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Djibouti vs Eritrea
How Djibouti and Eritrea compare on 34 measures, from 1900 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Eritrea was higher: 68.6 years against 66 years
- Population · In 2023, Eritrea was higher: 3.47 million people against 1.15 million people
- Military spending · In 2000, Eritrea was higher: 32.66% of GDP against 5.07% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Djibouti was higher: 0.77 tonnes against 0.22 tonnes
- Electoral democracy · In 2025, Djibouti was higher: 0.25 of 1 against 0.07 of 1
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyDjibouti: 66 years in 2023Eritrea: 68.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityDjibouti: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Eritrea: 3.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityDjibouti: 36.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Eritrea: 27.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionDjibouti: 3.61% in 2017Eritrea: 3.87% in 2017
- Suicide rateDjibouti: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Eritrea: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationDjibouti: 1.15 million people in 2023Eritrea: 3.47 million people in 2023
- Population growthDjibouti: 1.38% a year in 2023Eritrea: 1.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateDjibouti: 2.61 births per woman in 2023Eritrea: 3.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationDjibouti: 73% in 2025Eritrea: 34.5% in 2025
- Median ageDjibouti: 24.4 years in 2023Eritrea: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overDjibouti: 4.7% in 2023Eritrea: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateDjibouti: 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Eritrea: -4.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingDjibouti: 2.63% of GDP in 2008Eritrea: 20.87% of GDP in 2003
- Military spending per personDjibouti: $41 in 2008Eritrea: $75 in 2003
- Military share of state spendingDjibouti: 9.1% of government spending in 2008Eritrea: 46.4% of government spending in 2003
- Armed forces personnelDjibouti: 13,000 people in 2020Eritrea: 202,000 people in 2020
- National powerDjibouti: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Eritrea: 0.31% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersDjibouti: 5.4% of the labour force in 2020Eritrea: 13.29% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsDjibouti: 0 TIV in 2023Eritrea: 4 million TIV in 2007
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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