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Djibouti

1.2 million people

Djibouti launched a national Mobile ID digital identity platform in February 2026 and enacted a Digital Code in 2025; a Visa digital wallet is planned. No CBDC work found.

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Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in Djibouti

Program
Mobile ID platform
Status
Available, partial uptake
National ID card
ID card compulsory
Biometrics
Yes
Law
Digital Code (June 2025)

President Guelleh launched the Mobile ID platform on 9 February 2026. It allows smartphone authentication for civil registry records, tax filings, bank account opening and electronic signatures. Biometric data is held by the Interior Ministry only, with other bodies querying it server to server. A Visa-partnered national wallet using TECH5 biometrics is planned under the June 2025 Digital Code.

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status
No known work

No public CBDC work found as of Oct 2026 in the sources checked.

On the record

What has happened, newest first

  1. 2026-02-09Rolling it out

    Djibouti launched its national Mobile ID digital identity platform. Ecofin Agency ↗

UN and WHO

How Djibouti has voted

WHO
Accepted the 2024 rule changes
Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
No recorded objection
Migration compact (Dec 2018)
Voted yes
Paris climate deal
Party
SDG Index 2026
54.3 · rank 148 of 169
Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
1

Sovereignty score

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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.