Djibouti

Djibouti: Country Intelligence Brief

Djibouti's economy was valued at $4.15 billion in 2024, according to World Bank WDI figures, with GDP per capita at $3,552.72 the same year against a population of 1,168,722. Foreign reserves stood at $348.73 million in 2024, per the same World Bank WDI series, and the IMF World Economic Outlook puts government debt at 29.6% of GDP in 2026.

Military capacity

SIPRI's Milex data put military expenditure at $36.27 million, equivalent to 2.628% of GDP on SIPRI's own GDP series rather than the World Bank GDP figure cited above — but both the expenditure figure and the GDP-share figure carry a 2008 date, not a current one. The Correlates of War National Material Capabilities dataset recorded 8,000 active-duty personnel in 2022 and assigned Djibouti a Composite Index of National Capability (CINC) score of 0.00015871796 for the same year; these personnel and capability figures are likewise not refreshed beyond 2022 in this bundle.

Governance

V-Dem v15's 2025 indicators score the electoral democracy index at 0.25 and the liberal democracy index at 0.118, with state capacity measured at 0.295 the same year. These figures carry no further narrative context in the bundle, and no earlier V-Dem vintage is supplied for comparison.

Energy

Our World in Data's energy series records primary energy supply of 0.0127 exajoules in 2023 and electricity generation of 0.2 terawatt-hours in 2024. Oil and gas production are both listed at 0.0 terawatt-hours, dated to 2016 for both series.

Data gaps

The SIPRI military expenditure and milex-to-GDP figures are the most dated in this bundle, carrying a 2008 year against 2022–2026 figures everywhere else; any assessment of current defense spending should treat these as historical rather than present-day. Oil and gas production figures are also stale, dated 2016, and both read zero. Governance indicators are single-year (2025) with no earlier series for comparison. No trade or force-structure detail beyond personnel count and CINC is present.

Sources: World Bank WDI; IMF World Economic Outlook; SIPRI Milex; Correlates of War National Material Capabilities; V-Dem v15; Our World in Data (Energy).