Djibouti vs Eswatini

Djibouti and Eswatini compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Djibouti and Eswatini have about the same number of people: 1.2 million and 1.3 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Eswatini ($4,108) is 5% higher than in Djibouti ($3,906) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Djibouti (6.5%) than in Eswatini (4.2%), a difference of 2.3 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Eswatini (2.6% in 2019) than in Djibouti (-0.3% in 2025), a difference of 2.9 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Eswatini (34.2%) than in Djibouti (26%), a difference of 8.2 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Djibouti can expect to live 1.9 years longer than one born in Eswatini: 66.2 years against 64.3 years in 2024.
• The population of Djibouti is older: half of its people are over 24.4 years, against 22 years in Eswatini in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Djibouti (65.3%) than in Eswatini (63.4%), a difference of 1.9 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Eswatini (0.88 tonnes) are 14% higher than in Djibouti (0.77 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Eswatini (25.3%) than in Djibouti (0.3%), a difference of 25 percentage points in 2024.