Djibouti vs Somalia
Djibouti vs Somalia: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $41 in Djibouti in 2008 and $10 in Somalia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1989 the value was higher in Djibouti, by $61, or 52 times that in Somalia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Djibouti has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Djibouti | Somalia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $10 |
| 2024 | – | $11 |
| 2023 | – | $8 |
| 2022 | – | $7 |
| 2021 | – | $7 |
| 2020 | – | $6 |
| 2019 | – | $5 |
| 2018 | – | $5 |
| 2017 | – | $4 |
| 2016 | – | $3 |
| 2015 | – | $3 |
| 2014 | – | $5 |
| 2013 | – | $2 |
| 2008 | $41 | – |
| 2007 | $40 | – |
| 2006 | $59 | – |
| 2005 | $54 | – |
| 2004 | $46 | – |
| 2003 | $52 | – |
| 2002 | $42 | – |
| 2001 | $34 | – |
| 2000 | $35 | – |
| 1999 | $38 | – |
| 1998 | $39 | – |
| 1997 | $40 | – |
| 1996 | $38 | – |
| 1995 | $47 | – |
| 1994 | $49 | – |
| 1993 | $52 | – |
| 1992 | $52 | – |
| 1991 | $52 | – |
| 1990 | $57 | – |
| 1989 | $62 | $1 |
| 1988 | $66 | $7 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 in US dollarsDjibouti: $51.7M in 2008Somalia: $193M 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