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Djibouti vs Ethiopia

102 shared metrics.

DjiboutiLeads in 47

vs102 shared

EthiopiaLeads in 55

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Djibouti

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Djibouti.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the country name derives from the capital city of Djibouti.

CIA 2026

Ethiopia

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Ethiopia's Lalibela churches were carved down into living rock, not built up from blocks.

UNESCO

Analysis

Ethiopia leads in 55 of 102 shared metrics, while Djibouti leads in 47.

Djibouti's Exports (% GDP) is 21.8x that of Ethiopia (126.42% of GDP vs 5.5% of GDP).

Djibouti's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 18.5x that of Ethiopia (450 gCO2/kWh vs 23.08 gCO2/kWh).

Djibouti's Youth Unemployment Rate is 13.3x that of Ethiopia (76.77% of youth labor force vs 5.4% of youth labor force).

Djibouti's Wind Electricity Share is 9.6x that of Ethiopia (35% vs 3.3%).

Djibouti's Credit Card Ownership is 8.9x that of Ethiopia (4.0% of adults vs 0.40% of adults).

Key Comparisons

Exports (% GDP)Djibouti leads

Djibouti

126.42% of GDP

Ethiopia

5.5% of GDP

Electricity Carbon IntensityDjibouti leads

Djibouti

450 gCO2/kWh

Ethiopia

23.08 gCO2/kWh

Youth Unemployment RateDjibouti leads

Djibouti

76.77% of youth labor force

Ethiopia

5.4% of youth labor force

Wind Electricity ShareDjibouti leads

Djibouti

35%

Ethiopia

3.3%

Credit Card OwnershipDjibouti leads

Djibouti

4.0% of adults

Ethiopia

0.40% of adults

Imports (% GDP)Djibouti leads

Djibouti

114.82% of GDP

Ethiopia

11.86% of GDP

All Metrics

Exports (% GDP)

Djibouti

126.42% of GDP

Ethiopia

5.5% of GDP

2182% higher

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Djibouti

450 gCO2/kWh

Ethiopia

23.08 gCO2/kWh

1850% higher

Youth Unemployment Rate

Djibouti

76.77% of youth labor force

Ethiopia

5.4% of youth labor force

1334% higher

Wind Electricity Share

Djibouti

35%

Ethiopia

3.3%

961% higher

Credit Card Ownership

Djibouti

4.0% of adults

Ethiopia

0.40% of adults

889% higher

Imports (% GDP)

Djibouti

114.82% of GDP

Ethiopia

11.86% of GDP

868% higher

Unemployment Rate

Djibouti

25.88%

Ethiopia

3.4%

661% higher

Sanitation Access (%)

Djibouti

67.02%

Ethiopia

10.36%

547% higher

Seafood Consumption per Person

Djibouti

3.2 kg/person/yr

Ethiopia

0.53 kg/person/yr

502% higher

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Djibouti

1.4 per 1k

Ethiopia

0.30 per 1k

367% higher

Obesity Rate

Djibouti

10.87%

Ethiopia

2.4%

352% higher

Internet Users (%)

Djibouti

65%

Ethiopia

17%

282% higher

CO2 Per Capita

Djibouti

0.48 t/person/yr

Ethiopia

0.14 t/person/yr

257% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Djibouti

Ethiopia

233% higher

GNI Per Capita

Djibouti

$3,640

Ethiopia

$1,100

231% higher

Urban Population (%)

Djibouti

72.91%

Ethiopia

23.62%

209% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Djibouti

$81.81

Ethiopia

$27.07

202% higher

Meat Consumption per Person

Djibouti

15.04 kg/person/yr

Ethiopia

5.4 kg/person/yr

179% higher

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Djibouti

$7,810.28

Ethiopia

$3,287.53

138% higher

Agricultural Land (%)

