2nd highest fertility rate6.01 children per woman · #2 of 210 · 2024
3rd lowest CO₂ per person0.1 t · #3 of 203 · 2024
3rd lowest health spending per person$22 · #3 of 193 · 2023
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COUNTRYDUEL AFRICA
Surprising facts about Somalia
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Somalia’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Somalia among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Somalia sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Somalia across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Somalia
vs Djibouti 
vs Ethiopia 
vs Kenya