Diplomatic briefing
High Commission of India, .
High CommissionSomalia
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In short
India’s high commission in Somalia records bilateral trade of $800.9m, a reported community of 100, 3 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 77%.
Total bilateral trade
$800.9m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 10 minutes ago
Bilateral Brief — Somalia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Bilateral Trade” section
“The value of trade in FY 2024-25 stood at US$ 800.86 million.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence100
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Somalia"
“PIOs 0 + NRIs 100 = 100”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence3
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 11 minutes ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 05 June 2018)
“MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SOMALIA — 05 June 2018”
Published: 5 June 2018 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
77%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Somalia”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 67 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to SomaliaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$765.7m
Bilateral Brief — Somalia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Bilateral Trade” section
“Of this, the value of Indian exports to Somalia was US$ 765.66 million while that of imports from Somalia to India was US$ 35.20 million.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from SomaliaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$35.2m
Bilateral Brief — Somalia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Bilateral Trade” section
“Of this, the value of Indian exports to Somalia was US$ 765.66 million while that of imports from Somalia to India was US$ 35.20 million.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation$730.5m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Somaliapersons · as stated in the brief500
Bilateral Brief — Somalia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community and Diaspora in Somalia:” section
“Presently, it is estimated that there are around 150 Indian nationals working in different parts of Somalia including the UN and around 500 persons of Indian origin in Somalia.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2025
Bilateral Brief — Somalia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Development Cooperation and assistance” section
“In September 2025, India donated 10 tonnes of medical aid, including essential medicines, surgical supplies and hospital equipment.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (3)
MEA Treaties DatabaseThe briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 40 sections, 7,888 characters of extractable text. Sections include: BILATERAL BRIEF - Somalia · Historical overview · High Level Visits · Bilateral Trade · Year · 2022-23.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 400% apart
- Overseas Indians100
- Indian community in Somalia500
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.