Djibouti vs Ethiopia
Djibouti vs Ethiopia: GDP growth
GDP growth in 2024: 7% a year in Djibouti and 8.1% a year in Ethiopia, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 1.1 percentage points, or 1.15 times that in Djibouti.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Ethiopia has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Djibouti.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Djibouti at 5.5% a year and Ethiopia at 7.7% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Djibouti | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 8.1 |
| 2023 | 6.8 | 7.2 |
| 2022 | 5.2 | 6.4 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 6.3 |
| 2020 | 1.2 | 6.1 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 9 |
| 2018 | 4.8 | 7.7 |
| 2017 | 5.5 | 10.2 |
| 2016 | 7.1 | 8 |
| 2015 | 7.3 | 10.4 |
| 2014 | 7.2 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 9.9 |
| 2012 | 4.8 | 8.7 |
| 2011 | 7.3 | 11.4 |
| 2010 | 4.1 | 10.6 |
| 2009 | 1.6 | 10 |
| 2008 | 5.8 | 11.2 |
| 2007 | 5 | 11.8 |
| 2006 | 4.8 | 11.5 |
| 2005 | 3.1 | 12.6 |
| 2004 | 2.8 | 11.7 |
| 2003 | 3.2 | -2.1 |
| 2002 | 3.2 | 1.6 |
| 2001 | 1.8 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 0.7 | 9.8 |
| 1999 | 2.9 | 6.3 |
| 1998 | 0.1 | -4.2 |
| 1997 | -1.2 | 2.8 |
| 1996 | -3.7 | 13.5 |
| 1995 | -3.5 | 6.1 |
| 1994 | -1.4 | 3.5 |
| 1993 | -6.8 | 13.4 |
| 1992 | 0.6 | -8.9 |
| 1991 | -4.5 | -7.2 |
| 1990 | – | 2.6 |
| 1989 | – | -0.5 |
| 1988 | – | 0.6 |
| 1987 | – | 13.9 |
| 1986 | – | 9.7 |
| 1985 | – | -11.4 |
| 1984 | – | -2.3 |
| 1983 | – | 7.8 |
| 1982 | – | 1 |
| 1980 | – | 4 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
| Year | Djibouti | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.9 | 9.2 |
| 2026 | 5.6 | 9.2 |
| 2027 | 5 | 7.8 |
| 2028 | 5.2 | 8.2 |
| 2029 | 5.4 | 8.2 |
| 2030 | 5.5 | 8 |
| 2031 | 5.5 | 7.7 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Djibouti vs Ethiopia
Health
- Life expectancyDjibouti: 66 years in 2023Ethiopia: 67.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityDjibouti: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Ethiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityDjibouti: 36.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ethiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionDjibouti: 3.61% in 2017Ethiopia: 3.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateDjibouti: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Ethiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationDjibouti: 1.15 million people in 2023Ethiopia: 129 million people in 2023
- Population growthDjibouti: 1.38% a year in 2023Ethiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateDjibouti: 2.61 births per woman in 2023Ethiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationDjibouti: 73% in 2025Ethiopia: 24.1% in 2025
- Median ageDjibouti: 24.4 years in 2023Ethiopia: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overDjibouti: 4.7% in 2023Ethiopia: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateDjibouti: 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Ethiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingDjibouti: 2.63% of GDP in 2008Ethiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsDjibouti: $51.7M in 2008Ethiopia: $785M in 2025
- Military spending per personDjibouti: $41 in 2008Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingDjibouti: 9.1% of government spending in 2008Ethiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelDjibouti: 13,000 people in 2020Ethiopia: 138,000 people in 2020
- National powerDjibouti: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Ethiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersDjibouti: 5.4% of the labour force in 2020Ethiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsDjibouti: 0 TIV in 2023Ethiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025