-0.60 (2025)
Central government deficitMillions of local currencycgovdef2013–2025-2,028,331 (2025)
Government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdebt_GDP2021–202412.7 (2024)
Central government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdebt_GDP2021–202412.7 (2024)
Central government debtMillions of local currencycgovdebt2021–202436,819,926 (2024)
Government debtMillions of local currencygovdebt2021–202436,819,926 (2024)
Government deficitMillions of local currencygovdef2013–2025-1,005,014 (2025)
Government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovexp_GDP2013–20257.49 (2025)
Government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovrev_GDP2013–20257.19 (2025)
Government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovtax_GDP2017–20243.25 (2024)

Money and interest rates

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Central bank policy ratePercentcbrate1969–198945.0 (1989)
M0 (monetary base)Millions of local currencyM01960–198970,790 (1989)
M1Millions of local currencyM11960–1999134,078 (1999)
M2Millions of local currencyM21960–1999194,158 (1999)

Prices and labor markets

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Consumer price indexIndex, 2015 = 100CPI1953–2024147.9 (2024)
InflationPercentinfl1954–20245.53 (2024)
PopulationMillions of peoplepop1800–202519.7 (2025)
Unemployment ratePercentunemp2019–202211.1 (2022)

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →