Central government expense in Somalia, Fed. Rep.

Central government expense in Somalia, Fed. Rep. was equal to 6.3% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2017 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Somalia, Fed. Rep., 2023 6.3% % of GDP
Change from 2020 +0.9percentage points 2020: 5.5%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as Somalia, Fed. Rep. (2023).

Central government expense in Somalia, Fed. Rep. over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2023
Period Somalia, Fed. Rep.World
2023 6.3% –
2022 – 28.5%
2021 – 31.7%
2020 5.5% 33.4%
2019 3.5% 26.7%
2018 3.3% 26.1%
2017 3.1% 26.3%
2016 – 26.6%
2015 – 26.8%
2014 – 26.8%
2013 – 27.1%
2012 – 27.4%
2011 – 27.5%
2010 – 28.4%
2009 – 28.4%
2008 – 25.9%
2007 – 24.8%
2006 – 24.9%
2005 – 25.1%
2004 – 24.8%
2003 – 25.2%
2002 – 24.9%
2001 – 24.7%
2000 – 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 5.5% in 2020, a change of +0.9 percentage points.
  • Since 2017, when it was 3.1%, the figure has changed by +3.2 percentage points.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2017 to 2023 for Somalia, Fed. Rep.
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics