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Djibouti vs Somalia

93 shared metrics.

DjiboutiLeads in 52

vs93 shared

SomaliaLeads in 41

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Djibouti

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Djibouti.

CIA 2026

Identity

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

CIA 2026

Somalia

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Federal Republic of Somalia.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the name means "Land of the Somali," a local ethnic group.

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Analysis

Djibouti leads in 52 of 93 shared metrics, while Somalia leads in 41.

Djibouti's Government Debt (% GDP) is 67399.0x that of Somalia (33.7% of GDP vs 0.00% of GDP).

Djibouti's Wind Electricity Share is 14.0x that of Somalia (35% vs 2.3%).

Djibouti's Merchant Fleet Size is 9.0x that of Somalia (40 vs 4.0).

Djibouti's CO2 Per Capita is 6.0x that of Somalia (0.48 t/person/yr vs 0.07 t/person/yr).

Djibouti's Credit Card Ownership is 5.7x that of Somalia (4.0% of adults vs 0.59% of adults).

Key Comparisons

Government Debt (% GDP)Djibouti leads

Djibouti

33.7% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

Wind Electricity ShareDjibouti leads

Djibouti

35%

Somalia

2.3%

Merchant Fleet SizeDjibouti leads

Djibouti

Somalia

4.0

CO2 Per CapitaDjibouti leads

Djibouti

0.48 t/person/yr

Somalia

0.07 t/person/yr

Credit Card OwnershipDjibouti leads

Djibouti

4.0% of adults

Somalia

0.59% of adults

GNI Per CapitaDjibouti leads

Djibouti

$3,640

Somalia

$620

All Metrics

Government Debt (% GDP)

Djibouti

33.7% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

6739900% higher

Wind Electricity Share

Djibouti

35%

Somalia

2.3%

1402% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Djibouti

Somalia

4.0

900% higher

CO2 Per Capita

Djibouti

0.48 t/person/yr

Somalia

0.07 t/person/yr

595% higher

Credit Card Ownership

Djibouti

4.0% of adults

Somalia

0.59% of adults

573% higher

GNI Per Capita

Djibouti

$3,640

Somalia

$620

487% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Djibouti

$81.81

Somalia

$15.35

433% higher

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Djibouti

$7,810.28

Somalia

$1,601.96

388% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Djibouti

0.21 per 1k

Somalia

0.05 per 1k

320% higher

Exports (% GDP)

Djibouti

126.42% of GDP

Somalia

31.21% of GDP

305% higher

Corruption Perceptions Index

Djibouti

31 pts

Somalia

9.0 pts

244% higher

Internet Users (%)

Djibouti

65%

Somalia

28%

132% higher

Youth Unemployment Rate

Djibouti

76.77% of youth labor force

Somalia

34.23% of youth labor force

124% higher

Forest Area

Somalia

Djibouti

60.44 km²

Somalia

57.5K km²

100% lower

Water Withdrawal

Somalia

Djibouti

0.02 B m³

Somalia

3.3 B m³

99% lower

Irrigated Land

Somalia

Djibouti

10 km²

Somalia

2.0K km²

99% lower

Forest Coverage (%)