Djibouti

73.51%

Ethiopia

34.08%

116% higher

Comparison of Djibouti and Ethiopia across 102 metrics
				Winner
Exports (% GDP)	126.42% of GDP	5.5% of GDP	2182% higher	Djibouti
Electricity Carbon Intensity	450 gCO2/kWh	23.08 gCO2/kWh	1850% higher	Djibouti
Youth Unemployment Rate	76.77% of youth labor force	5.4% of youth labor force	1334% higher	Djibouti
Wind Electricity Share	35%	3.3%	961% higher	Djibouti
Credit Card Ownership	4.0% of adults	0.40% of adults	889% higher	Djibouti
Imports (% GDP)	114.82% of GDP	11.86% of GDP	868% higher	Djibouti
Unemployment Rate	25.88%	3.4%	661% higher	Djibouti
Sanitation Access (%)	67.02%	10.36%	547% higher	Djibouti
Seafood Consumption per Person	3.2 kg/person/yr	0.53 kg/person/yr	502% higher	Djibouti
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.4 per 1k	0.30 per 1k	367% higher	Djibouti
Obesity Rate	10.87%	2.4%	352% higher	Djibouti
Internet Users (%)	65%	17%	282% higher	Djibouti
CO2 Per Capita	0.48 t/person/yr	0.14 t/person/yr	257% higher	Djibouti
Merchant Fleet Size	40	12	233% higher	Djibouti
GNI Per Capita	$3,640	$1,100	231% higher	Djibouti
Urban Population (%)	72.91%	23.62%	209% higher	Djibouti
Health Spending Per Capita	$81.81	$27.07	202% higher	Djibouti
Meat Consumption per Person	15.04 kg/person/yr	5.4 kg/person/yr	179% higher	Djibouti
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$7,810.28	$3,287.53	138% higher	Djibouti
Agricultural Land (%)	73.51%	34.08%	116% higher	Djibouti
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	25 days/yr	12 days/yr	108% higher	Djibouti
Forest Area	60.44 km²	168.5K km²	100% lower	Ethiopia
Water Withdrawal	0.02 B m³	10.55 B m³	100% lower	Ethiopia
Scientific Publications	13.16	7.2K	100% lower	Ethiopia
Broadband Access (%)	1.0 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	100% lower	Ethiopia
Official Languages Count	2.0	1.0	100% higher	Djibouti
Population	1.01M	121.37M	99% lower	Ethiopia
Capital Elevation	14 m	2.4K m	99% lower	Ethiopia
Irrigated Land	10 km²	1.8K km²	99% lower	Ethiopia
Electricity Generation	0.20 TWh	18.26 TWh	99% lower	Ethiopia
Forest Coverage (%)	0.26%	14.93%	98% lower	Ethiopia
Land Area	23.2K km²	1.13M km²	98% lower	Ethiopia
All-Time Olympic Medals	1.0 medals	62 medals	98% lower	Ethiopia
GDP (Nominal)	$4,152,145,939.98	$149,740,297,952.99	97% lower	Ethiopia
Electric Generating Capacity	210.0K kW	5.69M kW	96% lower	Ethiopia
Total CO2 Emissions	0.89 Mt CO2e	19.36 Mt CO2e	95% lower	Ethiopia
Beer Consumption	0.06 L/person/yr	1.0 L/person/yr	94% lower	Ethiopia
Protected Land (%)	1.6%	17%	91% lower	Ethiopia
Armed Forces Personnel	13.0K	138.0K	91% lower	Ethiopia
Land Border Length	528 km	5.9K km	91% lower	Ethiopia
Inflation Rate	2.1%	21%	90% lower	Ethiopia
Alcohol Consumption	0.38 L/adult/yr	3.1 L/adult/yr	88% lower	Ethiopia
Railway Length	97 km	659 km	85% lower	Ethiopia
Airports	10	58	83% lower	Ethiopia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	18.62 per 100k	10.23 per 100k	82% higher	Djibouti
Foreign Patents	10	54	81% lower	Ethiopia
Insufficient Physical Activity	17.01% of adults	9.4% of adults	80% higher	Djibouti
Teen Birth Rate	18.97 per 1k	69.86 per 1k	73% lower	Ethiopia
Renewable Energy (%)	26.9%	90.6%	70% lower	Ethiopia
Border Neighbors	2.0	6.0	67% lower	Ethiopia
Population Density	49.74 /km²	114.04 /km²	56% lower	Ethiopia
Highest Elevation	2.0K m	4.5K m	56% lower	Ethiopia
Domestic Patents	3.0	6.0	50% lower	Ethiopia
