Economy · Imports of goods and services · Djibouti
Djibouti’s imports of goods and services fell to 95.8% of GDP in 2025.
95.8% of GDP
2025
Down 19 pp from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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95.8% of GDP
What it is. This measure adds up the value of goods and services that residents, firms and the government buy from abroad, then divides by the size of the economy. Services such as freight, insurance and travel are included. In a port economy like Djibouti, part of what comes in is later shipped on to other markets, so the ratio can run high without meaning households consume all of it.
Neither way is good in itself. A high share can reflect an open, trade-linked economy, and a low share can reflect weaker demand or more local production, so the direction alone settles nothing. The latest figure is 95.8% of GDP for 2025, down from 114.8% of GDP a year earlier, a fall of 19 percentage points. That is the lowest reading since 2016. The peak in the same span was 155.9% of GDP in 2017.
Why it matters. Djibouti relies on foreign suppliers for much of its food, fuel and manufactured goods, so imports of 95.8% of GDP still equal almost the whole value of the economy's output. The sharp fall from 2024 means less spending going abroad relative to national income. Whether that reflects softer demand or fewer goods passing through the port is the point to check in the next annual figure.
| Period | Imports of goods and services · Djibouti |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 109.3% of GDP |
| 2017 | 155.9% of GDP |
| 2018 | 143.8% of GDP |
| 2019 | 154.2% of GDP |
| 2020 | 108.6% of GDP |
| 2021 | 120.7% of GDP |
| 2022 | 143% of GDP |
| 2023 | 135.2% of GDP |
| 2024 | 114.8% of GDP |
| 2025 | 95.8% of GDP |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Imports of goods and services, Djibouti, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/imports/djibouti
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Imports of goods and services as a share of GDP. Unit: % of GDP.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.