If you lived in Djibouti instead of Saint Kitts and Nevis, you would:

Health

be 75.1% less likely to be obese

In Saint Kitts and Nevis, 46.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Djibouti, that number is 11.7% of people as of 2024.

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live 6.1 years less

In Saint Kitts and Nevis, the average life expectancy is 72 years (69 years for men, 76 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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see 92.0% less spent on your healthcare

Saint Kitts and Nevis spends $1,936 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Djibouti spends $155 as of 2023.

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have 44.3% less access to essential health services

Saint Kitts and Nevis scores 79 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Djibouti scores 44 as of 2021.

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Economy

make 84.5% less money

Saint Kitts and Nevis has a GDP per capita of $25,223 as of 2025, while in Djibouti, the GDP per capita is $3,906 as of 2025.

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Life

have 78.3% more children

In Saint Kitts and Nevis, there are approximately 11.7 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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be 2.2 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Saint Kitts and Nevis, approximately 74.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Djibouti, 162.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 3.1 times more likely to die during infancy

In Saint Kitts and Nevis, approximately 13.9 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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Basic Needs

be 34.8% less likely to have access to electricity

In Saint Kitts and Nevis, approximately 100% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 100% 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 15.1% less likely to have internet access

In Saint Kitts and Nevis, approximately 76.9% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Djibouti, about 65.3% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 60.3% less on healthcare

Saint Kitts and Nevis spends 5.7% 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 2.3 times more coastline

Saint Kitts and Nevis has a total of 135 km of coastline. In Djibouti, that number is 314 km.

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Infrastructure

live with 87.5% less strain on fresh water

Saint Kitts and Nevis withdraws 51% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Djibouti withdraws 6% as of 2022.

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find 96.9% less home broadband

Saint Kitts and Nevis has 46.7 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Djibouti has 1.5 as of 2023.

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Environment

emit 73.3% less CO2

Saint Kitts and Nevis emits 2.9 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Djibouti emits 0.8 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), World Health Organization (2024), 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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