Number of armed conflicts in Somalia
Somalia: Number of armed conflicts was 0 conflicts in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
0 conflicts
Change on year
down 100.0%
World rank
34th
of 196 countries
All-time high
5 conflicts
in 2018
All-time low
0 conflicts
in 1990
Years of data
37
1989–2025
Number of armed conflicts in Somalia, 1989–2025
Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program and Peace Research Institute Oslo (2026); geoBoundaries (2023) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in conflicts.
Analysis
In 2025, number of armed conflicts in Somalia stood at 0 conflicts. That is the lowest value across all 37 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of armed conflicts in Somalia peaked at 5 conflicts in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0 conflicts, in 1990.
That places Somalia 34th out of 196 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Number of armed conflicts in Somalia, year by year
| Year | conflicts | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1 conflicts | — |
| 1990 | 0 conflicts | -100.0% |
| 1991 | 2 conflicts | — |
| 1992 | 1 conflicts | -50.0% |
| 1993 | 0 conflicts | -100.0% |
| 1994 | 0 conflicts | — |
| 1995 | 0 conflicts | — |
| 1996 | 0 conflicts | — |
| 1997 | 0 conflicts | — |
| 1998 | 0 conflicts | — |
| 1999 | 1 conflicts | — |
| 2000 | 0 conflicts | -100.0% |
| 2001 | 0 conflicts | — |
| 2002 | 0 conflicts | — |
| 2003 | 0 conflicts | — |
| 2004 | 0 conflicts | — |
| 2005 | 0 conflicts | — |
| 2006 | 0 conflicts | — |
| 2007 | 1 conflicts | — |
| 2008 | 2 conflicts | +100.0% |
| 2009 | 0 conflicts | -100.0% |
| 2010 | 1 conflicts | — |
| 2011 | 2 conflicts | +100.0% |
| 2012 | 2 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 conflicts | -50.0% |
| 2014 | 1 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2 conflicts | +100.0% |
| 2016 | 1 conflicts | -50.0% |
| 2017 | 1 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5 conflicts | +400.0% |
| 2019 | 1 conflicts | -80.0% |
| 2020 | 2 conflicts | +100.0% |
| 2021 | 1 conflicts | -50.0% |
| 2022 | 1 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2 conflicts | +100.0% |
| 2024 | 1 conflicts | -50.0% |
| 2025 | 0 conflicts | -100.0% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 0 conflicts is below the median for low income countries, which is 1 conflicts. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of armed conflicts in Somalia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +400.0% | 1 conflicts | 5 conflicts |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 conflicts | 1 conflicts | 1 conflicts | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.4 conflicts | 0 conflicts | 2 conflicts | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3 conflicts | 0 conflicts | 2 conflicts | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.7 conflicts | 1 conflicts | 5 conflicts | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.17 conflicts | 0 conflicts | 2 conflicts | 6 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 34 Albania 0 conflicts
- 34 Algeria 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Andorra 0 conflicts
- 34 Angola 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Antigua and Barbuda 0 conflicts
- 34 Armenia 0 conflicts
- 34 Australia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Austria 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Azerbaijan 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Bahamas 0 conflicts
- 34 Bahrain 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Bangladesh 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Barbados 0 conflicts
- 34 Belarus 0 conflicts
- 34 Belgium 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Belize 0 conflicts
- 34 Bhutan 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Bolivia 0 conflicts
- 34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Botswana 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Brunei 0 conflicts
- 34 Bulgaria 0 conflicts
- 34 Cambodia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Canada 0 conflicts
- 34 Cape Verde 0 conflicts
- 34 Chile 0 conflicts
- 34 China 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Comoros 0 conflicts
- 34 Costa Rica 0 conflicts
- 34 Cote d'Ivoire 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Croatia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Cuba 0 conflicts
- 34 Cyprus 0 conflicts
- 34 Czechia 0 conflicts
- 34 Denmark 0 conflicts
- 34 Djibouti 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Dominica 0 conflicts
- 34 Dominican Republic 0 conflicts
- 34 East Timor 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Ecuador 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Egypt 0 conflicts compare
- 34 El Salvador 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Equatorial Guinea 0 conflicts
- 34 Eritrea 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Estonia 0 conflicts
- 34 Eswatini 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Fiji 0 conflicts
- 34 Finland 0 conflicts
- 34 France 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Gabon 0 conflicts
- 34 Gambia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Georgia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Germany 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Ghana 0 conflicts
- 34 Greece 0 conflicts
- 34 Greenland 0 conflicts
- 34 Grenada 0 conflicts
- 34 Guatemala 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Guinea 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Guinea-Bissau 0 conflicts
