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Djibouti

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Lower middle income · capital Djibouti

Reports 18 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

66.2years

Ranks 186 of 217 in 2024

11% below world median · 14% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

48.9per 1,000 live births

Ranks 168 of 196 in 2024

2.3× above world median · 2.8× above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

162per 100,000 live births

Ranks 149 of 194 in 2023

2.4× above world median · 8.5× above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2023 · 3 years old

25.5% of under-5s

Ranks 22 of 25 in 2023

83% above world median · 2.1× above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 25 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

2.28% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

64% below world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

2.62births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

38% above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Education spending

2018 · 8 years old

3.75% of GDP

Ranks 98 of 166 in 2018

11% below world median · about the same Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 166 countries reporting in 2018 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

3,906current US$

Ranks 131 of 186 in 2025

50% below world median · 32% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

8,452international $

Ranks 137 of 185 in 2025

58% below world median · 56% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2017 · 9 years old

25.4% of population

Ranks 76 of 78 in 2017

25.7× above world median · 13.9× above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 78 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2017 · 9 years old

41.6index, 0–100

Ranks 63 of 78 in 2017

19% above world median · 16% above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 78 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

26.0% of labour force

Ranks 180 of 182 in 2025

4.1× above world median · 2.1× above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

-0.3% per year

Not ranked — no better end

1.1× below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2008 · 18 years old

2.63% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

77% above world median

Medians computed across 152 countries reporting in 2008 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

69.2% of population

Ranks 178 of 215 in 2024

31% below world median · 31% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

65.3% of population

Ranks 129 of 182 in 2024

20% below world median · 25% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

0.77t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

70% below world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

1.2mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

82% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Djibouti has no figure in this dataset for Adult literacy, Primary enrolment, Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.