Education Spending: Djibouti

Analysis# Djibouti Education Spending Djibouti allocated 3.751% of its GDP to education in 2018, marking a significant decline from its all-time peak of 9.66% in 2000. The country has invested as little as 3.599% in 2015, establishing both the recent floor and near-current baseline. Over the two-decade period from 1999 to 2018, education spending contracted by 50.8%, reflecting a substantial reorientation of fiscal priorities. The most dramatic shift occurred between 2007 and 2010, when spending plummeted from 8.406% to 4.49% of GDP—a drop of nearly half in just three years. After stabilizing around the 3.6–3.9% range from 2015 onward, spending has leveled off, suggesting a new equilibrium rather than continued decline. Current levels remain well below historical norms, indicating that education now commands a smaller share of government resources than at any point in the dataset.