Inequality in education in Somalia
Somalia: Inequality in education was 0.4461 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Inequality in education in Somalia, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 0.4461 for inequality in education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inequality in education in Somalia peaked at 0.4461 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.4352, in 2010.
Somalia ranks 12th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4352 | 0.4352 | 0.4352 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4406 | 0.4352 | 0.4461 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 9 Burkina Faso 0.4607 compare
- 11 East Timor 0.4491 compare
- 13 Comoros 0.444 compare
- 14 Benin 0.4403 compare
- 15 Mauritania 0.4399 compare
More education data for Somalia
- Population ages 0-14 46.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 50.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 20.9% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 12,870 (2007)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 6.01 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 19.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inequality in education in Somalia?
- Inequality in education in Somalia was 0.4461 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest inequality in education recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4461 in 2022.
- What is the lowest inequality in education recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4352 in 2010.
- How does Somalia rank for inequality in education?
- Somalia ranks 12th out of 184 countries with data for 2023.
- Is inequality in education rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. 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 Inequality in education. 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. Inequality is measured here in terms of the number of years adults older than 25 participated in formal education.