Djibouti vs Eritrea
Djibouti vs Eritrea: Military spending
Military spending: 2.63% of GDP in Djibouti in 2008 and 20.87% of GDP in Eritrea in 2003, by SIPRI estimates. In 2000 the value was higher in Eritrea, by 27.59 percentage points, or 6.44 times that in Djibouti.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Eritrea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Djibouti | Eritrea |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2.63 | – |
| 2007 | 2.9 | – |
| 2006 | 4.59 | – |
| 2005 | 4.51 | – |
| 2004 | 5.61 | – |
| 2003 | – | 20.87 |
| 2002 | – | 20.67 |
| 2001 | – | 22.14 |
| 2000 | 5.07 | 32.66 |
| 1999 | 5.48 | 34.38 |
| 1998 | 5.65 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 5.48 | 11.86 |
| 1996 | 5.08 | 20.34 |
| 1995 | 5.79 | 19.54 |
| 1994 | 5.76 | 12.72 |
| 1993 | 6.16 | 21.33 |
| 1992 | 6.76 | – |
| 1991 | 6.65 | – |
| 1983 | 7.66 | – |
| 1982 | 7.49 | – |
| 1981 | 1.42 | – |
| 1980 | 0.54 | – |
| 1979 | 0.02 | – |
| 1978 | 0.02 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Djibouti vs Eritrea
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 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