Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Djibouti instead of Western Sahara, you would:

Health

live 0.8 years longer

In Western Sahara, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020. In Djibouti, that number is 65 years (63 years for men, 68 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 2.6 times more money

Western Sahara has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2007, while in Djibouti, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

Life

have 22.1% fewer children

In Western Sahara, there are approximately 28.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Djibouti, there are 21.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 71.7% less coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 km of coastline. In Djibouti, that number is 314 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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