Somalia

Visa types: One agency covers everything: the Immigration and Citizenship Agency of the Federal Government of Somalia. Its mandate names passports, visas, temporary sojourn and residence permits outright, and among its departments is the Visa and Alien Department. · Since 1 September 2025 entry is only by electronic ETAS authorisation obtained IN ADVANCE: the former visa-on-arrival procedure is abolished. Applications go through the official portal etas.gov.so, and the agency warns against unofficial websites and agents. · The visa services are named but not spelled out: single and multiple entry visas, visa extensions for lawful visitors, business and work visa processing. There are no categories with validity periods or fees. · The agency divides residence permits into temporary and permanent, and puts work-based residency processing under the same heading. What makes a permanent one different from a temporary one, it does not say. · The agency states OUTRIGHT that the requirements for the work permit are not published, and refers applicants to the agency itself for current guidance. · There is not a single monetary figure on the site — no fees, no duties, no deposits. The application portal is behind a Cloudflare check that never completes.

An earlier entry counted Somalia among the states that publish nothing. That is WRONG and was withdrawn on 28.08.2026: the Immigration and Citizenship Agency of the federal government has a working site at `immigration.gov.so` with a list of services, news and a section about the agency itself. Something else is true, and it is worth saying precisely: the agency publishes the NAMES of its services and short lists of documents, but not a single number. There are no fees, no validity periods and no decision times — not for the visa, not for the residence permits, not for the work permit; for the last of these the agency writes in its own words that the requirements are «not yet published». So all four grounds have empty `durationMonths` and `fee.value`, and their times are marked `processingUnpublished`. The one substantive statement that IS here: since 1 September 2025 entry to Somalia is possible only with an electronic ETAS authorisation obtained before travel, and the former visa-on-arrival procedure is abolished. The application portal `etas.gov.so` could not be read: it is behind a Cloudflare check that never completes, even in a real browser — the page hangs forever on «verification successful, waiting for etas.gov.so to respond». That is to say the tariffs, if they are there, lie behind a door that cannot be opened, rather than being absent. Separately: this covers the federal government only. Somaliland runs its own entry regime and is not reflected in this record.

Document certification

consular legalisation

The country does not accept apostilles: documents go through consular legalisation in three steps — ministry of justice, foreign ministry, consulate.

Limit

no limit

Bread, 500 g

$ 2,07

Milk, 1 l

$ 1,44

Eggs, 12

$ 2,49

Chicken breast, 1 kg

$ 6,39

Cheese, 1 kg

$ 4,68

Rice, 1 kg

$ 1,62

Potatoes, 1 kg

$ 1,50

Apples, 1 kg

$ 3,23

Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 l

$ 1,02

Total

$ 24,4

The same set for every country, so the comparison is fair.

Rent, 1 bedroom

$ 141 a month

Rent, 3 bedrooms

$ 1 527 a month

Utility bills

$ 133 a month

Home internet

$ 60,3 a month

Monthly transport pass

$ 21,9 a month

Single transport ticket

$ 0,37

Petrol, litre

$ 1,02

Cold medicine

$ 3,25 for a week

Country averages. City prices, where collected, are shown above and are more precise.

Life expectancy

59 years2024

Road deaths

20,2 per 100k2021

Unemployment

19 %2025

Unemployment, ages 15–24

34,2 %2025

Health spending per person

$ 22,4 a year

Air pollution, PM2.5

18,5 µg/m³2023

Access to clean water

75,3 %2024

Internet, fixed line

29,5 Mbit/s2026

Governance

Political stability

low · -2,3

Control of corruption

low · -1,8

Rule of law

low · -2,2

Government effectiveness

low · -2

World Bank estimates on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale, higher is better.

Natural hazards

Earthquakes

1,2 out of 10

River floods

7,8 out of 10

Coastal floods

5,9 out of 10

Tropical cyclones

1,8 out of 10

Droughts

10 out of 10

Tsunamis

6,7 out of 10

Each value carries the year it refers to. “Data lags behind” means this country's figure was collected noticeably earlier than the rest. Natural hazards use one 0–10 scale and are meant to be compared against each other.

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