Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Djibouti
EmbassyDjibouti · Name of Ambassador: Shri M. Keivom
10 figures · 2 sources · built 3 hours ago
In short
India’s embassy in Djibouti records bilateral trade of $695.8m, a reported community of 800, 4 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 68%. Led by Shri M. Keivom, name of ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$695.8m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 3 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Djibouti
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic & Commercial Relations” section
“The total bilateral trade increased from 367.22 million in 2020-21 to 1.25 billion in 2022-23 and remained at 1.16 billion in FY 2023-24 and US$ 695.8 million in FY 2024-25.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence800
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Djibouti"
“PIOs 0 + NRIs 800 = 800”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence4
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 3 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 22 September 2022)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF DJIBOUTI ON EXEMPTION FROM VISA REQUIREMENT FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC & OFFICIAL/SERVICE PASSPORTS — 22 September 2022”
Published: 22 September 2022 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
68%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Djibouti”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 83 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to DjiboutiUS dollars · as stated in the brief$677.0m
Bilateral Brief — Djibouti
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic & Commercial Relations” section
“The exports to Djibouti increased from US$ 347 million in FY 202021 to US$ 1.19 billion in FY 2022-23 and remained at US$1.14 billion in FY 202324; and US$ 677 million during FY 2024-25.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from DjiboutiUS dollars · as stated in the brief$18.6m
Bilateral Brief — Djibouti
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic & Commercial Relations” section
“As regards India’s imports from Djibouti, it increased from US$ 20.16 million in FY 2020-21 to US$ 55.88 million in FY 2022-23 and remained at US$ 22.26 million in FY 2023-24 and US$ 18.56 million in FY 2024-25.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation$658.4m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Djiboutipersons · as stated in the brief1,000
Bilateral Brief — Djibouti
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community” section
“The Indian Diaspora in Djibouti is relatively small with about 1,000 persons.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Djibouti
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “High-Level visits from Djibouti to India” section
“On 31 January 2026, Mr. Ahmed Ali Barreh, Ambassador of Djibouti to Egypt and Permanent Representative to the League of Arab States represented Djibouti at the 2nd India-Arab Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in New Delhi.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (4)
MEA Treaties Database- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF DJIBOUTI ON EXEMPTION FROM VISA REQUIREMENT FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC & OFFICIAL/SERVICE PASSPORTSImmunities and Privileges22 September 2022
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE SUSHMA SWARAJ INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN SERVICE, MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE INSTITUTE OF DIPLOMATIC STUDIES, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, REPUBLIC OF DJIBOUTIDiplomatic Relations22 September 2022
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF DJIBOUTI RELATING TO AIR SERVICESTransport19 May 2003
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND DJIBOUTI FOR PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade19 May 2003
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 10 sections, 14,333 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India-Djibouti Bilateral Relations · Padma Vibhushan Samman · Defence Cooperation · Economic & Commercial Relations · ITEC/ICCR Scholarship/Training · Artificial Limbs (Jaipur Foot) Fitment Camp.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 25% apart
- Overseas Indians800
- Indian community in Djibouti1,000
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.