Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Somalia
Somalia: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 8.1% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Somalia, 2015–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of total government spending on essential services in Somalia is 8.1%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.8% on the previous year and up 471.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Somalia peaked at 8.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2016.
Somalia ranks 153rd of 170 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Somalia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1.4% | — |
| 2016 | 1.3% | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 2.2% | +69.1% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | +33.2% |
| 2019 | 4.3% | +44.8% |
| 2020 | 3.0% | -30.1% |
| 2021 | 3.7% | +21.8% |
| 2022 | 2.8% | -24.3% |
| 2023 | 3.6% | +30.0% |
| 2024 | 7.0% | +93.7% |
| 2025 | 8.1% | +16.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.4% | 1.3% | 4.3% | 5 |
| 2020s | 4.7% | 2.8% | 8.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More education data for Somalia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 12,870 (2007)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2014)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Somalia?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Somalia was 8.1% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2016.
- How does Somalia rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Somalia ranks 153rd out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 471.8%. 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, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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