Economy - overview:
The economy is based on service activities connected with the country's strategic location and status as a free trade zone in the Horn of Africa. Two-thirds of Djibouti's inhabitants live in the capital city; the remainder are mostly nomadic herders. Scanty rainfall limits crop production to fruits and vegetables, and most food must be imported. Djibouti provides services as both a transit port for the region and an international transshipment and refueling center. Imports and exports from landlocked neighbor Ethiopia represent 70% of port activity at Djibouti's container terminal. Djibouti has few natural resources and little industry. The nation is, therefore, heavily dependent on foreign assistance to help support its balance of payments and to finance development projects. An unemployment rate of nearly 60% in urban areas continues to be a major problem. While inflation is not a concern, due to the fixed tie of the Djiboutian franc to the US dollar, the artificially high value of the Djiboutian franc adversely affects Djibouti's balance of payments. Per capita consumption dropped an estimated 35% between 1999 and 2006 because of recession, civil war, and a high population growth rate (including immigrants and refugees). Djibouti has experienced relatively minimal impact from the global economic downturn, but its reliance on diesel-generated electricity and imported food leave average consumers vulnerable to global price shocks.
GDP (purchasing power parity): GDP (official exchange rate): GDP - real growth rate: GDP - per capita (PPP): GDP - composition by sector: Labor force: Labor force - by occupation: Unemployment rate: Population below poverty line: Household income or consumption by percentage share: Investment (gross fixed): Budget: Taxes and other revenues: Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-): Inflation rate (consumer prices): Commercial bank prime lending rate: Stock of narrow money: Stock of broad money: Stock of domestic credit: Agriculture - products: Industries: Electricity - production: Electricity - consumption: Electricity - exports: Electricity - imports: Oil - production: Oil - consumption: Oil - exports: Oil - imports: Natural gas - production: Natural gas - consumption: Natural gas - exports: Natural gas - imports: Natural gas - proved reserves: Current account balance: Exports: Exports - commodities: Exports - partners: Imports: Imports - commodities: Imports - partners: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Debt - external: Exchange rates:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Djibouti on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Djibouti Economy 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Djibouti Economy 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.
$2.244 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 184
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
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$1.3 billion (2011 est.)
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4.8% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 83
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$2,600 (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 175
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
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agriculture: 3.2%
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industry: 16.6%
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services: 80.1% (2011 est.)
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351,700 (2007)
country comparison to the world: 158
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agriculture: NA%
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industry: NA%
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services: NA%
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59% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 193
note: data are for urban areas, 83% in rural areas
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42% (2007 est.)
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lowest 10%: 2.4%
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highest 10%: 30.9% (2002)
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39.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 12
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revenues: $547 million
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expenditures: $571.2 million (2011 est.)
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42.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 35
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-1.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 74
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7% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 151
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11.1% (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 94
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$792.1 million (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 152
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$1.14 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 166
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$447.2 million (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 170
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fruits, vegetables; goats, sheep, camels, animal hides
construction, agricultural processing
280 million kWh (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 169
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260.4 million kWh (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 173
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0 kWh (2009 est.)
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0 kWh (2009 est.)
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0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 166
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12,000 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 148
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19.18 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 132
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11,230 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 140
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0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 174
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0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 171
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0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 87
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0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 182
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0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 129
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-$90.6 million (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 74
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$80.4 million (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 193
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reexports, hides and skins, coffee (in transit)
Somalia 80.4%, Yemen 4.1%, Egypt 4.1%, UAE 4% (2010)
$471.3 million (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 189
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foods, beverages, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum products
China 18%, Saudi Arabia 17.7%, India 12.9%, Malaysia 7.5%, US 5%, Pakistan 4.7% (2010)
$208.4 million (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 166
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$428 million (2006)
country comparison to the world: 169
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Djiboutian francs (DJF) per US dollar -
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