- 34 Guyana 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Honduras 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Hungary 0 conflicts
- 34 Iceland 0 conflicts
- 34 Indonesia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Ireland 0 conflicts
- 34 Italy 0 conflicts
- 34 Jamaica 0 conflicts
- 34 Japan 0 conflicts
- 34 Jordan 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Kazakhstan 0 conflicts
- 34 Kenya 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Kiribati 0 conflicts
- 34 Kuwait 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Kyrgyzstan 0 conflicts
- 34 Laos 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Latvia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Lebanon 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Lesotho 0 conflicts
- 34 Liberia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Libya 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Liechtenstein 0 conflicts
- 34 Lithuania 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Luxembourg 0 conflicts
- 34 Madagascar 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Malawi 0 conflicts
- 34 Malaysia 0 conflicts
- 34 Maldives 0 conflicts
- 34 Malta 0 conflicts
- 34 Marshall Islands 0 conflicts
- 34 Mauritania 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Mauritius 0 conflicts
- 34 Moldova 0 conflicts
- 34 Monaco 0 conflicts
- 34 Mongolia 0 conflicts
- 34 Montenegro 0 conflicts
- 34 Morocco 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Namibia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Nauru 0 conflicts
- 34 Nepal 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Netherlands 0 conflicts
- 34 New Zealand 0 conflicts
- 34 Nicaragua 0 conflicts
- 34 North Korea 0 conflicts
- 34 North Macedonia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Norway 0 conflicts
- 34 Oman 0 conflicts
- 34 Palau 0 conflicts
- 34 Panama 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Papua New Guinea 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Paraguay 0 conflicts
- 34 Peru 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Poland 0 conflicts
- 34 Portugal 0 conflicts
- 34 Qatar 0 conflicts
- 34 Romania 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Rwanda 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 conflicts
- 34 Saint Lucia 0 conflicts
- 34 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 conflicts
- 34 Samoa 0 conflicts
- 34 San Marino 0 conflicts
- 34 Sao Tome and Principe 0 conflicts
- 34 Saudi Arabia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Senegal 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Serbia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Seychelles 0 conflicts
- 34 Sierra Leone 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Singapore 0 conflicts
- 34 Slovakia 0 conflicts
- 34 Slovenia 0 conflicts
- 34 Solomon Islands 0 conflicts
- 34 South Africa 0 conflicts compare
- 34 South Korea 0 conflicts
- 34 South Sudan 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Spain 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Sri Lanka 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Suriname 0 conflicts
- 34 Sweden 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Switzerland 0 conflicts
- 34 Taiwan 0 conflicts
- 34 Tajikistan 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Thailand 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Togo 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Tonga 0 conflicts
- 34 Trinidad and Tobago 0 conflicts
- 34 Tunisia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Turkey 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Turkmenistan 0 conflicts
- 34 Tuvalu 0 conflicts
- 34 Uganda 0 conflicts compare
- 34 United Arab Emirates 0 conflicts
- 34 United Kingdom 0 conflicts compare
- 34 United States 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Uruguay 0 conflicts
- 34 Uzbekistan 0 conflicts
- 34 Vanuatu 0 conflicts
- 34 Venezuela 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Vietnam 0 conflicts
- 34 Western Sahara 0 conflicts
- 34 Zambia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Zimbabwe 0 conflicts compare
More social development data for Somalia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 20,967 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 892,037 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0454 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 892,037 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0011 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of armed conflicts in Somalia?
- Number of armed conflicts in Somalia was 0 conflicts in 2025, according to Uppsala Conflict Data Program and Peace Research Institute Oslo (2026); geoBoundaries (2023) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of armed conflicts recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 5 conflicts in 2018.
- What is the lowest number of armed conflicts recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 conflicts in 1990.
- How does Somalia rank for number of armed conflicts?
- Somalia ranks 34th out of 196 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of armed conflicts rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from Uppsala Conflict Data Program and Peace Research Institute Oslo (2026); geoBoundaries (2023) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of armed conflicts. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Included is one-sided violence that was ongoing that year.