Is Djibouti in the top 20 countries in Africa for development?

But the big economies have to get their act together, says Brahima Coulibaly, director of Brookings' Africa Growth Initiative: “These large economies are ... Ghana Ethiopia India Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Cambodia Bhutan Senegal Tanzania Philippines 8.3% 8.2 7.3 7.2 7 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.8 6. read more

Bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea and situated between Eritrea and Somalia, Djibouti is the route to the sea for African countries such as South Sudan and Ethiopia. Ethiopian imports and exports account for more than 65% of the port activity at Djibouti’s container terminal. read more

Djibouti joined the United Nations the same year, on 20 September 1977. In the early 1990s, tensions over government representation led to armed conflict, which ended in a power-sharing agreement in 2000 between the ruling party and the opposition. read more

Top 100 smallest countries by area. Along with the big countries, there are many small independent states, and some are so tiny that they are called microstates. The smallest one of them is the Vatican City (Holy See), it actually occupies only an old quarter with a few buildings and parks in the center of Rome (Italy). read more