Least Developed Country Category: Djibouti Profile 2021

* Data from the 2021 triennial review

Djibouti Snapshot in PDF

LDC status

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Inclusion: 1982

Graduation: Met the criteria for the first time in 2021

Reports and resolutions

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Inclusion

CDP reports: 1978, 1981, 1982
ECOSOC resolutions: E/DEC/1980/161, E/RES/1982/41, E/DEC/1982/106
GA resolutions: A/RES/35/106, A/RES/37/133

Graduation

CDP report: 2021

Gross national income (GNI) per capita*

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Value:

$ 3,235

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Thresholds

Inclusion: $ 1,018
Graduation: $ 1,222
Income-only graduation: $ 2,444

Human assets index (HAI)*

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Index:

61.9

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Thresholds

Inclusion: 60 or below
Graduation: 66 or above

HAI indicators

Under-five mortality rate
Gross secondary school enrolment ratio
stat Value: 57.5 stat Value: 52.0
Index: 71.2 Index: 46.6
Source: UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation Source: UNESCO
Prevalence of stunting
Adult literacy rate
stat Value: 34.0 stat Value: 52.8
Index: 37.0 Index: 37.1
Source: UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Source: UNDP
Maternal Mortality Rate
Gender parity index for gross secondary school enrolment
stat Value: 248 stat Value: 1.03
Index: 79.7 Index: 100.0
Source: UN IAG for Maternal Mortality Source: UNESCO

Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*

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Index:

53.9

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Thresholds

Inclusion: 36 or above
Graduation: 32 or below

EVI indicators

Share of agriculture, forestry and fishing in GDP
Share of population in low elevated coastal zones
stat Value: 1.4 stat Value: 11.1
Index: 0.7 Index: 31.6
Source: UN/DESA, Statistics Division Source: CIESIN
Remoteness and landlockedness
Share of population living in drylands
stat Value: 45.9 stat Value: 100.0
Index: 44.9 Index: 100.0
Source: CDP Source: CDP
Merchandise export concentration
Instability of agricultural production
stat Value: 0.20 stat Value: 10.3
Index: 12.0 Index: 47.6
Source: UNCTAD Source: FAO
Instability of exports of goods and services
Victims of disasters
stat Value: 64.6 stat Value: 6.56
Index: 100.0 Index: 94.5
Source: UN/DESA, Statistics Division Source: EM-DAT