🇸🇴 Somalia National Debt Clock
Live tracker for Somalia government debt. The national debt currently stands at
approximately $1.2 billion, growing at $2 per second based on IMF fiscal deficit projections. Debt-to-GDP: 9%. Per-citizen share: $69.
Debt relief under the HIPC Initiative, completed in December 2023, cut Somalia's debt sharply. The IMF puts total public debt at $1.16 billion at end-2025, 8.9% of GDP.
Among the 135 governments tracked here, Somalia ranks 135th by debt-to-GDP, 135th by total debt and 135th by debt per person.
About Somalia's National Debt
Somalia completed the HIPC debt-relief process in 2023, clearing decades of arrears and reopening access to financing after years of conflict and state fragility.
Somalia's debt-to-GDP ratio of 9% is low by international standards: the lowest of the 135 governments tracked here. No ratio is safe or dangerous on its own — whether a debt is sustainable depends on the interest rate on it, how fast the economy grows, the currency it is owed in and who holds it. By total government debt, Somalia ranks 135th of the 135 governments tracked here.
At the current borrowing rate of $2 per second, Somalia adds about $152 thousand to its government debt every day — roughly $56 million per year. Each of Somalia's 17 million residents carries an individual share of approximately $69. That is below the world average of roughly $14,600 in government debt per person.
Figures are computed by Global Debt Clock by linear extrapolation from each country's baseline figure, named in the source line on this page (for most countries, the IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026). Actual debt changes through discrete bond issuances — these counters illustrate the approximate scale and pace of sovereign borrowing.
Somalia National Debt — Frequently Asked Questions
What is Somalia's national debt right now?
Somalia's national debt is approximately $1.2 billion as of October 27, 2026, growing at $2 per second. Its debt-to-GDP ratio is 9% and each citizen's share is about $69.
How fast is Somalia's debt growing?
Somalia's government debt is growing at approximately $2 per second — about $152 thousand per day — derived from the IMF's projections for 2026.
What is Somalia's debt per capita?
Each of Somalia's 17 million residents carries a notional share of approximately $69 of the national debt.
What is Somalia's debt-to-GDP ratio?
Somalia's debt-to-GDP ratio is 9%. That is the lowest of the 135 governments tracked here.
Why is Somalia's government debt at this level?
Somalia completed the HIPC debt-relief process in 2023, clearing decades of arrears and reopening access to financing after years of conflict and state fragility.
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Data & Citation
Source: IMF Country Report No. 25/335 (December 2025), fourth ECF review debt sustainability analysis: total public debt at end-2025; growth rate from the projected 2026 path · baseline anchored .
Methodology: debt = 1,155,200,000 + 1.76 × seconds_since(2026-01-01)
Machine-readable data: /api/debt?c=so (live JSON) · /data/debt.json (full dataset)
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