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

Health

be 62.7% less likely to be obese

In Uzbekistan, 31.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Djibouti, that number is 11.7% of people as of 2024.

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live 6.3 years less

In Uzbekistan, the average life expectancy is 73 years (70 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 79.3% less spent on your healthcare

Uzbekistan spends $749 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Djibouti spends $155 as of 2023.

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have 92.5% fewer doctors per person

Uzbekistan has 28.1 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2021. Djibouti has 2.1 as of 2022.

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have 41.3% less access to essential health services

Uzbekistan scores 75 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Djibouti scores 44 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 5.6 times more likely to be unemployed

In Uzbekistan, 4.6% 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 6.2 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Uzbekistan, approximately 26.0 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 3.4 times more likely to die during infancy

In Uzbekistan, approximately 12.8 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 18.1% fewer children

In Uzbekistan, there are approximately 25.6 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 34.8% less likely to have access to electricity

In Uzbekistan, 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 27.0% less likely to have internet access

In Uzbekistan, approximately 89.5% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Djibouti, about 65.3% do as of 2024.

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be 18.1% less likely to have access to drinking water

In Uzbekistan, approximately 97% of people have access to drinking water (98% in urban areas, and 96% 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 66.2% less on healthcare

Uzbekistan spends 6.7% 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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Safety

be 2.5 times more likely to die in a road accident

In Uzbekistan, road accidents kill 9.3 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Djibouti, they kill 23.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

live with 94.9% less strain on fresh water

Uzbekistan withdraws 123% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Djibouti withdraws 6% as of 2022.

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find 95.8% less home broadband

Uzbekistan has 34.7 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Djibouti has 1.5 as of 2023.

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Environment

be 49.6% less likely to die from air pollution

In Uzbekistan, air pollution causes 117.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Djibouti, it causes 59.0 as of 2019.

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emit 81.2% less CO2

Uzbekistan emits 4.1 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 (2021–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024). 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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