Djibouti: Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

Key figures

Since 1962 it is down 17.29 percentage points from 69.15% in 1962. The World Bank has no value for 50 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2023, Djibouti had the 18th highest value of the 24 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Djibouti in the 2023 ranking

• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 14th of 24: 57.55%
• United Arab Emirates — 15th of 24: 54.86%
• Dominica — 16th of 24: 53.54%
• Cameroon — 18th of 24: 51.56%
• Timor-Leste — 19th of 24: 49.56%
• Mali — 20th of 24: 49.31%

What this measures

Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise imports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a non-resident and a resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.

Limitations: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 12 values

Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 41.09% (2019)
• Algeria — 64.61% (2024)
• Bahrain — 57.35% (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 50.41% (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 57.55% (2023)
• Iraq — 76.32% (2024)
• Israel — 75.15% (2025)
• Jordan — 56.85% (2024)
• Kuwait — 75.42% (2025)
• Lebanon

More private sector & trade data for Djibouti

• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$6.26 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$6.09 billion (2025)
• Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 28.16% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 37.49% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 59.96% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 27.7% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

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Questions people ask

What is Djibouti's manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)?

51.87% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1962?

It is down 17.29 percentage points from 69.15% in 1962. The highest value was 69.15% in 1962 and the lowest 46.78% in 1985.

How does Djibouti rank?

18th highest of 24 economies with data for 2023.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division; World Integrated Trade Solution system (WITS); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.VAL.MANF.ZS.UN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division; World Integrated Trade Solution system (WITS); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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