EAST AFRICA · RESOURCES

Somalia: natural resources

Minerals produced, mines and deposits, power capacity and how much the economy depends on resources. Somalia is part of the Invest Global country data, so every figure carries its source.

Mines and deposits mapped
6
1 operating
Minerals above 1% of world
0
USGS MCS 2026
Power capacity
No data
Clean share of electricity
21%
Ember, 2024

Mines and deposits

Niobium and tantalum2
Uranium2
Phosphate1
Tin1
Titanium1
SiteCommoditiesStatusOperatorSource
Mait Island Guano MinePhosphateOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Dalan ProspectTinPast producerNot statedUSGS MRDS
Darreh Hos ProspectNiobium and tantalumPast producerNot statedUSGS MRDS
Mur Bakayale MineNiobium and tantalum, TitaniumPast producerNot statedUSGS MRDS
Alio Ghelle ProspectUraniumProspectNot statedUSGS MRDS
Yaq Brava ProspectUraniumProspectNot statedUSGS MRDS

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Resource dependence

Oil rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Natural gas rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Coal rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Mineral rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Mine and deposit locations combine the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (public domain, last updated 2022, strongest for the United States and the Americas) and Wikidata (CC0, notable named mines). Coverage is uneven and partly historical, and status can be out of date: this is not a complete or current registry, and a point on the map is not an offer, a licence or evidence of a legal right. Production and reserve figures are from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries and are rounded estimates. Power plants are from the WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), mostly 2018 to 2021. Nothing here is investment, legal or technical advice.