LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
Flag of Djibouti

Eastern Africa

Djibouti

101 recorded engagements by Djibouti's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1991–2025.

Open in the interactive map Compare with another country
101Engagements
98Visits
2Phone calls
1Video conferences
6Signed agreements
28Destination countries
10Officials recorded
56Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 1991 and 2025, Djibouti's leaders recorded 101 engagements: 98 in-person visits, 2 phone calls and 1 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2018, with 11 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (27 engagements), followed by Ethiopia and China. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 92% of engagements. 6 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 56 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Ismail Omar Guelleh (President), with 68 engagements between 1999 and 2025.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Djibouti, 1991–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1991: 2 engagements1992: 2 engagements1993: 0 engagements1994: 0 engagements1995: 0 engagements1996: 1 engagement1997: 0 engagements1998: 2 engagements1999: 2 engagements2000: 3 engagements2001: 1 engagement2002: 0 engagements2003: 2 engagements2004: 2 engagements2005: 2 engagements2006: 2 engagements2007: 0 engagements2008: 2 engagements2009: 0 engagements2010: 1 engagement2011: 1 engagement2012: 5 engagements2013: 2 engagements2014: 4 engagements2015: 4 engagements2016: 7 engagements2017: 5 engagements2018: 11 engagements2019: 6 engagements2020: 2 engagements2021: 3 engagements2022: 7 engagements2023: 6 engagements2024: 7 engagements2025: 7 engagements19911995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America27
  • Ethiopia14
  • China14
  • Qatar7
  • France5
  • Somalia5
  • Kenya3
  • Saudi Arabia3
  • Uganda2
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)2
  • Japan2
  • Malaysia1

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations93
  • Security and Defense53
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs53
  • Trade and Economic Relations46
  • Development and Aid28
  • Infrastructure and Connectivity13
  • International Conflicts and Crises12
  • Maritime and Territorial Issues7
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation5
  • Financial and Monetary Issues4
  • Environment and Climate Change3
  • Energy3

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22255254 [Djibouti country profile. Accessed 2 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/djibouti.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Djibouti's own officials.