If you lived in Djibouti instead of Angola, you would:

Health

be 43.8% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Angola, 1.6% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2024. In Djibouti, that number is 0.9% of people as of 2024.

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live 1.4 years longer

In Angola, the average life expectancy is 65 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2024. In Djibouti, that number is 66 years (64 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2024.

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have 18.9% more access to essential health services

Angola scores 37 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Djibouti scores 44 as of 2021.

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see 37.6% less spent on your healthcare

Angola spends $248 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Djibouti spends $155 as of 2023.

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have 13.5% fewer doctors per person

Angola has 2.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Djibouti has 2.1 as of 2022.

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Economy

be 34.7% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Angola, 32.3% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Djibouti, however, that number is 21.1% as of 2017.

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make 24.8% more money

Angola has a GDP per capita of $3,129 as of 2025, while in Djibouti, the GDP per capita is $3,906 as of 2025.

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be 84.4% more likely to be unemployed

In Angola, 14.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Djibouti, that number is 26.0% as of 2025.

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Life

be 34.0% more likely to die during infancy

In Angola, approximately 32.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Djibouti, on the other hand, 43.0 children do as of 2024.

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have 43.7% fewer children

In Angola, there are approximately 37.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Djibouti, there are 20.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 27.6% more likely to have access to electricity

In Angola, approximately 51% of people have electricity access (78% in urban areas, and 6% in rural areas) as of 2023. In Djibouti, that number is 65% of people on average (75% in urban areas, and 37% in rural areas) as of 2023.

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be 60.4% more likely to have internet access

In Angola, approximately 40.7% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Djibouti, about 65.3% do as of 2024.

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be 17.2% more likely to have access to drinking water

In Angola, approximately 68% of people have access to drinking water (82% in urban areas, and 37% in rural areas) as of 2024. In Djibouti, that number is 80% of people on average (84% in urban areas, and 62% in rural areas) as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 10.6% less on healthcare

Angola spends 2.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Djibouti, that number is 2.3% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 80.4% less coastline

Angola has a total of 1,600 km of coastline. In Djibouti, that number is 314 km.

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Safety

be 55.3% more likely to die in a road accident

In Angola, road accidents kill 15.0 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Djibouti, they kill 23.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 4.1 times more home broadband

Angola has 0.4 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Djibouti has 1.5 as of 2023.

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live with 3.4 times more strain on fresh water

Angola withdraws 2% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Djibouti withdraws 6% as of 2022.

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Sources: World Bank (2017–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

Djibouti: At a glance

Djibouti is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 23,180 sq km. The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977. Hassan Gouled APTIDON installed an authoritarian one-party state and proceeded to serve as president until 1999. Unrest among the Afar minority during the 1990s led to a civil war that ended in 2001 with a peace accord between Afar rebels and the Somali Issa-dominated government. In 1999, Djibouti's first multiparty presidential elections resulted in the election of Ismail Omar GUELLEH as president; he was reelected to a second term in 2005 and extended his tenure in office via a constitutional amendment, which allowed him to begin a third term in 2011. Djibouti occupies a strategic geographic location at the intersection of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden and serves as an important shipping portal for goods entering and leaving the east African highlands and transshipments between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The government holds longstanding ties to France, which maintains a significant military presence in the country, and has strong ties with the United States. Djibouti hosts several thousand members of US armed services at US-run Camp Lemonnier.
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