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Djibouti

Headline economic indicators for Djibouti, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Djibouti
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · -0.3% -2.43 (-114.9%)
Consumer price index · 114.5 -0.36 (-0.3%)
GDP deflator inflation · 4.6% +5.03 (+1,137.2%)

GDP

GDP — Djibouti
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 6.5% -0.49 (-6.9%)
GDP per capita · 3,905.6 +352.88 (+9.9%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 3,623 +81.49 (+2.3%)
GDP · 4,624,533,092.32 +472,387,152 (+11.4%)
GDP, PPP · 10,007,772,913 +866,471,930 (+9.5%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 8,452 +630.35 (+8.1%)
GDP per capita growth · 5.1% -0.42 (-7.6%)
GNI per capita · 3,960 +320.00 (+8.8%)
Agriculture to GDP · 2.3% -0.24 (-9.6%)
Industry to GDP · 16.6% +0.67 (+4.2%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 5.3% +0.58 (+12.4%)
Services to GDP · 75.7% -0.43 (-0.6%)
Household consumption to GDP · 68.7% -2.33 (-3.3%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 1.6% +1.30 (+514.5%)
Gross savings to GDP · 14.9% +0.09 (+0.6%)

Labour

Labour — Djibouti
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 26.0% +0.01 (+0.0%)
Labour force participation rate · 31.7% -0.03 (-0.1%)
Female labour force participation rate · 19.4% +0.13 (+0.7%)
Youth unemployment rate · 76.8% +0.27 (+0.4%)
Employment to population ratio · 23.5% -0.02 (-0.1%)
Employment in agriculture · 1.2% -0.04 (-3.3%)
Employment in industry · 6.7% +0.15 (+2.3%)
Employment in services · 92.2% -0.11 (-0.1%)

Money

Money — Djibouti
Indicator Value Change
Broad money to GDP · 71.1% -2.03 (-2.8%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 25.2% +2.06 (+8.9%)
Bank nonperforming loans · 3.1% -0.94 (-23.4%)
Official exchange rate · 177.72 +0.00 (+0.0%)

Trade

Trade — Djibouti
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · 14.7% -3.81 (-20.6%)
Exports to GDP · 110.5% -15.92 (-12.6%)
Imports to GDP · 95.8% -19.02 (-16.6%)
Trade to GDP · 206.3% -34.94 (-14.5%)
Exports of goods and services · 5,109,812,571.39 -139,133,811 (-2.7%)
Imports of goods and services · 4,430,416,214.18 -337,168,933 (-7.1%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · 484,898,405.99 -122,509,864 (-20.2%)
Current account balance (annual) · 610,123,618.28 -111,224,891 (-15.4%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 3.2% +1.59 (+97.3%)
Remittances received to GDP · 1.3% -0.15 (-10.3%)
Total reserves, including gold · 655,743,660.36 +307,018,233 (+88.0%)
Reserves in months of imports · 0.9 -0.25 (-23.0%)
External debt to GNI · 83.8% -1.46 (-1.7%)

Government

Government — Djibouti
Indicator Value Change
Government consumption to GDP · 15.0% -2.07 (-12.1%)
Education spending to GDP · 3.8% +0.02 (+0.5%)
Health spending to GDP · 2.3% -0.24 (-9.6%)

Demography

Demography — Djibouti
Indicator Value Change
Population · 1,184,076 +15,354 (+1.3%)
Population, long-run history · 937 +12.79 (+1.4%)
Population growth · 1.3% -0.05 (-4.0%)
Life expectancy · 66.2 +0.22 (+0.3%)
Fertility rate · 2.62 +0.01 (+0.3%)
Birth rate · 20.9 +0.16 (+0.8%)
Death rate · 7.5 +0.03 (+0.4%)
Urban population share · 73.0% +0.07 (+0.1%)
Population aged 65 and over · 5.0% +0.12 (+2.5%)
Under-five mortality rate · 48.9 -1.60 (-3.2%)
Population density · 50.4 +0.68 (+1.4%)
Net migration · -581 -570.00 (-5,181.8%)
Gini index · 41.6 -2.50 (-5.7%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.

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