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.21 per 1k	0.14 per 1k	50% higher	Djibouti
Elderly Population (%)	4.9%	3.2%	50% higher	Djibouti
Fertility Rate	2.1 children/woman	3.8 children/woman	45% lower	Ethiopia
Informal Employment Share	47.62% of employed people	77.65% of employed people	39% lower	Ethiopia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.6% of GDP	2.7% of GDP	39% lower	Ethiopia
Women in Parliament (%)	26.15%	41.31%	37% lower	Ethiopia
Firms Asked for Bribes	11.13% of firms	17.68% of firms	37% lower	Ethiopia
Milk Consumption per Person	59.81 kg/person/yr	44.14 kg/person/yr	36% higher	Djibouti
Political Corruption Index	0.71	0.53	33% higher	Djibouti
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	33% lower	Ethiopia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	35.92 µg/m³	27.31 µg/m³	32% higher	Djibouti
Road Traffic Death Rate	23.3 per 100k	17.7 per 100k	32% higher	Djibouti
Suicide Rate	8.0 per 100k	6.1 per 100k	31% higher	Djibouti
Dependency Ratio	51.56% of working-age pop.	73.28% of working-age pop.	30% lower	Ethiopia
Median Age	24.4 years	18.7 years	30% higher	Djibouti
Water Stress (%)	6.3%	8.6%	27% lower	Ethiopia
Birth Rate	21.46 per 1k	29.08 per 1k	26% lower	Ethiopia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	49 per 100 people	65 per 100 people	25% lower	Ethiopia
Death Rate	7.0 per 1k	5.6 per 1k	25% higher	Djibouti
Youth Population (%)	29.17%	39.06%	25% lower	Ethiopia
Infant Mortality	44.4 per 1k births	35.7 per 1k births	24% higher	Djibouti
Corruption Perceptions Index	31 pts	38 pts	18% lower	Ethiopia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.12	0.10	18% higher	Djibouti
Electricity Access (%)	65.2%	55.4%	18% higher	Djibouti
Freedom of Expression Index	0.34	0.28	18% higher	Djibouti
Food Waste per Person	129.84 kg/person/yr	110.06 kg/person/yr	18% higher	Djibouti
Women's Political Empowerment	0.58	0.69	15% lower	Ethiopia
Firms with Female Top Manager	14.2% of firms	16.44% of firms	14% lower	Ethiopia
High-Tech Exports (%)	3.3%	3.8%	13% lower	Ethiopia
Spirits Consumption	0.15 L/person/yr	0.14 L/person/yr	12% higher	Djibouti
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.5% of GDP	2.9% of GDP	12% lower	Ethiopia
Firms Making Informal Payments	12.09% of firms	11.13% of firms	9% higher	Djibouti
Child Mortality	50.4 per 1k births	46.5 per 1k births	8% higher	Djibouti
GDP Growth Rate	7.0%	7.6%	8% lower	Ethiopia
Government Debt (% GDP)	33.7% of GDP	31.4% of GDP	7% higher	Djibouti
Firms Hit by Power Outages	80.24% of firms	85.87% of firms	7% lower	Ethiopia
Human Development Index	0.51	0.50	3% higher	Djibouti
Electoral Democracy Index	0.25	0.26	3% lower	Ethiopia
Life Expectancy	66.0 years	67.3 years	2% lower	Ethiopia
Coastline Length	314 km	0 km	ranked higher	Djibouti
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Djibouti
Solar Electricity Share	0%	0.12%	ranked lower	Ethiopia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.01 per 1M people	ranked lower	Ethiopia
Lowest Elevation	-155 m	-125 m	ranked lower	Ethiopia
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	10.2% of GDP	-0.9% of GDP	ranked higher	Djibouti
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	12 sites	ranked lower	Ethiopia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.00 per 100k people	ranked lower	Ethiopia
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	0 gold medals	24 gold medals	ranked lower	Ethiopia
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Djibouti

