Djibouti vs Ethiopia
Djibouti vs Ethiopia: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 65.3% in Djibouti and 21.9% in Ethiopia, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Djibouti, by 43.4 percentage points, or 2.98 times that in Ethiopia.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Djibouti has been higher since 1995.
- In 2024, Djibouti ranked 129 and Ethiopia ranked 170 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Djibouti | Ethiopia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 65.3 | 21.9 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 64.8 | 20.3 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 63.8 | 18 | 67 |
| 2021 | 61.4 | 16.7 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 59.9 | 16.1 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 58.5 | 16 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 57.1 | 15.9 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 55.7 | 15.6 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 30.8 | 15.4 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 22.9 | 13.9 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7.7 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 12.7 | 4.6 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 9.4 | 2.9 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 7 | 1.1 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 6.5 | 0.8 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0.5 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0.2 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.8 | 0.2 | – |
| 2003 | 0.6 | 0.1 | – |
| 2002 | 0.5 | 0.1 | – |
| 2001 | 0.3 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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