Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Somalia
Somalia: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square was 2.83 tonnes per square kilometre in 2022. ▲ Rising
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Somalia, 2010–2022
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2022, cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Somalia stood at 2.83 tonnes per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.5% on the previous year and up 161.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Somalia peaked at 2.83 tonnes per square kilometre in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7508 tonnes per square kilometre, in 2010.
Somalia ranks 147th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Somalia, year by year
| Year | tonnes per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.7508 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 2011 | 1.11 tonnes per square kilometre | +48.4% |
| 2012 | 1.08 tonnes per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 1.05 tonnes per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 1.19 tonnes per square kilometre | +14.0% |
| 2015 | 1.3 tonnes per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 1.75 tonnes per square kilometre | +34.0% |
| 2017 | 2.24 tonnes per square kilometre | +28.3% |
| 2018 | 1.99 tonnes per square kilometre | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 2.25 tonnes per square kilometre | +13.1% |
| 2020 | 2.66 tonnes per square kilometre | +18.2% |
| 2021 | 2.68 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 2.83 tonnes per square kilometre | +5.5% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 2.83 tonnes per square kilometre is below the median for low income countries, which is 6.13 tonnes per square kilometre, 46% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 2.83 tonnes per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5.57 tonnes per square kilometre, 51% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.47 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.7508 tonnes per square kilometre | 2.25 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.72 tonnes per square kilometre | 2.66 tonnes per square kilometre | 2.83 tonnes per square kilometre | 3 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 144 Solomon Islands 3.18 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 145 Zimbabwe 3.17 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 146 Serbia 2.9 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 148 Mozambique 2.82 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 149 Sweden 2.62 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 150 United States 2.4 tonnes per square kilometre compare
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 square in Somalia?
- Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Somalia was 2.83 tonnes per square kilometre in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.83 tonnes per square kilometre in 2022.
- What is the lowest cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7508 tonnes per square kilometre in 2010.
- How does Somalia rank for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square?
- Somalia ranks 147th out of 189 countries with data for 2022.
- Is cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 161.5%. 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 square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), 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? ÷ Land area (sq. km)
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
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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.
About this data
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.