East Africa
Somalia
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
Somalia and the EU
EU imports from
€8m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€119m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #167 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 15.73
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
–
EUR/MWh
Consumer
–
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
524
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Conflict / governance collapseMarket model
Fragmented (no national grid)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
Ministry of Energy and Water Resources
No unified national grid. Electricity provided by fragmented private operators in towns and cities, burning imported diesel. Al-Shabaab controls parts of the electricity supply chain. Among the highest tariffs in the…
Tracked infrastructure
0 solar farms
capacity n/a · 1 building
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
15.5
→ 20.2 by 2050
Fertility
6.01
above replacement
Working-age
50.8%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
5.1
→ 5.9 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 19M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +96% (37.2M)