Defence spending
US$36.27m
0.7% of GDPGDP 2026
2008 annual observation. Annual military expenditure, current US dollars at the year's exchange rate; not procurement orders.
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Eastern Africa · Military profile
Djibouti country profile with source-backed equipment operators and dated national observations. The linked records retain their published sources and reference years.
01 / National data
Military, personnel and economic indicators
2008 annual observation. Annual military expenditure, current US dollars at the year's exchange rate; not procurement orders.
EQUIPMENT & WEAPONS
Equipment listed in inventory and operator sources, grouped by force and category. Sourced quantities retain their date, variant coverage and inventory status. Equipment without a documented count is listed by type.
73 matching equipment types
| Equipment | Djibouti |
|---|---|
| Support aircraft | |
| Cessna 208 Caravan | 1Djibouti Air Force · 2025 |
| Harbin Y-12 | 22024 |
| Short 360 | 2Djibouti Air Force · 2025 |
| Xi'an MA60 | 1Djibouti Air Force · 2025 |
| Helicopters | |
| Eurocopter AS355 Écureuil 2 | 12024 |
| Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin | 4Djibouti Air Force · 2025 |
| Eurocopter AS565 Panther | 42024 |
| Harbin Z-9 | 12024 |
| Mil Mi-17 | In service |
| Mil Mi-24 | 22024 |
| Mil Mi-8 | 1Djibouti Air Force · 2025 |
| Drones & UAVs | |
| Bayraktar TB2 | ≥2Djibouti Air Force · 2025 |
| Equipment | Djibouti |
|---|---|
| Armoured vehicles | |
| BMC Kirpi | In service |
| BRDM-2 | 2Army · 2025 2Djiboutian Army · 2025 |
| BTR-60 | 12Army · 2025 12Djiboutian Army · 2025 |
| BTR-80 | 82013Wikipedia |
| Casspir | 3Djiboutian Army · 2025 |
| Cougar (MRAP) | 12Djiboutian Army · 2026Wikipedia |
| Land Rover Defender | 13Djiboutian Army · 2026Wikipedia |
| Panhard AML | 17Army · 2025 20Djiboutian Army · 2026Wikipedia |
| Puma | 14Army · 2025 |
| Puma (Italian armoured fighting vehicle) | 142021Wikipedia |
| Ratel IFV | 20Djiboutian Army · 2026Wikipedia |
| RG-33 | 102016Wikipedia |
| Equipment | Djibouti |
|---|---|
| Small arms | |
| AA-52 machine gun | In service |
| AK-47 | In service |
| AKM | In service |
| CETME rifle | In service |
| FAMAS | In service |
| FM 24/29 light machine gun | In service |
| FN FAL | In service |
| FN MAG | In service |
| Heckler & Koch G3 | In service |
| IWI Galil | In service |
| LRAC F1 | In service |
| M16 rifle | In service |
Coverage is incomplete. “Not documented” means no linked inventory evidence, not zero equipment. Methodology ↗
04 / Data record
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 IISS population assessment | 1,013,703 people | International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) | superseded |
National full-time active military personnel; the separately reported reserve, gendarmerie and paramilitary totals are excluded.
2025 annual observation. Midyear resident population estimate.
Annual nominal GDP at current market prices, in source-reported current US dollars. Excludes purchasing-power-parity GDP and real GDP growth. Explicit 2026 economic-table year column; USD 5.00bn. The table was compiled in the November 2025 IISS assessment; this annual figure is an assessment/estimate and does not assert a final audited outturn. The explicit 2026 column is forward-looking relative to the November 2025 assessment and is retained as a forecast, not an observed final outturn.
2020 annual observation. Active-duty military personnel, including qualifying paramilitary forces; not an active-regular-only count.
Military reserve personnel in the 2024 IISS source edition cited by this Wikipedia row. Reservists are not normally kept under arms and are available for mobilisation. Excludes the separately reported Active military and Paramilitary columns. This is the cited edition year, not an exact census date.
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