Djibouti vs Somalia
Djibouti vs Somalia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $51.7M in Djibouti in 2008 and $193M in Somalia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1987 the value was higher in Djibouti, by $28.1M, or 1.43 times that in Somalia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Djibouti has been higher since 1984, when it overtook Somalia.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Djibouti | Somalia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $193M |
| 2024 | – | $202M |
| 2023 | – | $147M |
| 2022 | – | $133M |
| 2021 | – | $133M |
| 2020 | – | $123M |
| 2019 | – | $93.5M |
| 2018 | – | $105M |
| 2017 | – | $88M |
| 2016 | – | $70.6M |
| 2015 | – | $69M |
| 2014 | – | $90M |
| 2013 | – | $39.4M |
| 2008 | $51.7M | – |
| 2007 | $55.1M | – |
| 2006 | $83M | – |
| 2005 | $77.8M | – |
| 2004 | $66.8M | – |
| 2003 | $77M | – |
| 2002 | $62.5M | – |
| 2001 | $49.3M | – |
| 2000 | $50.1M | – |
| 1999 | $52.6M | – |
| 1998 | $52.2M | – |
| 1997 | $53.1M | – |
| 1996 | $50.3M | – |
| 1995 | $62.8M | – |
| 1994 | $68.3M | – |
| 1993 | $71.1M | – |
| 1992 | $78.8M | – |
| 1991 | $77.3M | – |
| 1990 | $79.5M | – |
| 1989 | $82.6M | – |
| 1988 | $83.9M | – |
| 1987 | $93.2M | $65.1M |
| 1986 | $97.1M | $70M |
| 1985 | $103M | $66.1M |
| 1984 | $105M | $93M |
| 1983 | $108M | $132M |
| 1982 | $105M | $122M |
| 1981 | $19.2M | $141M |
| 1980 | $6.63M | $146M |
| 1979 | – | $213M |
| 1978 | – | $245M |
| 1977 | – | $105M |
| 1976 | – | $96.3M |
| 1975 | – | $96.5M |
| 1974 | – | $106M |
| 1973 | – | $95.6M |
| 1972 | – | $91.7M |
| 1971 | – | $78.8M |
| 1970 | – | $77.6M |
| 1969 | – | $62.3M |
| 1968 | – | $60.9M |
| 1967 | – | $56.5M |
| 1966 | – | $48.8M |
| 1965 | – | $37.7M |
| 1964 | – | $44.4M |
| 1963 | – | $41.7M |
| 1962 | – | $35.7M |
| 1961 | – | $30.5M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 spendingDjibouti: 2.63% of GDP in 2008Somalia: 1.54% of GDP 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