Country file(SOMALIA)

Macro-economic and social benchmarks

Macro-economic indicators

GDP

(current US$)

2021

7,6 billion

GDP Per Capita

(current US$)

2021

447

GDP Growth

(annual %)

2021

+2,9

Unemployment

(% of population)

2021

19,9

GNI Per Capita, Atlas Method

(current USD)

2021

430
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General information

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Legal and legislative indicators

Focus: Association / Civil Society

  • Legal framework:

 

– Federal Republic of Somalia, Provisional Constitution 2012 (Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka ee Soomaaliya, Dastuurka Ku-Meel Gaarka 2012) http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/research/Somalia-Constitution2012.pdf

 

Article 16. Freedom of Association

Every person has the right to associate with other individuals and groups. This includes the right to form and belong to organizations, including trade unions and political parties. It also includes the right not to associate with others, and a person cannot be forced to associate with any other individual or group.

Article 20 Freedom of Assembly, Demonstration, Protest, and Petition

(1) Every person has the right to organize and participate in meetings, and to demonstrate and protest peacefully, without requiring prior authorization.

(2) Every person has the right to present petitions to State Institutions.

 

 

  • International conventions ratified:

 

UN: accession 20/09/1960

ICESCR Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Signature: NO,

Ratification/Accession: Accession 24/01/1990

ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Signature: NO, Ratification/Accession: Accession 24/01/1990

Convention on the Rights of the Child: Signature: 09/05/2002, Ratification/Accession: Ratification 01/10/2015

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families: Signature: NO, Ratification/Accession: NO

UNESCO: Member since 1960 – Conventions signed and/or ratified from 2009 to 2020

CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: Signature: NO, Ratification/Accession: NO

 

  • Regional and inter-regional conventions ratified:

 

Currency: Somali shilling

African Union: 25 May 1963

African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: 31 July 1985

European Convention on Human Rights:       NO

ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific countries): N/A

Arab League: 1974

IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development): 1996

Societal environment indicators

The country in the world through international indices

Population Growth

(annual %)

2021

#
+3,1

Fertility Rate

(births per woman)

2020

#
6,4

Ratio of Poor Population to National Poverty Line

(% of population)

#

#
N/A

Youth Literacy Rate

(% of young people aged 15-24)

2016

#
76

Net Enrollment Rate

(% population)

#

#
N/A

Internet Users

(% of population)

2017

#
2

Access to Electricity

(% of population)

2020

#
49,7

Intentional Homicides

(per 100,000 people)

2012

#
5,6

Happiness Index /10

2019

126/165
4,668

Press Freedom Index /10

2022

140/180
44,01

GINI Index /100

2017

#
36,80

Democracy Index /10

#

#
N/A

Corruption Perceptions Index /100

Transparency International

2022

180/180
12

ITUC Global Rights Index /5

Rights not guaranteed due to breakdown of rule of law

#

#
5

HDI

2008

228
0,364

Documentation

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