Djibouti
Military spending in Djibouti
Military spending in Djibouti: 0.02% of GDP in 1978 and 2.63% of GDP in 2008, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2008
- 2.63% of GDP
- Since 1978
- +2.61 percentage points
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 7.66% of GDP in 1983, the lowest 0.02% of GDP in 1979.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Djibouti |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1983 | 7.66 |
| 1982 | 7.49 |
| 1981 | 1.42 |
| 1980 | 0.54 |
| 1979 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 0.02 |
- Estimate
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.
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- 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