Investing in rural people in Somalia

Somalia is among the five least developed of 170 countries listed in the 2012 Human Development Index. It faces several obstacles, including long-term civil conflict, the lack of a fully functioning government, and natural disasters.

More than 70 per cent of the population is under the age of 30. Almost 20 per cent of children do not survive past their fifth birthday.

About 40 per cent of the population lives in extreme poverty; in rural areas this figure exceeds 50 per cent. In 2012, 62 per cent of the population was rural.