Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Somalia
Somalia: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita was 0.0996 tonnes per person in 2022. ▲ Rising
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Somalia, 2010–2022
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 0.0996 tonnes per person for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 83.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Somalia peaked at 0.1002 tonnes per person in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0384 tonnes per person, in 2010.
That places Somalia 131st out of 189 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Somalia, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.0384 tonnes per person | — |
| 2011 | 0.0566 tonnes per person | +47.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0544 tonnes per person | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0511 tonnes per person | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0561 tonnes per person | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0592 tonnes per person | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0763 tonnes per person | +29.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0942 tonnes per person | +23.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0808 tonnes per person | -14.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0881 tonnes per person | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1002 tonnes per person | +13.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0973 tonnes per person | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0996 tonnes per person | +2.3% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 0.0996 tonnes per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0407 tonnes per person, 2.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 0.0996 tonnes per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0855 tonnes per person, 1.2× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0655 tonnes per person | 0.0384 tonnes per person | 0.0942 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0991 tonnes per person | 0.0973 tonnes per person | 0.1002 tonnes per person | 3 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Somalia?
- Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Somalia was 0.0996 tonnes per person in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1002 tonnes per person in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0384 tonnes per person in 2010.
- How does Somalia rank for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita?
- Somalia ranks 131st out of 189 countries with data for 2022.
- Is cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 83.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
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Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.