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

Djibouti: the economy in numbers

Per person: $3,906, or $8,452 at purchasing power parity. Population: 1.18 million (2025).

$4.62B+6.5%real GDP growth, 2025

GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #167 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +5.6%.

GDP per capita

$3,906

2025 · #148 of 204

GDP per capita, PPP

$8,452

2025 · #148 of 197

Inflation

−0.3%

2025 · IMF forecast 2026: 2.3%

Government debt

31.3%

2025 · % of GDP, general government

Population

1.18M

2025 · #160 of 217

Unemployment

26.0%

2025 · ILO estimate

Life expectancy

66.2 years

2024

GDP

Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $1.02 billion in 1985, $4.62 billion in 2025.

Current US dollars; “In 2025 dollars” removes US inflationSource: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)

GDP per capita

In 2025 dollars: $2,537 per person in 1985, $3,906 in 2025.

GDP per capitaGDP per capita, PPP (international $)

PPP: purchasing power parity, international dollarsSource: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)

Real GDP growth

Average over 2016–2025: 5.4% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1991: 6 of 35.

Shaded: IMF forecasts from 2026Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)

Inflation

Consumer prices rose by 63.4% from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 18.1% in 1986.

Shaded: IMF forecasts from 2026Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)

Government debt, % of GDP

Highest since 2009: 48.0% of GDP in 2017. IMF forecast for 2031: 15.6%.

Shaded: IMF forecasts from 2026Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)

Population

1960: 86,024 · 2025: 1.18 million.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)

Unemployment rate

1991: 26.1% · 2025: 26.0%.

% of the labor force, ILO modeled estimatesSource: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)

Life expectancy at birth

1960: 43.4 years · 2024: 66.2 years.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)

Exports of goods and services

2013: 156.4% · 2025: 110.5%.

% of GDPSource: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)

