Djibouti
Government debt in Djibouti
Government debt in Djibouti: 29.5% of GDP in 2009 and 31.3% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 31.3% of GDP
- Since 2009
- +1.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 123 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 15.6% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 15.6% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 48% of GDP in 2017, the lowest 24.6% of GDP in 2013.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Djibouti |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.3 |
| 2024 | 34 |
| 2023 | 35.6 |
| 2022 | 38.3 |
| 2021 | 40.3 |
| 2020 | 42.1 |
| 2019 | 41.1 |
| 2018 | 47.5 |
| 2017 | 48 |
| 2016 | 45.9 |
| 2015 | 40.3 |
| 2014 | 26.9 |
| 2013 | 24.6 |
| 2012 | 25.1 |
| 2011 | 25.7 |
| 2010 | 27.9 |
| 2009 | 29.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Djibouti |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 28.7 |
| 2027 | 25.9 |
| 2028 | 23.3 |
| 2029 | 20.5 |
| 2030 | 17.9 |
| 2031 | 15.6 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- 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.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.63% of GDP in 2008
- Military spending in US dollars$51.7M in 2008
- Military spending per person$41 in 2008
- Military share of state spending9.1% of government spending in 2008
- Armed forces personnel13,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers5.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports0 TIV in 2023