AGUACYCLE
Sub-Saharan Africa

Somalia, Fed. Rep.

Capital: Mogadishu · Low income · Pop. 19.0 million

Safely managed drinking water
16.38%
Safely managed sanitation
337
m³ freshwater / person / yr
55%
Water stress · Medium

Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT)

Sanitation tracks closely: 16.38% use safely managed sanitation services and 44.46% have at least a basic service (2024).

Somalia, Fed. Rep. has about 337 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year — below the ~1,000 m³ threshold widely used to define water scarcity. It withdraws the equivalent of 55% of those internal resources annually (medium water stress).

Agriculture accounts for about 99% of Somalia, Fed. Rep.'s water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.

Common questions

How many people in Somalia, Fed. Rep. have safe drinking water?

Comprehensive safely-managed drinking-water data is not available for Somalia, Fed. Rep.; basic-service estimates may exist.

Does Somalia, Fed. Rep. have enough freshwater?

Somalia, Fed. Rep. has roughly 337 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 55% of it annually (medium stress).

Elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa