Djibouti vs Somalia
Djibouti vs Somalia: GDP growth
GDP growth in 2024: 7% a year in Djibouti and 4% a year in Somalia, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Djibouti, by 2.9 percentage points, or 1.73 times that in Somalia.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Djibouti has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Somalia.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Djibouti at 5.5% a year and Somalia at 4% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Djibouti | Somalia |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 4 |
| 2023 | 6.8 | 4.2 |
| 2022 | 5.2 | 2.8 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
| 2020 | 1.2 | -2.7 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 4.8 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 5.5 | 9.5 |
| 2016 | 7.1 | -1.3 |
| 2015 | 7.3 | 4.6 |
| 2014 | 7.2 | 2.7 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 2012 | 4.8 | 1.2 |
| 2011 | 7.3 | – |
| 2010 | 4.1 | – |
| 2009 | 1.6 | – |
| 2008 | 5.8 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | – |
| 2006 | 4.8 | – |
| 2005 | 3.1 | – |
| 2004 | 2.8 | – |
| 2003 | 3.2 | – |
| 2002 | 3.2 | – |
| 2001 | 1.8 | – |
| 2000 | 0.7 | – |
| 1999 | 2.9 | – |
| 1998 | 0.1 | – |
| 1997 | -1.2 | – |
| 1996 | -3.7 | – |
| 1995 | -3.5 | – |
| 1994 | -1.4 | – |
| 1993 | -6.8 | – |
| 1992 | 0.6 | – |
| 1991 | -4.5 | – |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
| Year | Djibouti | Somalia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.9 | 3.1 |
| 2026 | 5.6 | 2.3 |
| 2027 | 5 | 2.7 |
| 2028 | 5.2 | 3.2 |
| 2029 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2030 | 5.5 | 3.8 |
| 2031 | 5.5 | 4 |
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 Somalia
Health
- Life expectancyDjibouti: 66 years in 2023Somalia: 58.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityDjibouti: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Somalia: 10.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityDjibouti: 36.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Somalia: 66.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionDjibouti: 3.61% in 2017Somalia: 3.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateDjibouti: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Somalia: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationDjibouti: 1.15 million people in 2023Somalia: 18.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthDjibouti: 1.38% a year in 2023Somalia: 3.57% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateDjibouti: 2.61 births per woman in 2023Somalia: 6.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationDjibouti: 73% in 2025Somalia: 55.1% in 2025
- Median ageDjibouti: 24.4 years in 2023Somalia: 15.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overDjibouti: 4.7% in 2023Somalia: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateDjibouti: 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Somalia: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingDjibouti: 2.63% of GDP in 2008Somalia: 1.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsDjibouti: $51.7M in 2008Somalia: $193M in 2025
- Military spending per personDjibouti: $41 in 2008Somalia: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingDjibouti: 9.1% of government spending in 2008Somalia: 20.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelDjibouti: 13,000 people in 2020Somalia: 14,000 people in 2020
- National powerDjibouti: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Somalia: 0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersDjibouti: 5.4% of the labour force in 2020Somalia: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsDjibouti: 0 TIV in 2023Somalia: 2 million TIV in 2025