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Topic 03 of 12 · Country Index 2026
Djibouti: Work & Labour
Can people find work, and on what terms?
Djibouti is placed 173rd of 182 countries on work & labour in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Employment-to-Population Ratio 23.49 (2025); Labour Income Share 42.73 (2025).
Work & Labour
173rd
of 182 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Djibouti on work & labour — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country in that edition, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Employment-to-Population Ratio
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Why it is a key: How much of the working-age population is actually in work — the half of the picture unemployment hides, because people who stop looking stop being counted.
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
23.49
Employed share of the population aged 15+ (%)
Higher is better
Djibouti: 23.49. Across the 182 countries in this edition, values run from 21.21 (São Tomé and Príncipe) to 86.9 (Qatar); the world median is 57.72.
- World median
- 57.72
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 82.89 Madagascar
- Land neighbours
- Eritrea 73.66 · Ethiopia 66.19
Each grey tick is one of 182 countries in the 2025 edition.
Key 3 of 4
Unemployment Rate
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Why it is a key: The share of people looking for work who cannot find it.
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
26.02
Unemployment (% of labour force)
Lower is better
Djibouti: 26.02. Across the 182 countries in this edition, values run from 0.13 (Qatar) to 34.2 (Eswatini); the world median is 5.084.
- World median
- 5.084
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 0.922 Burundi
- Land neighbours
- Eritrea 5.978 · Ethiopia 3.323
Each grey tick is one of 182 countries in the 2025 edition.
Key 4 of 4
Vulnerable Employment
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Why it is a key: How much work is own-account or unpaid family labour, carrying no contract and no protection.
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
30.29
Vulnerable employment (% of total employment)
Lower is better
Djibouti: 30.29. Across the 182 countries in this edition, values run from 0.456 (Qatar) to 90.22 (Chad); the world median is 28.67.
- World median
- 28.67
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 14.88 Mauritius
- Land neighbours
- Eritrea 47.89 · Ethiopia 84.15
Each grey tick is one of 182 countries in the 2025 edition.
02Over time
Which way Djibouti is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Employment-to-Population Ratio
Employed share of the population aged 15+ (%) · higher is better
DjiboutiWorld median
Djibouti fell from 24.94 in 2000 to 23.49 in 2025; the world median went from 55.86 to 57.72.
Every year’s figures
Year Djibouti World median 2025 23.486 57.720 2024 23.509 57.694 2023 23.490 58.158 2022 23.437 57.688 2021 23.003 56.066 2020 22.821 55.691 2019 23.565 57.871 2018 23.704 56.911 2017 23.861 56.738 2016 24.004 56.845 2015 24.089 56.788 2014 24.161 56.774 2013 24.258 56.229 2012 24.333 56.289 2011 24.370 56.297 2010 24.431 56.212 2009 24.527 56.255 2008 24.660 57.308 2007 24.710 56.933 2006 24.761 56.685 2005 24.798 56.129 2004 24.824 55.465 2003 24.814 55.630 2002 24.809 55.843 2001 24.882 56.018 2000 24.944 55.861 Labour Income Share
Labour income share of GDP (%) · higher is better
DjiboutiWorld median
Djibouti fell from 44 in 2004 to 42.73 in 2025; the world median went from 46.01 to 46.23.
Every year’s figures
Year Djibouti World median 2025 42.73 46.230 2024 42.54 46.060 2023 42.22 45.900 2022 43.00 45.615 2021 42.02 45.433 2020 44.62 47.267 2019 43.19 46.277 2018 43.42 46.187 2017 43.21 46.467 2016 42.69 46.798 2015 42.63 46.876 2014 42.66 47.281 2013 43.34 46.887 2012 43.38 46.231 2011 42.62 45.679 2010 43.59 46.024 2009 44.37 47.071 2008 43.06 45.312 2007 43.31 45.246 2006 43.37 45.670 2005 43.90 46.265 2004 44.00 46.012 Unemployment Rate
Unemployment (% of labour force) · lower is better
DjiboutiWorld median
Djibouti fell from 26.66 in 2000 to 26.02 in 2025; the world median went from 6.918 to 5.084.