Somalia

Djibouti

0.26%

Somalia

9.2%

97% lower

Land Area

Somalia

Djibouti

23.2K km²

Somalia

627.3K km²

96% lower

Population

Somalia

Djibouti

1.01M

Somalia

20.32M

95% lower

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Djibouti

25 days/yr

Somalia

13 days/yr

92% higher

Comparison of Djibouti and Somalia across 93 metrics
				Winner
Government Debt (% GDP)	33.7% of GDP	0.00% of GDP	6739900% higher	Djibouti
Wind Electricity Share	35%	2.3%	1402% higher	Djibouti
Merchant Fleet Size	40	4.0	900% higher	Djibouti
CO2 Per Capita	0.48 t/person/yr	0.07 t/person/yr	595% higher	Djibouti
Credit Card Ownership	4.0% of adults	0.59% of adults	573% higher	Djibouti
GNI Per Capita	$3,640	$620	487% higher	Djibouti
Health Spending Per Capita	$81.81	$15.35	433% higher	Djibouti
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$7,810.28	$1,601.96	388% higher	Djibouti
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.21 per 1k	0.05 per 1k	320% higher	Djibouti
Exports (% GDP)	126.42% of GDP	31.21% of GDP	305% higher	Djibouti
Corruption Perceptions Index	31 pts	9.0 pts	244% higher	Djibouti
Internet Users (%)	65%	28%	132% higher	Djibouti
Youth Unemployment Rate	76.77% of youth labor force	34.23% of youth labor force	124% higher	Djibouti
Forest Area	60.44 km²	57.5K km²	100% lower	Somalia
Water Withdrawal	0.02 B m³	3.3 B m³	99% lower	Somalia
Irrigated Land	10 km²	2.0K km²	99% lower	Somalia
Forest Coverage (%)	0.26%	9.2%	97% lower	Somalia
Land Area	23.2K km²	627.3K km²	96% lower	Somalia
Population	1.01M	20.32M	95% lower	Somalia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	25 days/yr	13 days/yr	92% higher	Djibouti
Coastline Length	314 km	3.0K km	90% lower	Somalia
Water Stress (%)	6.3%	54.97%	88% lower	Somalia
Scientific Publications	13.16	106.49	88% lower	Somalia
Elderly Population (%)	4.9%	2.6%	87% higher	Djibouti
Teen Birth Rate	18.97 per 1k	117.1 per 1k	84% lower	Somalia
Land Border Length	528 km	2.4K km	78% lower	Somalia
Airports	10	40	75% lower	Somalia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.6% of GDP	6.4% of GDP	74% lower	Somalia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.58	0.34	73% higher	Djibouti
Renewable Energy (%)	26.9%	95.4%	72% lower	Somalia
Population Density	49.74 /km²	29.26 /km²	70% higher	Djibouti
GDP Growth Rate	7.0%	4.1%	70% higher	Djibouti
Inflation Rate	2.1%	6.8%	69% lower	Somalia
Fertility Rate	2.1 children/woman	6.4 children/woman	67% lower	Somalia
GDP (Nominal)	$4,152,145,939.98	$11,967,000,000	65% lower	Somalia
Median Age	24.4 years	15.4 years	58% higher	Djibouti
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.4 per 1k	0.90 per 1k	56% higher	Djibouti
Capital Elevation	14 m	9.0 m	56% higher	Djibouti
Firms with Female Top Manager	14.2% of firms	9.2% of firms	55% higher	Djibouti
Birth Rate	21.46 per 1k	46.36 per 1k	54% lower	Somalia
Firms Hit by Power Outages	80.24% of firms	52.56% of firms	53% higher	Djibouti
Child Mortality	50.4 per 1k births	104 per 1k births	52% lower	Somalia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.25	0.17	52% higher	Djibouti
Electricity Generation	0.20 TWh	0.42 TWh	52% lower	Somalia
Sanitation Access (%)	67.02%	44.46%	51% higher	Djibouti
Dependency Ratio	51.56% of working-age pop.	96.79% of working-age pop.	47% lower	Somalia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	35.92 µg/m³	24.53 µg/m³	46% higher	Djibouti
Freedom of Expression Index	0.34	0.62	46% lower	Somalia
Informal Employment Share	47.62% of employed people	81.94% of employed people	42% lower	Somalia
Broadband Access (%)	1.0 per 100 people	0.72 per 100 people	38% higher	Djibouti
Death Rate	7.0 per 1k	11.22 per 1k	38% lower	Somalia
Unemployment Rate	25.88%	18.86%	37% higher	Djibouti
Youth Population (%)	29.17%	46.59%	37% lower	Somalia
Infant Mortality	44.4 per 1k births	67.8 per 1k births	35% lower	Somalia
Electric Generating Capacity	210.0K kW	156.0K kW	35% higher	Djibouti
Women in Parliament (%)	26.15%	19.64%	33% higher	Djibouti
Urban Population (%)	72.91%	54.62%	33% higher	Djibouti
Electricity Access (%)	65.2%	50.3%	30% higher	Djibouti
Human Development Index	0.51	0.40	27% higher	Djibouti
Firms Making Informal Payments	12.09% of firms	16.24% of firms	26% lower	Somalia
Firms Asked for Bribes	11.13% of firms	14.44% of firms	23% lower	Somalia
Political Corruption Index	0.71	0.87	19% lower	Somalia
Highest Elevation	2.0K m	2.5K m	18% lower	Somalia
Imports (% GDP)	114.82% of GDP	99.11% of GDP	16% higher	Djibouti
Road Traffic Death Rate	23.3 per 100k	20.2 per 100k	15% higher	Djibouti
Obesity Rate	10.87%	12.7%	14% lower	Somalia
Life Expectancy	66.0 years	58.8 years	12% higher	Djibouti
Electricity Carbon Intensity	450 gCO2/kWh	511.63 gCO2/kWh	12% lower	Somalia
Hypertension Prevalence	34.2% of adults	38.5% of adults	11% lower	Somalia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	49 per 100 people	54 per 100 people	9% lower	Somalia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.12	0.13	8% lower	Somalia
Armed Forces Personnel	13.0K	14.0K	7% lower	Somalia
Insufficient Physical Activity	17.01% of adults	18.1% of adults	6% lower	Somalia
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.5% of GDP	2.6% of GDP	5% lower	Somalia
Agricultural Land (%)	73.51%	70.34%	4% higher	Djibouti
Total CO2 Emissions	0.89 Mt CO2e	0.87 Mt CO2e	3% higher	Djibouti
Food Waste per Person	129.84 kg/person/yr	132.83 kg/person/yr	2% lower	Somalia
Beer Consumption	0.06 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Djibouti
Spirits Consumption	0.15 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Djibouti
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Djibouti
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Djibouti
Solar Electricity Share	0%	18.6%	ranked lower	Somalia
Protected Land (%)	1.6%	0%	ranked higher	Djibouti
Suicide Rate	8.0 per 100k	8.0 per 100k	equal	Djibouti
Alcohol Consumption	0.38 L/adult/yr	0 L/adult/yr	ranked higher	Djibouti
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Djibouti
Lowest Elevation	-155 m	0 m	ranked lower	Somalia
Official Languages Count	2.0	2.0	equal	Djibouti
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	10.2% of GDP	-9.5% of GDP	ranked higher	Djibouti
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	0 sites	ranked higher	Djibouti
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0 per 100k people	ranked higher	Djibouti
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Djibouti
Border Neighbors	2.0	2.0	equal	Djibouti

