Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
We advise caution when travelling to Djibouti We advise caution when travelling to Djibouti. We detected travel advisories from 5 sources for this specific country.
Djibouti shares a land border with 3 neighbouring states. For this region of countries (including Djibouti), the Advisory Index is 3.7 (average value over all countries). All countries have some reported advisories: Somalia (5), Ethiopia with 3.5 and Eritrea with 3.2 (of 5).
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Djibouti. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET).
There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Djibouti.
Source: www.ecdc.europa.eu
Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for Djibouti.
Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.
Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Djibouti from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 3.2 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Exercise increased caution elsewhere in Djibouti due to the threat from terrorism (level 2 of 4).
Danger level: 0 - Travel is usually safe. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Djibouti.
Issued by: New Zealand government
Info: If you are planning international travel at this time, please read our COVID-19 related travel advice here, alongside our destination specific travel advice below.
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Djibouti.
Issued by: New Zealand government
Info: Do not travel to the border area with Eritrea. A long-running border dispute has caused tensions between Djibouti and Eritrea. The security situation remains fragile and further conflict is a possibility (level 4 of 4). Do not travel within 10km of the border with Somalia (Somaliland) due to the threat of kidnapping (level 4 of 4).
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Reissued with obsolete COVID-19 page links removed. Exercise increased caution in Djibouti due to terrorism and crime. Terrorists may attack with little or no warning, targeting tourist locations, transportation hubs, markets, shopping malls, government facilities, hotels, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, parks, major sporting and cultural events, educational ...
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Iaktta särskild försiktighet - Risk för internationell terrorism. Undvik alla resor till gränsen mot Eritrea.
This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of Djibouti. Most recent events first.
The total rating for Djibouti changed from 3.2 to 3.0. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government decreased their existing warning for Djibouti to 1.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by -1.0).
The total rating for Djibouti changed from 3.0 to 3.5. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for Djibouti to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 1.0 (by +3.0).
The total rating for Djibouti changed from 2.8 to 3.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government increased their existing warning for Djibouti to 3.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Djibouti changed from 2.5 to 2.8. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government increased their existing warning for Djibouti to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by +1.0).
The Irish government increased their existing warning for Djibouti to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Djibouti changed from 2.2 to 2.5. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government issued a new warning for Djibouti with a rating of 4.0.
The total rating for Djibouti changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government issued a new warning for Djibouti with a rating of 1.0.
The Canadian government issued a new warning for Djibouti with a rating of 2.0.
The New Zealand government issued a new warning for Djibouti with a rating of 2.0.
The Irish government issued a new warning for Djibouti with a rating of 3.0.
The Finnish government issued a new warning for Djibouti with a rating of 3.0.
Djibouti with its capital Djibouti is a country in Africa (Eastern Africa), slightly smaller than Massachusetts (23,000 km²). The country is located Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia. The climate can be described as desert; torrid, dry. The landscape is coastal plain and plateau separated by central mountains. With a population of about 0.51 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Djibouti |
| Population | less than one million |
| Size | 23.000 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly smaller than Massachusetts |
| Common languages | Afar, Arabic, French, Somali |
| Currency | Franc (short: DJF) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 220V - 50Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 900 |
| International phone prefix | +253 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .dj |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | DJ |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | DJI |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 262 |
These are problems Djibouti is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Djibouti. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Djibouti.
Export products
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Djibouti is currently rated at 3,2 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 5 official sources. We advise caution when travelling to Djibouti.
Visiting the country Djibouti is usually fine. The score is at 3,2 Just keep an eye open, obey local rules and you'll most likely be fine.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 5 individual sources for Djibouti.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Djibouti. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET). There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Djibouti.
Djibouti has a size of 23,000 km² or 8,880 mi² which is slightly smaller than Massachusetts.
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Travel safety map for Djibouti and bordering countries.
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2020-03-10:
Integrated data from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2/ Coronavirus).
2019-09-01:
Added timeline charts for risk level and number of advisories.
2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
Somalia (5.0)
Ethiopia (3.5)
Eritrea (3.2)
Germany (Europe)
Czech Republic (Europe)
Denmark (Europe)
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