Every year’s figures
Year Djibouti World median 2025 26.015 5.08 2024 26.007 5.15 2023 26.074 5.21 2022 26.272 5.34 2021 27.628 6.04 2020 27.701 6.38 2019 26.257 5.36 2018 26.180 5.35 2017 26.064 5.59 2016 25.982 5.90 2015 26.063 6.41 2014 26.160 6.58 2013 26.149 6.71 2012 26.179 6.79 2011 26.310 6.90 2010 26.368 7.04 2009 26.325 6.67 2008 26.183 5.79 2007 26.292 6.00 2006 26.382 6.50 2005 26.448 7.09 2004 26.441 6.80 2003 26.484 6.95 2002 26.589 6.91 2001 26.597 6.96 2000 26.664 6.92 Vulnerable Employment
Vulnerable employment (% of total employment) · lower is better
DjiboutiWorld median
Djibouti fell from 34.69 in 2000 to 30.29 in 2025; the world median went from 35.67 to 28.67.
Every year’s figures
Year Djibouti World median 2025 30.289 28.67 2024 30.359 29.04 2023 30.428 29.33 2022 30.660 29.67 2021 30.897 30.01 2020 31.268 30.54 2019 30.335 29.98 2018 30.747 30.15 2017 31.156 29.93 2016 31.584 29.91 2015 31.945 30.26 2014 32.275 30.47 2013 32.551 31.14 2012 32.860 31.00 2011 33.051 31.41 2010 33.278 32.37 2009 33.471 32.59 2008 33.586 31.76 2007 33.959 33.47 2006 34.269 34.27 2005 34.429 34.66 2004 34.599 35.51 2003 34.699 35.90 2002 34.765 35.96 2001 34.771 35.27 2000 34.692 35.67
03In context
Djibouti beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 182 countries on work & labour, never a place within the region.
1st182ndNot placed · 42 countries with too few key statisticsNo data
Djibouti and the countries it borders
The standing is each country’s place among all 182 placed on the topic; the other columns are the publishers’ own values, read at the edition the standing used.
| Country | Standing | Employment-to-Population RatioEmployed share of the population aged 15+ (%) | Labour Income ShareLabour income share of GDP (%) | Unemployment RateUnemployment (% of labour force) | Vulnerable EmploymentVulnerable employment (% of total employment) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ethiopia | 116th | 66.19 | 38.52 | 3.323 | 84.15 |
 Eritrea | =117th | 73.66 | 35.89 | 5.978 | 47.89 |
| Djibouti | 173rd | 23.49 | 42.73 | 26.02 | 30.29 |
| Somaliland | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—” means the publisher gives no reading for that country in that edition. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed.
Across Eastern Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 182.
Placed either side on work & labour
The countries immediately above and below Djibouti in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Djibouti is ahead of the world, and behind
12 more statistics filed under work & labour, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median2
Statistics on which Djibouti does better than the middle country measured.
Firms with a Female Top ManagerWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 19.1631.6119.16No earlier reading
Djibouti: 31.61 · world median 19.16 · Firms with a female top manager (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.429 to 62.9; higher is better.
Position 21st of 179 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Labour Productivity per Hour WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 22.1626.922.16▲ Improved since 2015
Djibouti: 26.9 · world median 22.16 · Output per hour worked (constant 2021 international $ at PPP). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.92 to 164.65; higher is better.
Position 77th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Behind the world median4
Statistics on which Djibouti does worse than the middle country measured.
GDP per Person EmployedWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 47,38443,19447,384▲ Improved since 2015
Djibouti: 43,194 · world median 47,384 · GDP per person employed (constant 2021 international $). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2,456 to 262,554; higher is better.
Position 91st of 168 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Female Labour Force Participation RateILO · 2025 · world median 53.3619.3653.36No real change since 2015
Djibouti: 19.36 · world median 53.36 · Women aged 15+ in the labour force (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 4.663 to 82.91; higher is better.
Position 174th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Labour Force Participation RateILO · 2025 · world median 61.6631.7461.66No real change since 2015
Djibouti: 31.74 · world median 61.66 · Population aged 15+ in the labour force (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.34 to 87.01; higher is better.