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Djibouti Ethiopia

Analysis

Ethiopia leads in 55 of 102 shared metrics, while Djibouti leads in 47.

Djibouti's Exports (% GDP) is 21.8x that of Ethiopia (126.42% of GDP vs 5.5% of GDP).

Djibouti's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 18.5x that of Ethiopia (450 gCO2/kWh vs 23.08 gCO2/kWh).

Djibouti's Youth Unemployment Rate is 13.3x that of Ethiopia (76.77% of youth labor force vs 5.4% of youth labor force).

Djibouti's Wind Electricity Share is 9.6x that of Ethiopia (35% vs 3.3%).

Djibouti's Credit Card Ownership is 8.9x that of Ethiopia (4.0% of adults vs 0.40% of adults).

Key Comparisons

Exports (% GDP)Djibouti leads

Djibouti

126.42% of GDP

Ethiopia

5.5% of GDP

Electricity Carbon IntensityDjibouti leads

Djibouti

450 gCO2/kWh

Ethiopia

23.08 gCO2/kWh

Youth Unemployment RateDjibouti leads

Djibouti

76.77% of youth labor force

Ethiopia

5.4% of youth labor force

Wind Electricity ShareDjibouti leads

Djibouti

35%

Ethiopia

3.3%

Credit Card OwnershipDjibouti leads

Djibouti

4.0% of adults

Ethiopia

0.40% of adults

Imports (% GDP)Djibouti leads

Djibouti

114.82% of GDP

Ethiopia

11.86% of GDP

Exports (% GDP)

126.42% of GDP

5.5% of GDP

Electricity Carbon Intensity

450 gCO2/kWh

23.08 gCO2/kWh

Youth Unemployment Rate

76.77% of youth labor force

5.4% of youth labor force

Wind Electricity Share

35%

3.3%

Credit Card Ownership

4.0% of adults

0.40% of adults

Imports (% GDP)

114.82% of GDP

11.86% of GDP

Unemployment Rate

25.88%

3.4%

Sanitation Access (%)

67.02%

10.36%

Seafood Consumption per Person

3.2 kg/person/yr

0.53 kg/person/yr

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

1.4 per 1k

0.30 per 1k

Obesity Rate

10.87%

2.4%

Internet Users (%)

65%

17%

CO2 Per Capita

0.48 t/person/yr

0.14 t/person/yr

Merchant Fleet Size

GNI Per Capita

$3,640

$1,100

Urban Population (%)

72.91%

23.62%

Health Spending Per Capita

$81.81

$27.07

Meat Consumption per Person

15.04 kg/person/yr

5.4 kg/person/yr

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$7,810.28

$3,287.53

Agricultural Land (%)

73.51%

34.08%

Djibouti vs Ethiopia

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Exports (% GDP)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Youth Unemployment Rate

Wind Electricity Share

Credit Card Ownership

Imports (% GDP)

Unemployment Rate

Sanitation Access (%)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Obesity Rate

Internet Users (%)

CO2 Per Capita

Merchant Fleet Size

GNI Per Capita

Urban Population (%)

Health Spending Per Capita

Meat Consumption per Person

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Agricultural Land (%)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Forest Area

Water Withdrawal

Scientific Publications

Broadband Access (%)

Official Languages Count

Population

Capital Elevation

Irrigated Land

Electricity Generation

Forest Coverage (%)

Land Area

All-Time Olympic Medals

GDP (Nominal)

Electric Generating Capacity

Total CO2 Emissions

Beer Consumption

Protected Land (%)

Armed Forces Personnel

Land Border Length

Inflation Rate

Alcohol Consumption

Railway Length

Airports

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Foreign Patents

Insufficient Physical Activity

Teen Birth Rate

Renewable Energy (%)

Border Neighbors

Population Density

Highest Elevation

Domestic Patents

Doctors (per 1,000)

Elderly Population (%)

Fertility Rate

Informal Employment Share

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Women in Parliament (%)

Firms Asked for Bribes

Milk Consumption per Person

Political Corruption Index

Time Zones Count

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Suicide Rate

Dependency Ratio

Median Age

Water Stress (%)

Birth Rate

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Death Rate