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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Djibouti economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Djibouti best banks and safest banks are also available.
Frontier Markets Report
Djibouti is a small country with ambitious plans, which it hopes to achieve by attracting large amounts of foreign direct investment.
USD 0.5 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
5% | 5.8% | 1.6% | 4.1% | 7.3% | 4.8% | 5% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | ||
6% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 6.7% | 6.7% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
N/A | N/A | 0% | 0% | 0.003% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-0.8% | 2.7% | 0.6% |
0.1% |
2.2% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
39.9% | 45.7% | 47.9% | 48% | 47.4% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-15.3% | -8.3% | -4.5% | -2.9% | -1.5% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
15.1 % (2018 estimate)
34.6% (2018)
0.001% (2018)
0.004% (2018)
Reexports, hides and skins, scrap metal
Foods, beverages, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, clothing
Ethiopia 38.8%, Somalia 17.1%, Qatar 9.1%, Brazil 8.9%, Yemen 4.9%, US 4.6% (2017)
UAE 25%, France 15.2%, Saudi Arabia 11%, China 9.6%, Ethiopia 6.8%, Yemen 4.6% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 160 million | USD 165 million | USD 265 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
112 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 123 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 87 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 121 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 117 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 132 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 103 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 133 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 147 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 144 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 44 out of 190 countries
Ranking: 169 / Score: 47.1 (Repressed)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Sunni Muslim 94% (nearly all Djiboutians), Christian 6% (mainly foreign-born residents)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
N/A | 0.64 million | 0.84 million | 0.97 million | 1.11 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
50.3% | 72.1% | 76.5% | 77.8% |
40.2% (last available estimate, 2017)
41.6 (last available estimate, 2017)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Not Free
Political Rights: 6
Civil Liberties: 5 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 3.8%
Mobile: 41.2%
(2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)