International Rankings of Djibouti 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Djibouti, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Djibouti, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	51	3	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	157	25053	2020
Internet users - percent of population	49	69 %	2021
Internet users - total	155	759000	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	57	2	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	161	27326	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	98	44	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	171	489339	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	181	754.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	180	725.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	99	9 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	101	225.106 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	155	1.954 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	131	5.160 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	175	3.323 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	91	38.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	14	29.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	126	56.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	148	66.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	10	41.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	53	0.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	127	2.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	134	17.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	27	80.2 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	37	41.6 %	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	55	30.9 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2002
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	27	2.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	140	5.483 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	176	4.43 %	2020
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	142	1.78 %	2020
Labor force	171	240500 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	149	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	135	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	0
Population below poverty line	86	21.1 %	2017
Public debt	152	31.8 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	177	5.432 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	91	4.81 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	147	4900 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	164	588.418 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	17	35.3 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	6	28.39 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	1	82.2	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	1	78.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	1	79.9	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	184	610000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	210	62.600 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	177	130000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	155	120.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	11	98.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	51	1.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	157	8.869 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	175	4300 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	114	403 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	162	6692 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	159	0.62 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	166	0.52 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	29	40.38 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	15	73.4	2018
Land use - arable land	159	0.1	2018
Land use - forest	182	0.2	2018
Land use - other	95	26.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	5	73.3	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	76	0.26 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	167	300.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	136	3.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	111	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	83	1.56	2025
Urbanization - urban population	50	78.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	151	23180 sq km	0
Area - total	152	23200 sq km	0
Area - water	131	20150 sq km	0
Coastline	128	314 km	0
Elevation - highest point	108	2021 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	55	155 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	82	430 meters	0
Irrigated land	151	10 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	137	528 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	15	73.4	2018
Land use - arable land	159	0.1	2018
Land use - forest	182	0.2	2018
Land use - other	95	26.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	5	73.3	2018
Military
Military expenditures	15	3.5 % of GDP	2019
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	147	0.05 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	123	0.14 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	157	0.21 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	94	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	55	22.03 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	6	29.9 %	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate	116	19 %	2012
Current health expenditure	91	2 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	121	50.6 %	2023
Death rate	104	7.08 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	128	6.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	44	14.4 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	116	50.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	67	47.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	4	99.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	16	40.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	46	9.2 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	0.3 % of population	0
Education expenditures	50	3.6 % of GDP	2018
Gross reproduction rate	66	1.05 %	2023
Hospital bed density	57	1.4 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	28	38.71 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	20	53.12 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	25	46.02 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	177	68.25 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	188	63.04 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	181	65.61 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	38	234 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	116	26.4 years	2020
Median age - male	122	23 years	0
Median age - total	116	24.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	25	4.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	97	13.5 %	2016
Physicians density	140	0.22 physicians/1,000 population	2014
Population	163	976143	2023
Population growth rate	41	1.93 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	56	87.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	16	75.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	48	26.2 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	39	12.3 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	16	7 years	2011
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	7 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	15	7 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	15	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	39	0.77 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	35	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	33	0.83 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	76	2.13 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	83	1.56	2025
Urbanization - urban population	50	78.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	1	82.2	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	1	78.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	1	79.9	0
Transportation
Airports	111	13	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	89	101000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	114	42	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	98	4	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2000
Roadways - total	145	2893 km	2013
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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