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be 62.7% less likely to be obese
In United States, 36.2% of adults are obese. In Djibouti, that number is 13.5% of people.
In United States, 36.2% of adults are obese. In Djibouti, that number is 13.5% of people.
In United States, the average life expectancy is 80 years (78 years for men, 82 years for women). In Djibouti, that number is 64 years (61 years for men, 66 years for women).
United States has a GDP per capita of $59,500, while in Djibouti, the GDP per capita is $3,600.
In United States, 4.4% of adults are unemployed. In Djibouti, that number is 40.0%.
In United States, 15.1% live below the poverty line. In Djibouti, however, that number is 23.0%.
In United States, there are approximately 12.5 babies per 1,000 people. In Djibouti, there are 23.4 babies per 1,000 people.
In United States, approximately 14.0 women per 1,000 births die during labor. In Djibouti, 229.0 women do.
In United States, approximately 5.8 children die before they reach the age of one. In Djibouti, on the other hand, 45.8 children do.
In United States, 100% of the population has electricity access. In Djibouti, 50% of the population do.
In United States, approximately 76.2% of the population has internet access. In Djibouti, about 13.1% do.
United States spends 5.0% of its total GDP on education. Djibouti spends 4.5% of total GDP on education.
United States spends 17.1% of its total GDP on healthcare. In Djibouti, that number is 10.6% of GDP.
United States has a total of 19,924 km of coastline. In Djibouti, that number is 314 km.
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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The statistics on this page were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
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