Djibouti vs Somalia
Djibouti vs Somalia: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $3,459 in Djibouti and $465 in Somalia, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Djibouti, by $2,994, or 7.43 times that in Somalia.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Djibouti has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2013.
- In 2025, Djibouti ranked 127 and Somalia ranked 183 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Djibouti | Somalia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,459 | $465 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $3,290 | $467 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $3,118 | $465 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $2,960 | $460 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $2,854 | $462 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $2,773 | $463 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $2,782 | $494 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $2,677 | $499 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $2,596 | $507 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $2,503 | $459 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $2,376 | $446 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $2,253 | $418 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $2,140 | $397 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | – | $370 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | – | $350 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | – | $330 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | – | $317 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | – | $305 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | – | $294 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | – | $285 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | – | $276 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | – | $266 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | – | $258 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | – | $249 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | – | $240 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | – | $233 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | – | $226 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | – | $220 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | – | $215 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | – | $220 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | – | $211 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | – | $210 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | – | $269 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | – | $267 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | – | $278 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | – | $259 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | – | $252 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | – | $239 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | – | $231 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | – | $218 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | – | $232 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | – | $221 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | – | $222 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | – | $259 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | – | $253 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | – | $240 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | – | $256 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | – | $305 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | – | $310 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | – | $280 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | – | $293 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | – | $262 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | – | $266 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | – | $311 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | – | $278 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | – | $280 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | – | $275 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | – | $287 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | – | $289 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | – | $280 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | – | $263 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | – | $287 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | – | $314 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | – | $314 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | – | $301 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | – | $319 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, 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 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