Djibouti — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Djibouti, 1985–2025.
GDP per capita for Djibouti was 3,906 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 40 years, from 1985 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 733 in 1991 (about 5.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.90% per year.
Djibouti ranks 153 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 72%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5,348, so Djibouti sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 64%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 17 of 23 economies; West Bank and Gaza (3,171) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 48% in 2013. That is 31% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1985 level: doubled by 2013. Doubling roughly every 18 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 102nd of 168 in 1985 → 137th of 192 in 1990 → 147th of 204 in 2000 → 173rd of 212 in 2010 → 153rd of 210 in 2020 → 131st of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1985 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,905.6 | +9.9% |
| 2024 | 3,552.72 | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 3,381.3 | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 3,133.26 | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 3,025.91 | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 2,844.89 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,837.17 | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 2,718.08 | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 2,618.96 | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 2,510.43 | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 2,376.13 | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 2,214.62 | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 2,075.94 | +48.3% |
| 2012 | 1,400.19 | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 1,306.35 | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 1,213.23 | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 1,150.94 | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 1,119.15 | +15.4% |
| 2007 | 969.57 | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 898.46 | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 844.45 | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 806.26 | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 764.63 | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 743.01 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 742.13 | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 737.61 | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 740.22 | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 735.35 | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 748.23 | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 761.94 | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 786.2 | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 784.56 | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 758.73 | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 763.66 | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 732.73 | -6.1% |
| 1990 | 780.5 | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 781.92 | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 816.87 | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 821.68 | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 846.79 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Djibouti’s GDP per capita in 1987?
821.68 (1987). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Djibouti’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Djibouti’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1985 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +361.2% in total — about 3.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3,905.6; 2024: 3,552.72; 2023: 3,381.3; 2022: 3,133.26; 2021: 3,025.91. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.