Djibouti

Services make up 75.7% of Djibouti's output; industry accounts for 16.6% and agriculture 2.3%, with manufacturing at 5.3% as of 2024. Real growth of +6.5% and an +11.4% rise in US$ GDP, to US$4.6 billion, lifted it 2 places to 163rd, passing Suriname to sit just behind Eswatini.

Unemployment stands out at 26.0%. Consumer prices edged down, with inflation at -0.3%, and government gross debt was 31.3% of GDP. With 1.2 million people, GDP per capita is US$3,906, 138th of 196, and $8,452 international dollars on a PPP basis, 145th. The smallest of the 22 economies in the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan region is about the size of the Walla Walla, WA metro area. In 2000, GDP stood at US$551 million and Djibouti ranked 174th; US$ GDP has since grown 8.4 times. The IMF projects a +37% rise to US$6.4 billion by 2030, which would place it 159th.