Djibouti vs Somalia
Djibouti vs Somalia: Military spending
Military spending: 2.63% of GDP in Djibouti in 2008 and 1.54% of GDP in Somalia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1983 the value was higher in Djibouti, by 7.42 percentage points, or 32 times that in Somalia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Djibouti has been higher since 1981, when it overtook Somalia.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Djibouti | Somalia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 1.54 |
| 2024 | – | 1.66 |
| 2023 | – | 1.27 |
| 2022 | – | 1.16 |
| 2021 | – | 1.17 |
| 2020 | – | 1.14 |
| 2019 | – | 0.83 |
| 2018 | – | 0.97 |
| 2017 | – | 0.75 |
| 2016 | – | 0.65 |
| 2015 | – | 0.68 |
| 2014 | – | 0.94 |
| 2013 | – | 0.44 |
| 2008 | 2.63 | – |
| 2007 | 2.9 | – |
| 2006 | 4.59 | – |
| 2005 | 4.51 | – |
| 2004 | 5.61 | – |
| 2000 | 5.07 | – |
| 1999 | 5.48 | – |
| 1998 | 5.65 | – |
| 1997 | 5.48 | – |
| 1996 | 5.08 | – |
| 1995 | 5.79 | – |
| 1994 | 5.76 | – |
| 1993 | 6.16 | – |
| 1992 | 6.76 | – |
| 1991 | 6.65 | – |
| 1989 | – | 1.53 |
| 1988 | – | 17.44 |
| 1987 | – | 16.96 |
| 1986 | – | 28.95 |
| 1985 | – | 0.05 |
| 1984 | – | 0.14 |
| 1983 | 7.66 | 0.24 |
| 1982 | 7.49 | 0.29 |
| 1981 | 1.42 | 0.61 |
| 1980 | 0.54 | 0.55 |
| 1979 | 0.02 | 0.97 |
| 1978 | 0.02 | 1 |
| 1977 | – | 0.46 |
| 1976 | – | 0.52 |
| 1975 | – | 0.52 |
| 1974 | – | 0.73 |
| 1973 | – | 0.51 |
| 1972 | – | 0.45 |
| 1971 | – | 0.48 |
| 1970 | – | 0.5 |
| 1969 | – | 0.42 |
| 1968 | – | 0.41 |
| 1967 | – | 0.39 |
| 1966 | – | 0.35 |
| 1965 | – | 0.3 |
| 1964 | – | 0.33 |
| 1963 | – | 0.29 |
| 1962 | – | 0.25 |
| 1961 | – | 0.23 |
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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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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 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