The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

      Budget:

      revenues: $135 million expenditures: $182 million (1999 est.)

      Fiscal year:

      calendar year

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      5% (2007 est.)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      NA

      Stock of money:

      $380 million (31 December 2007)

      Stock of quasi money:

      $284.1 million (31 December 2007)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $224.7 million (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      fruits, vegetables; goats, sheep, camels, animal hides

      Industries:

      construction, agricultural processing

      Industrial production growth rate:

      3% (1996 est.)

      Electricity - production:

      250 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - consumption:

      232.5 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      0 kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production by source:

      fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

      Oil - production:

      0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

      12,170 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      19.18 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - imports:

      11,810 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - proved reserves:

      0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

      Current account balance:

      -$212 million (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $340 million f.o.b. (2006)

      Exports - commodities:

      reexports, hides and skins, coffee (in transit)

      Exports - partners:

      Somalia 66.4%, Ethiopia 21.5%, Yemen 3.4% (2007)

      Imports:

      $1.555 billion f.o.b. (2006)

      Imports - commodities:

      foods, beverages, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum products

      Imports - partners:

      Saudi Arabia 21%, India 18.1%, China 9.4%, Ethiopia 4.7%, Malaysia 4.6%, Japan 4.2% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $78.6 million (2005)

      Debt - external:

      $428 million (2006)

      Currency (code):

      Djiboutian franc (DJF)

      Currency code:

      DJF

      Exchange rates:

      Djiboutian francs (DJF) per US dollar - 177.71 (2007), 174.75 (2006), 177.72 (2005), 177.72 (2004), 177.72 (2003)

      Communications

       Djibouti

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      10,800 (2005)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      45,000 (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: telephone facilities in the city of Djibouti are adequate, as are the microwave radio relay connections to outlying areas of the country domestic: microwave radio relay network; mobile cellular coverage is primarily limited to the area in and around Djibouti city international: country code - 253; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable with links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intelsat - Indian Ocean and 1 Arabsat); Medarabtel regional microwave radio relay telephone network (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2001)

      Radios:

      52,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

      1 (2001)

      Televisions:

      28,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

      .dj

      Internet hosts:

      161 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      1 (2000)

      Internet users:

      11,000 (2006)

      Transportation

       Djibouti

      Airports:

      13 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 3 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 10 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 3 (2007)

      Railways:

      total: 100 km (Djibouti segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway) narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but remains largely inoperable (2006)

      Roadways:

      total: 3,065 km paved: 1,226 km unpaved: 1,839 km (2000)

      Ports and terminals:

      Djibouti

      Transportation - note:

      the International Maritime Bureau reports offshore waters in the Gulf of Aden are high risk for piracy; numerous vessels, including commercial shipping and pleasure craft, have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crew, passengers, and cargo are held for ransom

      Military

       Djibouti

      Military branches:

      Djibouti National Army (includes Navy and Air Force)

      Military service age and obligation:

      18 years of age for voluntary military service;