Dakar vs Djibouti

Djibouti leads Dakar by 1 points on the TRAIL Index, 50 to 49. Dakar grades better on 9 measures, Djibouti on 4; the same 37 measures from public sources for both.

Scores by each organisation's criteria

• TRAIL Index: Dakar 49, Djibouti 50
• OECD: Dakar 44, Djibouti 42
• UN Tourism: Dakar 48, Djibouti 47
• UNDRR: Dakar 51, Djibouti 29

Theme by theme

• Demand and seasonality: Dakar 25, Djibouti 58
• Economy and jobs: Dakar 33, Djibouti 0
• Climate and hazards: Dakar 45, Djibouti 30
• Water and environment: Dakar 38, Djibouti 50
• Community and housing: Dakar 75, Djibouti 100
• Access and continuity: Dakar 63, Djibouti 38

Where Dakar is stronger

• Hotel bed or room occupancy: 50.7 % average annual occupancy (region figure) (Ministère du Tourisme et des Transports Aériens (MTTA), Bulletin des Statistiques Touristiques, 2018). Between 45 and 55: grade 1/4.
• Extreme heat days: 0 days a year at or above 35°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). At or below 5: grade 4/4.
• Flood hazard: medium (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 2/4.
• Country disaster risk: 4.6 INFORM Risk index, 0–10 (country figure) (INFORM Risk (European Commission JRC), INFORM Risk Mid 2026, 2026). Between 3.5 and 5: grade 2/4.
• Wastewater safely treated: 52.4 % of domestic wastewater safely treated (country figure) (WHO / UN-Habitat / UN-Water via UN SDG Country Profiles, 2024). Between 50 and 70: grade 1/4.
• Access redundancy: 4 independent ways in: international airport, intercity rail, port, motorway (metro figure) (APIX-SA & Port Autonome de Dakar, 2025–2026). At or above 4: grade 4/4.
• Tourism crisis and recovery plan: A plan with named owners, operators and recovery funding (Ministère du Tourisme et des Transports aériens du Sénégal / Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (APS), 2020). Grade 3/4.
• Government effectiveness: 58.5 World Bank WGI percentile rank, 0–100 (country figure) (World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2025). Between 40 and 60: grade 2/4.
• Dedicated tourism funding: A dedicated source such as a tourist tax or levy (Au-Senegal / Agence Sénégalaise de Promotion Touristique (ASPT), 2024). Grade 2/4.

Where Djibouti is stronger

• Average length of stay: 10 nights per visitor (country figure) (Agence Nationale de Promotion des Investissements (ANPI) / Office National du Tourisme de Djibouti (ONTD), 2019). At or above 3.5: grade 4/4.
• Wildfire and storm hazard: very low (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 4/4.
• Municipal waste per resident: 153.3 kg per resident per year (country figure) (World Bank, What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050, 2016). At or below 350: grade 4/4.
• Rent growth: -0.3 % change in rents over the last 12 months (Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances de Djibouti / INSTAD, Note de conjoncture économique du troisième trimestre 2024, Q3 2024). At or below 3: grade 4/4.

Country context (World Economic Forum)

• Senegal: #99 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026

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