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Somalia

19 million people

Somalia is rolling out a national ID via NIRA, with a mobile ID app, and began requiring it for domestic flights in March 2026. Funding is a stated gap. No CBDC work was found.

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Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in Somalia

Program
National ID (SNID), NIRA; e-Aqoonsi app
Status
Available, partial uptake
National ID card
ID card compulsory
Biometrics
Yes

NIRA collects face and fingerprints. Domestic flight passengers must show the ID from 1 March 2026. NIRA runs three platforms including the e-Aqoonsi mobile ID. A 28 June 2026 NIRA-UNDP working group aims to link the ID to public services. Reports say only a fifth of a $125 million need was funded as of January 2026.

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status
No known work

No public CBDC work found as of Oct 2026.

On the record

What has happened, newest first

  1. 2026-06Rolling it out

    NIRA and UNDP set up a working group to tie the national ID to public services. NIRA ↗

  2. 2026-03Rolling it out

    Domestic flights began requiring a national ID. ID Tech ↗

UN and WHO

How Somalia has voted

WHO
Accepted the 2024 rule changes
Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
No recorded objection
Migration compact (Dec 2018)
Didn't vote
Paris climate deal
Party
SDG Index 2026
46.2 · rank 166 of 169
Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
2

Sovereignty score

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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.