LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Eastern Africa

Djibouti

282 recorded engagements by Djibouti's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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282Engagements
279Visits
2Phone calls
1Video conferences
14Signed agreements
62Destination countries
10Officials recorded
151Multilateral summits

LEAD records 14 signed agreements for Djibouti; registered users can browse them in the Agreements register.

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Djibouti's leaders recorded 282 engagements: 279 in-person visits, 2 phone calls and 1 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2018, with 22 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was Ethiopia (44 engagements), followed by United States of America and France. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 97% of engagements. 14 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 151 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Ismail Omar Guelleh (President), with 220 engagements between 1999 and 2025.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Djibouti, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 4 engagements1991: 9 engagements1992: 3 engagements1993: 1 engagement1994: 2 engagements1995: 2 engagements1996: 1 engagement1997: 2 engagements1998: 12 engagements1999: 3 engagements2000: 8 engagements2001: 3 engagements2002: 3 engagements2003: 5 engagements2004: 4 engagements2005: 6 engagements2006: 4 engagements2007: 5 engagements2008: 9 engagements2009: 4 engagements2010: 4 engagements2011: 4 engagements2012: 9 engagements2013: 4 engagements2014: 5 engagements2015: 12 engagements2016: 20 engagements2017: 16 engagements2018: 22 engagements2019: 18 engagements2020: 5 engagements2021: 6 engagements2022: 17 engagements2023: 15 engagements2024: 19 engagements2025: 16 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • Ethiopia44
  • United States of America32
  • France26
  • China17
  • Kenya12
  • Egypt11
  • Somalia11
  • Saudi Arabia11
  • Qatar10
  • Japan8
  • Rwanda8
  • Turkey6

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations274
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs148
  • Trade and Economic Relations58
  • Security and Defense53
  • 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.22976211 [Djibouti country profile. Accessed 22 October 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 2026-10-22 and describe outbound engagements by Djibouti's own officials.