Position 181st of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Youth Unemployment RateILO · 2025 · world median 12.8376.7712.83No real change since 2015
Djibouti: 76.77 · world median 12.83 · Unemployment, ages 15-24 (% of youth labour force). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.457 to 76.77; lower is better.
Position 1st of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
No better end6
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Employment in ServicesILO · 2025 · world median 59.5192.1759.51No real change since 2015
Djibouti: 92.17 · world median 59.51 · Employment in services (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.56 to 92.17.
Position 1st of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Public Sector EmploymentWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 15.0142.8315.01No earlier reading
Djibouti: 42.83 · world median 15.01 · Public sector employment (% of total employment). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 1.672 to 47.1.
Position 3rd of 135 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Self-Employment RateILO · 2025 · world median 31.8451.1231.84No real change since 2015
Djibouti: 51.12 · world median 31.84 · Self-employed (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.832 to 91.56.
Position 58th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Average Weekly Hours WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 38.8930.7738.89Moved since 2015
Djibouti: 30.77 · world median 38.89 · Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.64 to 54.7.
Position 165th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Employment in AgricultureILO · 2025 · world median 14.381.15114.38No real change since 2015
Djibouti: 1.151 · world median 14.38 · Employment in agriculture (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.095 to 85.34.
Position 169th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Employment in IndustryILO · 2025 · world median 18.886.68318.88No real change since 2015
Djibouti: 6.683 · world median 18.88 · Employment in industry (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 3.103 to 39.44.
Position 178th of 182 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
No current reading for Djibouti
Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, Informal Employment Rate, Trade Union Density, Working Poverty Rate and Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training (last 2017). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
05Country Index 2026
Work & Labour among Djibouti’s 10 topics
Work & Labour is Djibouti’s 10th best-placed topic of 10. Strongest first; each marker sits at the position divided by that topic’s field, so fields of different sizes compare fairly.
- Mobility & Connectivity74th of 1472/3 keys
- Education & Knowledge134th of 1822/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience143rd of 1913/3 keys
- Gender & Equality134th of 1782/3 keys
- Development & Human Capital156th of 1943/3 keys
- Peace & Security145th of 1772/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing165th of 2014/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions166th of 1935/5 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties173rd of 1983/3 keys
- Work & Labour173rd of 1824/4 keys
No standing on Economy & Innovation, Environment & Sustainability: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on work & labour
The three countries placed highest of 182, and the leaders Djibouti can most readily be measured against.
1
IcelandNorthern Europe
1st of 182 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Hansueli Krapf · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
JapanEastern Asia
2nd of 182 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: JurriaanH · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
South KoreaEastern Asia
3rd of 182 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Nigeria16th4/4 keysHighest in Eastern Africa
Tanzania=29th4/4 keysThis page
Djibouti173rd4/4 keys
Positions out of 182 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Djibouti and work & labour
On work & labour
Countries in Asia with the highest average salaries 2024
Thirteen Asian countries by gross average monthly wage, each carrying its WORLD rank rather than an Asian one — so the numbers skip, from 11th place to 45th.
On work & labour
Countries With The Highest Average Salaries in 2024
The ten highest-paying countries of 2024, their bars coloured by continent, and six more added for comparison — from Australia in 13th place to India in 85th.
On work & labour
Countries With The Lowest Average Salaries in 2024
The bottom ten of 196 countries, and six more added for comparison. Niger, Madagascar and Liberia are all published at US$47 a month and still carry three different ranks.
08Questions
Djibouti on work & labour: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Djibouti rank on work & labour?
Djibouti is placed 173rd of 182 countries on Work & Labour in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Employment-to-Population Ratio, Labour Income Share, Unemployment Rate and Vulnerable Employment). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Employment-to-Population Ratio figure for Djibouti?
23.49 in 2025 (employed share of the population aged 15+ (%)), according to International Labour Organization (ILO). The world median in the same edition was 57.72.
What is the latest Labour Income Share figure for Djibouti?
42.73 in 2025 (labour income share of GDP (%)), according to International Labour Organization (ILO). The world median in the same edition was 46.23.
How does Djibouti compare with Ethiopia on work & labour?
