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General Information

Region		Eastern Africa
Population (000, 2021)		1 002^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		43.2^a
Capital city		Djibouti
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		568.8^c,b
UN membership date		20-Sep-77
Surface area (km2)		23 200^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		110.4^a
National currency		Djibouti Franc (DJF)
Exchange rate (per US$)		177.7^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	1 244	2 445	3 166^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	11.7	7.7	7.7^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	1 480.2	2 675.6	3 252.3^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	2.8	1.3	1.4^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	16.1	12.1	11.8^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	81.1	86.6	86.9^b
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	40.7	36.5	32.4^d
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	11.5	12.3	13.3^d
Employment in services^e (% employed)	47.8	51.2	54.3^d
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	10.7	10.6	10.3^d
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	49.6 / 71.0	50.4 / 69.5	50.8 / 68.8^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	112	122^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	117	83	126^b
International trade: exports^e (million current US$)	470	132	146^d
International trade: imports^e (million current US$)	603	890	1 489^d
International trade: balance^e (million current US$)	-133	-758	- 1 344^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	50	714	448^b

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^f (average annual %)	1.4	1.7	1.6^d
Urban population (% of total population)	77	77.4	77.9^b
Urban population growth rate^f (average annual %)	1.7	1.8	...
Fertility rate, total^f (live births per woman)	3.6	3.1	2.8^d
Life expectancy at birth^f (females/males, years)	60.5 / 57.6	63.2 / 60.0	68.7 / 64.6^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	32.6 / 6.1	30.6 / 6.5	28.6 / 7.6^a
International migrant stock^g (000/% of total pop.)	102.3 / 12.2	112.4 / 12.3	119.7 / 12.1^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	15.8^h	17.4	31.1^d
Infant mortality rate^f (per 1 000 live births)	63.4	55.7	33.4^d
Health: Current expenditureⁱ (% of GDP)	3.1	3.1	2.3^j
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.2^k	0.2^l	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.5	3.6^e	3.6^e,j
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	58.5 / 58.9^m	72.8 / 67.9	72.2 / 75.3^d
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	31.1 / 38.5^m	45.3 / 48.0	55.6 / 54.0^d
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	19.8 / 26.8^m	37.2 / 41.9	43.3 / 43.3^d
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	13.8	12.7	26.2ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	6.5^e	11.9^e	55.7^o
Threatened species (number)	81	94	118
Forested area^e (% of land area)	0.2	0.2	0.2^j
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	3	4	4^e,j
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	13	11	11^e,j
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	51	63^p	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	0	0.8	0.8^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	34.2 / 14.9	38.4 / 18.2	41.6 / 20.9^d
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	11.52	6.73	7.61^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		Refers to the population of the "cercle".
d		2020
e		Estimate.
f		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
g		Including refugees.
h		Data as at the end of December.
i		Care should be taken interpretating the 2011-2014 out of pocket data and estimates for other years because of limitations in available household expenditure data.
j		2018
k		2006
l		2014
m		2009
n		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
o		2017
p		2013