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Djibouti Somalia

Analysis

Djibouti leads in 52 of 93 shared metrics, while Somalia leads in 41.

Djibouti's Government Debt (% GDP) is 67399.0x that of Somalia (33.7% of GDP vs 0.00% of GDP).

Djibouti's Wind Electricity Share is 14.0x that of Somalia (35% vs 2.3%).

Djibouti's Merchant Fleet Size is 9.0x that of Somalia (40 vs 4.0).

Djibouti's CO2 Per Capita is 6.0x that of Somalia (0.48 t/person/yr vs 0.07 t/person/yr).

Djibouti's Credit Card Ownership is 5.7x that of Somalia (4.0% of adults vs 0.59% of adults).

Key Comparisons

Government Debt (% GDP)Djibouti leads

Djibouti

33.7% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

Wind Electricity ShareDjibouti leads

Djibouti

35%

Somalia

2.3%

Merchant Fleet SizeDjibouti leads

Djibouti

Somalia

4.0

CO2 Per CapitaDjibouti leads

Djibouti

0.48 t/person/yr

Somalia

0.07 t/person/yr

Credit Card OwnershipDjibouti leads

Djibouti

4.0% of adults

Somalia

0.59% of adults

GNI Per CapitaDjibouti leads

Djibouti

$3,640

Somalia

$620

Government Debt (% GDP)

33.7% of GDP

0.00% of GDP

Wind Electricity Share

35%

2.3%

Merchant Fleet Size

4.0

CO2 Per Capita

0.48 t/person/yr

0.07 t/person/yr

Credit Card Ownership

4.0% of adults

0.59% of adults

GNI Per Capita

$3,640

$620

Health Spending Per Capita

$81.81

$15.35

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$7,810.28

$1,601.96

Doctors (per 1,000)

0.21 per 1k

0.05 per 1k

Exports (% GDP)

126.42% of GDP

31.21% of GDP

Corruption Perceptions Index

31 pts

9.0 pts

Internet Users (%)

65%

28%

Youth Unemployment Rate

76.77% of youth labor force

34.23% of youth labor force

Forest Area

60.44 km²

57.5K km²

Water Withdrawal

0.02 B m³

3.3 B m³

Irrigated Land

10 km²

2.0K km²

Forest Coverage (%)

0.26%

9.2%

Land Area

23.2K km²

627.3K km²

Population

1.01M

20.32M

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

25 days/yr

13 days/yr

Djibouti vs Somalia

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Government Debt (% GDP)

Wind Electricity Share

Merchant Fleet Size

CO2 Per Capita

Credit Card Ownership

GNI Per Capita

Health Spending Per Capita

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Exports (% GDP)

Corruption Perceptions Index

Internet Users (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Forest Area

Water Withdrawal

Irrigated Land

Forest Coverage (%)

Land Area

Population

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Coastline Length

Water Stress (%)

Scientific Publications

Elderly Population (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Land Border Length

Airports

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Women's Political Empowerment

Renewable Energy (%)

Population Density

GDP Growth Rate

Inflation Rate

Fertility Rate

GDP (Nominal)

Median Age

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Capital Elevation

Firms with Female Top Manager

Birth Rate

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Child Mortality

Electoral Democracy Index

Electricity Generation

Sanitation Access (%)

Dependency Ratio

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Freedom of Expression Index

Informal Employment Share

Broadband Access (%)

Death Rate

Unemployment Rate

Youth Population (%)

Infant Mortality

Electric Generating Capacity

Women in Parliament (%)

Urban Population (%)

Electricity Access (%)

Human Development Index

Firms Making Informal Payments

Firms Asked for Bribes

Political Corruption Index

Highest Elevation

Imports (% GDP)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Obesity Rate

Life Expectancy

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Hypertension Prevalence

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Liberal Democracy Index

Armed Forces Personnel