Ethiopia is placed 116th of 182, and Djibouti 173rd. Employment-to-Population Ratio: Ethiopia 66.19, Djibouti 23.49; Labour Income Share: Ethiopia 38.52, Djibouti 42.73; Unemployment Rate: Ethiopia 3.323, Djibouti 26.02; Vulnerable Employment: Ethiopia 84.15, Djibouti 30.29.
How have Djibouti’s work & labour figures changed?
Employment-to-Population Ratio fell from 24.94 in 2000 to 23.49 in 2025; Labour Income Share fell from 44 in 2004 to 42.73 in 2025; Unemployment Rate fell from 26.66 in 2000 to 26.02 in 2025; Vulnerable Employment fell from 34.69 in 2000 to 30.29 in 2025.
Which work & labour statistics are missing for Djibouti?
No current reading is published for Djibouti on Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Share of Senior and Middle Management, Informal Employment Rate, Trade Union Density, Working Poverty Rate and Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Keep reading
Explore further
Djibouti, topic by topic
- Governance & Institutions166th of 193
- Education & Knowledge134th of 182
- Health & Wellbeing165th of 201
- Development & Human Capital156th of 194
- Gender & Equality134th of 178
- Democracy & Civil Liberties173rd of 198
- Peace & Security145th of 177
- Risk & Resilience143rd of 191
- Mobility & Connectivity74th of 147
- The full Djibouti profile
Nearby, on work & labour
The key statistics, for every country
10Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Wages in money terms are not a key here, because pay figures are hard to compare fairly across countries with very different prices. Labour productivity, working hours, youth unemployment and the balance between farming, industry and services are published on this page as context. The size and growth of the wider economy belong to Economy & Innovation.
How the Work & Labour standing is decided, step by step
A standing is a place in a list, not a mark out of anything. This one is part of the Country Index 2026, and it is worked out like this.
- A few key indicators decide it; the rest are context. 4 indicators on this topic are keys and 18 are charted alongside them without a vote. That split is the point: if every statistic voted, importing five more of one kind would quietly change what the topic is about.
- Each key is read at one edition. All of them describe 2025.
- Every country’s published value is turned into a place within that one key’s own field, and then expressed as a share of that field — how far down this key’s list the country sits, rather than how many countries are above it. Keys where a higher published number is worse (terrorism, hunger, disaster risk) are turned round first, so the good end is always the same end.
- Dividing by the field first is the whole reason this works. A place carries the size of its list inside it: 22nd of 44 and 108th of 215 are the same showing, and averaging the numbers 22 and 108 says loudly that they are not. Fields on this site run from about 44 countries to about 215, so averaging raw places would reward a country for happening to be measured in small ones. Dividing each place by its own field removes the size and leaves only the showing.
- The shares are averaged, plainly. One key, one vote — no key is weighted above another, because any weighting would be this site’s opinion presented as a measurement. Countries are then put in order by that average, and the average itself is never published. It is our arithmetic with nothing anchoring it, so printing it would invite it to be read as a measurement somebody made. The position it produces, the band, and the keys it was built from are all published instead — every one of them checkable against the tables on this page.
- A country needs 2 of this topic’s 4 keys — half, rounded up, and never fewer than 2. A standing built from one reading, printed beside one built from four, is two different things sharing a column heading. 182 countries clear the bar here.
- A key has to earn its vote every edition. It must measure at least 120 countries (below that it starts measuring who was surveyed rather than the world), it must not have more than 10% of its field tied at either end, and it must not repeat another key in the same topic — Spearman correlation above 0.92 counts as repeating. A topic needs at least 2 surviving keys to place anyone at all; this one has 4.
- A standing is relative, and the grouping is ours. It says where a country places against the others measured alongside it, so it moves when they move. The publishers listed on this page did not agree to be read together, and each measures its subject its own way: the underlying numbers are theirs, the ordering on top is this site’s — the same method as the rest of the Country Index, applied to one subject instead of all of them.
The key statistics and their licences
- Employment-to-Population Ratio — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Labour Income Share — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment Rate — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Vulnerable Employment — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
The other 12 statistics on this page come from 2 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Djibouti’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Djibouti (banner) — Fishercd, CC0
- Iceland — Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Japan — JurriaanH, CC BY-SA 3.0
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Djibouti: Work & Labour — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/djibouti/work