What they reported
Secured over 4.5 billion USD in debt relief, cutting external debt from 64% to 12.4% of GDP.
National poverty fell from 69% in 2017 to 54.4%, even amid a 2026 drought emergency.
Priorities and asks
Consolidating security against Al-Shabaab, sustaining fiscal reform, and human-capital development.
What stands out
Its statistics bureau lifted SDG data availability from 39% (2022) to 70% (2025), the cohort's best data-capacity story.
The data angle
The national statistics bureau substantially increased SDG data availability, reflected in an online SDG Goal Tracker.
Somalia: “The Somalia National Bureau of Statistics has substantially increased SDG data availability from 39% in 2022, to 70% in 2025.”
Read more
- Voluntary National Reviews 2026, the full brief with all 36 countries and the cross-cutting themes.
- Official VNR country database, home of Somalia’s full report and main messages.
- HLPF 2026 coverage, where the reviews are presented.
This summary is drawn from Somalia’s own 2026 main messages; figures are as the government reported them and were not independently verified. Edition is noted only where the country states its own.