Dr. Abdisalam Abdirahman Mohamed

Director General | Somalia National Bureau of Statistics

Dr. Abdisalam Abdirahman Mohamed has served as Director General of the Somalia National Bureau of Statistics (SNBS) since November 2024. He leads efforts to strengthen Somalia’s national statistical system, modernise statistical production and improve the quality and availability of official statistics for policymaking and national development planning.

Under his leadership, SNBS is advancing key statistical reforms, including the modernisation of Somalia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), with the National CPI introduced in January 2025, replacing the previous practice of using Mogadishu’s CPI as a proxy for Somalia as a whole, greater use of administrative data and geospatial technologies, and the development of the Somalia Integrated Data Management System (SIDMS). The Bureau is also preparing to implement the 2025 System of National Accounts and develop GDP estimates using the production approach, targeted for publication by 2027.

Before joining SNBS, Dr. Mohamed served as a National Economic Advisor and member of Somalia’s National Economic Council. His previous experience includes roles with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the London School of Economics’ Conflict Research Programme and Multiconsult AS in Norway. His work has covered economic policy, development planning, public-sector reform and applied economic research.

His research focuses on remittances, household welfare and the economic effects of conflict in fragile and conflict-affected states, particularly Somalia. His doctoral research examined how remittances influence household welfare and how conflict and economic shocks affect remittance flows.

He holds a PhD in Economics from the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, and two MSc degrees in Economics, from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway, and the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), Pakistan. He also holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the International Islamic University Islamabad, where he was awarded a gold medal, and completed the Executive Public Leaders Programme at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government in 2026.