Somalia Sub-Saharan Africa. Low Income Country. U.S. foreign aid to it in fiscal year 2025, what it was for and who ran it, and the federal contracts and grants performed there.
$498M
in aid disbursed, the 14th most
$212M
in aid obligated (committed)
$179M
in federal awards performed there, the 56th most abroad
Aid over time $0 $500M $1B $1.5B '01 · Disbursed: $12,856,181 '01 · Obligated: $26,114,064 '01 '02 · Disbursed: $27,526,295 '02 · Obligated: $33,778,365 '02 '03 · Disbursed: $33,601,344 '03 · Obligated: $31,152,804 '03 '04 · Disbursed: $35,070,894 '04 · Obligated: $29,791,932 '04 '05 · Disbursed: $37,370,913 '05 · Obligated: $45,148,444 '05 '06 · Disbursed: $80,863,660 '06 · Obligated: $103,447,450 '06 '07 · Disbursed: $88,974,680 '07 · Obligated: $136,555,017 '07 '08 · Disbursed: $218,334,561 '08 · Obligated: $300,141,526 '08 '09 · Disbursed: $389,215,893 '09 · Obligated: $448,814,709 '09 '10 · Disbursed: $97,302,133 '10 · Obligated: $156,189,323 '10 '11 · Disbursed: $178,981,971 '11 · Obligated: $273,155,508 '11 '12 · Disbursed: $352,071,357 '12 · Obligated: $469,481,808 '12 '13 · Disbursed: $432,955,603 '13 · Obligated: $451,968,421 '13 '14 · Disbursed: $298,451,416 '14 · Obligated: $402,963,693 '14 '15 · Disbursed: $224,749,728 '15 · Obligated: $252,618,973 '15 '16 · Disbursed: $195,319,420 '16 · Obligated: $277,027,486 '16 '17 · Disbursed: $451,119,049 '17 · Obligated: $589,892,489 '17 '18 · Disbursed: $641,902,574 '18 · Obligated: $742,202,346 '18 '19 · Disbursed: $622,367,482 '19 · Obligated: $762,652,187 '19 '20 · Disbursed: $714,597,304 '20 · Obligated: $825,088,167 '20 '21 · Disbursed: $771,334,941 '21 · Obligated: $791,130,505 '21 '22 · Disbursed: $709,931,686 '22 · Obligated: $1,137,089,456 '22 '23 · Disbursed: $1,207,960,175 '23 · Obligated: $1,181,033,991 '23 '24 · Disbursed: $962,558,052 '24 · Obligated: $765,184,900 '24 '25 · Disbursed: $497,620,342 '25 · Obligated: $212,036,020 '25 Embed this chart The figures What the aid was for Humanitarian Assistance 62.2% $310M Peace and Security 15.1% $75M Program Support 9.6% $48M Economic Development 5.9% $29M Health 3.8% $19M Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance 2.4% $12M The other 2 purposes 0.9% $4.7M Aid by purpose 100% $498M Embed this chart Protection, Assistance and SolutionsHumanitarian Assistance $307M61.6% Stabilization Operations and Security Sector ReformPeace and Security $65M13.0% Direct Administrative CostsProgram Support $47M9.5% AgricultureEconomic Development $28M5.7% NutritionHealth $19M3.7% Counter-TerrorismPeace and Security $10M2.1% Good GovernanceDemocracy, Human Rights, and Governance $8.8M1.8% Basic EducationEducation and Social Services $4.6M0.9% Disaster ReadinessHumanitarian Assistance $3.1M0.6% Civil SocietyDemocracy, Human Rights, and Governance $3.0M0.6% Financial SectorEconomic Development $1.0M0.2% Maternal and Child HealthHealth $490k0.1% Show the other 6 sectors Monitoring and EvaluationProgram Support $466k0.1% Multi-sector - UnspecifiedMulti-sector $82k<0.1% Higher EducationEducation and Social Services $78k<0.1% Political Competition and Consensus-BuildingDemocracy, Human Rights, and Governance $56k<0.1% Economic Development - GeneralEconomic Development $8k<0.1% Conflict Mitigation and ReconciliationPeace and Security -$2k-0.0% Embed this chart Which agencies ran it U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentUSAID $355M71.3% Department of StateSTATE $143M28.7% African Development FoundationADF $168k<0.1% Embed this chart The accounts that paid for it Agency for International Development, International Disaster AssistanceUSAID · 72x1035 $269M54.0% Peace Keeping OperationsSTATE · 11x1032 $92M18.6% Public Law 480 Title II GrantsAGR · 12x2278 $62M12.6% Agency for International Development, Development AssistanceUSAID · 72x1021 $38M7.6% Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related ProgramsSTATE · 11x1075 $17M3.5% Economic Support FundUSAID · 72x1037 $7.9M1.6% Agency for International Development, Operating ExpensesUSAID · 72x1000 $5.6M1.1% Agency for International Development, Gifts and DonationsUSAID · 72x8824 $4.9M1.0% Department of State, Global Health ProgramsSTATE · 19x1031 $524k0.1% African Development FoundationADF · 11x0700 $168k<0.1% Show the other 2 accounts International Narcotics Control and Law EnforcementSTATE · 11x1022 $44k<0.1% Agency for International Development, International Assistance Program, Transition InitiativesUSAID · 72x1027 -$2k-0.0% Embed this chart Federal awards performed there A different count from USAspending.gov: contracts and grants committed in fiscal year 2025 for work performed in Somalia. Some of it is the aid above, awarded as a contract or grant; much of it is not aid at all, such as supplies and services for bases and embassies. It is not added to the aid.
By agency Largest recipients Aid is from ForeignAssistance.gov: disbursements and obligations by every agency that reports foreign assistance, in current dollars; the latest year can still rise as agencies report. Awards are prime award obligations with a place of performance in Somalia, from USAspending.gov.