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Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
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ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · DJIBOUTI

What Djibouti Trades

In 2023, Djibouti sold about $4.8B of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $5.3B in return. Its biggest customer was Ethiopia ($4.0B, 83% of exports); its biggest supplier, China ($936M). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$4.8B
GOODS IMPORTED$5.3B
TOP PARTNEREthiopia

Where Djibouti sends its goods

Djibouti’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

1Ethiopia83.5%$4.0B
3China2.4%$116M
4France1.8%$84M
5United States1.6%$76M
6Yemen, Rep.1.4%$66M
7Somalia, Fed. Rep.1.1%$54M
8Oman0.8%$38M
9Turkiye0.7%$31M
10Canada0.5%$22M
11Kenya0.3%$13M
12Spain0.2%$8M
13Chad0.1%$6M
14South Africa0.1%$6M
15Saudi Arabia0.1%$5M
16Sudan0.1%$5M
17Nigeria0.1%$4M
18Qatar0.0%$2M
19Zimbabwe0.0%$2M
20Malaysia0.0%$2M
21Mali0.0%$2M
23Zambia0.0%$2M
24India0.0%$1M
25Libya0.0%$1M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports.

Where Djibouti buys its goods

Djibouti’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1China17.7%$936M
2India14.5%$767M
4Turkiye9.3%$491M
5Saudi Arabia8.5%$452M
6Indonesia5.5%$294M
7Malaysia4.2%$224M
8Japan4.1%$217M
9Oman4.1%$216M
10Singapore2.7%$143M
11Ethiopia2.4%$128M
12Egypt, Arab Rep.2.2%$119M
13Somalia, Fed. Rep.1.6%$84M
14Brazil1.5%$78M
15Pakistan1.4%$75M
16France1.3%$67M
17United States1.3%$66M
18Canada0.7%$39M
19Ukraine0.7%$35M
20Germany0.6%$31M
21Belgium0.5%$28M
22Korea, Rep.0.4%$23M
23United Kingdom0.4%$22M
24Italy0.4%$20M
25South Africa0.3%$14M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports. 99.9% of imports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep.