Relationship dossier
India
Somalia
Relationship assessment
India has provided humanitarian and capacity-building assistance to Somalia
India toward Somalia
+25India provided rice assistance to Somalia during the 2011 famine and offers training and scholarships through Indian government programs.
Somalia toward India
Not assessedOverall relationship
Not assessedHow to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
India has provided humanitarian assistance to Somalia, including rice aid during the 2011 famine, and offers training and scholarships through Indian government programs. These actions indicate practical but bounded cooperation. Somalia’s government policy and conduct toward India are not sufficiently clear to characterize.
Key developments
India provided rice assistance to Somalia during the 2011 famine.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and continuity of India's training, scholarship, and development assistance to Somalia are unclear.
- Details of Somali government cooperation with India are limited.