Country profilesDjibouti
Republic of Djibouti
DJ · DJI · Full profile
Population
1.2million
2025
World Bank, World Development Indicators · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
GDP
$4.6billion
2025
World Bank, World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD · 2025
GDP per person
$3,906
2025
World Bank, World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth
6.5%
2025
World Bank, World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation
-0.3%
2025
World Bank, World Development Indicators · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Trade
206%
2025 · of GDP
World Bank, World Development Indicators · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2025
| Goods | Value, USD | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Animal or vegetable fats and oils | $1.0 billion | 27% |
| Vehicles | $801 million | 21% |
| Iron and steel | $614 million | 16% |
| Sugars | $403 million | 11% |
| Plastics | $302 million | 8% |
| Cereals |
| $268 million |
| 7% |
| Goods | Value, USD | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Animal or vegetable fats and oils | $856 million | 22% |
| Vehicles | $777 million | 20% |
| Iron and steel | $567 million | 15% |
| Sugars | $434 million | 11% |
| Mineral fuels | $419 million | 11% |
| Cereals | $308 million | 8% |
| Goods | Value, USD | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | $4.0 billion | 83% |
| United Arab Emirates | $222 million | 5% |
| China | $116 million | 2% |
| France | $84 million | 2% |
| United States | $76 million | 2% |
| Somalia | $54 million | 1% |
| Goods | Value, USD | Share |
|---|---|---|
| China | $936 million | 18% |
| India | $767 million | 14% |
| United Arab Emirates | $606 million | 11% |
| Türkiye | $491 million | 9% |
| Saudi Arabia | $452 million | 9% |
| Indonesia | $294 million | 6% |
Annual merchandise trade reported to UN Comtrade. Partner shares are of the reported total, and a missing reporter year is omitted.
The World Bank records a trade-weighted applied tariff of 17.6% for 2014. That average is not the rate on a shipment. The rate you pay is the HS line in the national schedule. World Bank, tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products
Duty is set by the national customs tariff for the product’s HS code. A country average is not a rate you can put on an invoice. World Trade Organization, tariff data
The lookup opens the customs schedules the desk already carries. It is not a ruling.
A commercial invoice, a packing list, and a bill of lading or air waybill travel with goods entering Djibouti. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Add a certificate of origin only when the shipment claims a preferential rate. Without that claim, the most-favoured-nation line applies. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
The customs declaration is filed with the customs authority of Djibouti, usually through a licensed broker and the national single window where one exists. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Exports from Djibouti carry a commercial invoice and a packing list, plus the transport document issued by the carrier. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
The export declaration is filed before the goods leave. Permits for controlled goods, including food, minerals and dual-use items, sit with the sector regulator and are separate from this file. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Republic of Djibouti is the official name of Djibouti, in East Africa. The capital is Djibouti. The currency is the Djiboutian franc (DJF).
Djibouti is listed here in African Union. A bloc is left off when membership is in doubt.
Cargo is recorded through Djibouti.
Population, output and inflation on this page are the latest World Bank values. Exports, imports and partners are UN Comtrade merchandise figures when the public preview published a row. The currency line uses the European Central Bank reference rate, or the official peg where the currency is fixed.
World Bank merchandise exports were $6.1 billion in 2025. Merchandise imports were $6.3 billion in 2025. These are goods totals, not a forecast. The product and partner tables, when shown, are the UN Comtrade breakdown of the same trade.
The European Central Bank reference feed does not publish the Djiboutian franc. The currency line names the unit used on invoices. It is not a guessed exchange rate.
| World Bank, World Development Indicators |
| UN Comtrade |
| WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement |
Public figures are reproduced from the source named in the chapter. They can be revised. A profile is not a customs ruling, a legal opinion, or an offer.