Somalia IBAN
23 characters: the country code, two check digits, then the BBAN cut as below.
Anatomy of the official example
SO061000001123123456789
- Country code
- Check digits
- Bank code
- Branch code
- Account number
The example comes from the ISO 13616 registry; it belongs to nobody. Positions count from the first character of the IBAN.
| ISO code | SO |
|---|---|
| Length | 23 characters |
| Check digits | positions 3 to 4, ISO 7064 mod 97-10 |
| Bank code | positions 5 to 8 · 4!n |
| Branch code | positions 9 to 11 · 3!n |
| Account number | positions 12 to 23 · 12!n |
| Official example | SO06 1000 0011 2312 3456 789 |
| SEPA area | outside the SEPA area |
| Verification of Payee | no duty to date |
| Bank-code register | IBANforge composite map, assembled from BIC directories (not a national register) |
SWIFT notation: n = digits, a = upper-case letters, c = alphanumeric characters; the exclamation mark fixes the exact length.
What the API checks on a Somalia IBAN
- The length, the charset of every field and the mod-97 check digits.
- The bank code against our composite map assembled from BIC directories: a BIC and a bank name when they are listed, without the weight of a national register.
- The country is outside SEPA: a SEPA transfer will not reach this account.
What the API answers for this code
The block below is the route's own answer, produced by the same code that serves api.ibanforge.com, on the register as of the date shown. Nothing is edited.
{
"valid": true,
"country": {
"code": "SO",
"name": "Somalia"
},
"bic": null,
"bank_code_check": {
"value": "1000",
"status": "not_in_register",
"reason": "absent_from_reference_data",
"match": null,
"register": "IBANforge composite bank-code map (assembled from BIC directories, not a national bank-code register)",
"authoritative": false,
"as_of": "2026-09"
},
"sepa": {
"member": false,
"schemes": [],
"vop_required": false,
"vop_participant": null,
"basis": "country_default"
},
"issuer": null,
"risk_indicators": {
"country_risk": "high",
"sepa_reachable": false,
"vop_coverage": false,
"test_bic": false
}
}Source: ISO 13616 registry for the length, layout and example; API answer captured on 2026-09-06.