Data by year

Show the year-by-year table

Year	GDP	GDP per capita	Per capita, PPP	Real growth	Inflation	Gov. debt, % GDP	Population	Unemployment	Life expectancy	Exports, % GDP
2031				5.5%^f	1.4%^f	15.6%^f
2030				5.5%^f	1.4%^f	17.9%^f
2029				5.4%^f	1.4%^f	20.5%^f
2028				5.2%^f	1.7%^f	23.3%^f
2027				5.0%^f	2.7%^f	25.9%^f
2026				5.6%^f	2.3%^f	28.7%^f
2025	$4.62B	$3,906	$8,452	6.5%	−0.3%	31.3%	1.18M	26.0%		110.5%
2024	$4.15B	$3,553	$7,822	7.0%	2.1%	34.0%	1.17M	26.0%	66.2	126.4%
2023	$3.9B	$3,381	$7,232	6.8%	1.4%	35.6%	1.15M	26.1%	66.0	150.7%
2022	$3.56B	$3,133	$6,620	5.2%	5.2%	38.3%	1.14M	26.3%	65.5	159.3%
2021	$3.39B	$3,026	$5,960	4.4%	1.2%	40.3%	1.12M	27.6%	63.8	142.7%
2020	$3.14B	$2,845	$5,527	1.2%	1.8%	42.1%	1.11M	27.7%	64.2	117.1%
2019	$3.09B	$2,837	$5,398	5.5%	3.3%	41.1%	1.09M	26.3%	64.4	166.7%
2018	$2.91B	$2,718	$5,083	4.8%	0.1%	47.5%	1.07M	26.2%	64.1	156.6%
2017	$2.76B	$2,619	$4,677	5.5%	0.6%	48.0%	1.05M	26.1%	63.7	150.1%
2016	$2.6B	$2,510	$4,432	7.1%	2.4%	45.9%	1.04M	26.0%	63.3	103.8%
2015	$2.42B	$2,376	$4,264	7.3%	−0.5%	40.3%	1.02M	26.1%	62.8	145.4%
2014	$2.22B	$2,215	$3,978	7.2%	1.3%	26.9%	1.0M	26.2%	62.4	157.9%
2013	$2.04B	$2,076	$3,762	5.0%	−12.6%	24.6%	985K	26.1%	62.1	156.4%
2012	$1.35B	$1,400		4.8%	3.7%	25.0%	967K	26.2%	61.7
2011	$1.24B	$1,306		7.3%	5.1%	25.7%	949K	26.3%	61.3
2010	$1.13B	$1,213		4.1%	4.0%	27.9%	930K	26.4%	60.7
2009	$1.05B	$1,151		1.6%	1.7%	29.5%	912K	26.3%	60.4
2008	$999M	$1,119		5.8%	12.0%		893K	26.2%	59.8
2007	$848M	$970		5.0%	5.0%		875K	26.3%	59.4
2006	$769M	$898		4.8%	3.5%		856K	26.4%	59.0
2005	$709M	$844		3.1%	3.1%		839K	26.4%	58.5
2004	$666M	$806		2.8%	3.1%		826K	26.4%	58.1
2003	$622M	$765		3.2%	2.0%		814K	26.5%	58.0
2002	$591M	$743		3.2%	0.6%		796K	26.6%	57.8
2001	$572M	$742		1.8%	1.7%		771K	26.6%	57.5
2000	$551M	$738		0.7%			747K	26.7%	56.7
1999	$536M	$740		2.9%			724K	26.7%	56.6
1998	$514M	$735		0.1%			699K	27.0%	56.4
1997	$503M	$748		−1.2%			672K	27.2%	56.2
1996	$494M	$762		−3.7%			648K	27.2%	56.3
1995	$498M	$786		−3.5%			633K	27.3%	56.2
1994	$492M	$785		−1.4%			627K	27.1%	55.6
1993	$466M	$759		−6.8%			614K	27.3%	55.7
1992	$478M	$764		0.6%			626K	26.5%	54.4
1991	$462M	$733		−4.5%			631K	26.1%	55.2
1990	$452M	$780					580K		55.5
1989	$409M	$782					523K		55.4
1988	$396M	$817					485K		55.1
1987	$373M	$822			4.1%		454K		54.8
1986					18.1%		426K		54.5
1985	$341M	$847			2.1%		403K		54.1
1984					1.9%		384K		53.7
1983					0.9%		370K		53.3
1982					−2.4%		357K		52.9
1981					5.7%		343K		52.4
1980					12.1%		326K		52.0
1979							305K		51.6
1978							280K		51.2
1977							255K		50.8
1976							231K		50.3
1975							210K		49.9
1974							193K		49.5
1973							178K		49.1
1972							166K		48.5
1971							155K		47.3
1970							145K		47.5
1969							136K		47.1
1968							128K		46.6
1967							122K		46.1
1966							115K		45.6
1965							109K		45.2
1964							103K		44.8
1963							97.9K		44.4
1962							93.3K		44.1
1961							89.4K		43.8
1960							86K		43.4

e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast. Real growth: IMF data for 1991–2013, World Bank for the other years.

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Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.

Yemen

$634 per person (2018)

Saudi Arabia

$34,537 per person (2025)

Qatar

$72,525 per person (2025)

Bahrain

$30,597 per person (2025)

United Arab Emirates

$50,274 per person (2024)

Kuwait

$32,312 per person (2025)

Oman

$19,947 per person (2025)

Jordan

$5,348 per person (2025)

Afghanistan · Algeria · Bahrain · Djibouti · Egypt · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Jordan · Kuwait · Lebanon · Libya · Malta · Morocco · Oman · Pakistan · Qatar · Saudi Arabia · Syria · Tunisia · United Arab Emirates · West Bank and Gaza · Yemen

Rankings

GDP by country · GDP per capita · Real GDP growth · Inflation by country · Government debt to GDP · Stock market to GDP · Population by country · Unemployment by country

Data and methods

GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)