DjiboutiandEthiopia

27 June 1977 · 1st century CE

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

Djibouti

27 June 1977 — Independence of the Republic of Djibouti

Dossier →Chronicle →

Ethiopia

1st century CE — The Kingdom of Aksum rises on the Ethiopian plateau

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
37
Domains
9
Crossed events
3
Data through
2026-08-14

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Economy

DJIETH
  • GDP
    $4.6 B2025$126 B2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $3,9062025$9332025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    6.5%20259.8%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    -0.3%202513.2%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    206.3%202533.5%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Society

DJIETH
  • Population
    1.2 m2025135 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    66.2 yrs202467.6 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    73.0%202524.1%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    2.620243.92024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

DJIETH

Health

DJIETH
  • Health spending
    2.3%20232.8%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    0.2120220.142023
    Observed 2022 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    48.9202444.52024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    75.0%202472.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    —13.5%2024
    Observed — / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Education

DJIETH
  • Education spending
    3.8%20182.3%2024
    Observed 2018 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Tertiary enrolment
    5.2%20115.9%2014
    Observed 2011 / 2014 · figures compared, never graded
  • Adult literacy
    —60.5%2022
    Observed — / 2022 · figures compared, never graded
  • Primary enrolment
    —84.4%2024
    Observed — / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Secondary enrolment
    —33.9%2015
    Observed — / 2015 · figures compared, never graded

Technology

DJIETH
  • Internet users
    65.3%202421.9%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    482023652024
    Observed 2023 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    3.3%20233.8%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • R&D spending
    —0.3%2017
    Observed — / 2017 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    —892017
    Observed — / 2017 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

DJIETH
  • Land area
    23,180 km²20231,128,499 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    0.3%202314.9%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    73.5%202334.1%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    0.820240.12024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    26.9%202290.6%2021
    Observed 2022 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

DJIETH
  • Resource rents
    0.3%20215.9%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    0.0%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    0.0%20210.3%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    0.3%20215.6%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    69.2%202456.6%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Military

DJIETH
  • Military burden
    2.6%20080.7%2024
    Observed 2008 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $36 M2008$922 M2024
    Observed 2008 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    13,0002020138,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

3 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. c. 1332

    Ifat broken by Ethiopia; rise of Adal

    The Ethiopian emperor Amda Seyon defeats Ifat; the Sultanate of Adal succeeds it as the leading Muslim power contesting the Christian highlands.

    War & Rupture · from the Djibouti chronicle · The Afar, the Issa and the Muslim Sultanates · REFS 2 — History of Djibouti, Djibouti (country and history)

  2. 1529

    Adal's invasion of the highlands

    Adal forces under Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ('Gran') invade Christian Ethiopia, the high point of the coastal Muslim states' power before Adal's later decline.

    War & Rupture · from the Djibouti chronicle · The Afar, the Issa and the Muslim Sultanates · REFS 2 — Djibouti (country and history), Djibouti

  3. 1917

    Railway reaches Addis Ababa

    The line is completed to Addis Ababa, giving landlocked Ethiopia its main outlet to the sea and confirming Djibouti as the entrepôt for Ethiopian trade.

    Economy & Trade · from the Djibouti chronicle · The Railway and the Colony of French Somaliland · REFS 3 — Ethio-Djibouti Railways, 100-year-old Ethiopia's French-built railway remains vital for residents, Djibouti (country and history)