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Official language: Tigrigna, Arabic, English
Currency: Eritrea Nakfa
Capital City: Asmara
Area: 117600km2
Subregional membership(s): East Africa, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Least developed countires, Sub-Saharan Africa, Non-Oil Producing, Non-Oil LDCs, Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) , Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD)


3817650.5K
2024

Mid-year population
2.3B
2021

GDP at current prices, USD
36.6
2022

Under five mortality rate
72.0
2019

Primary enrolment ratio
Population and migration
United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)0.810.701.171.661.421.811.781.711.781.85
Population - Urban (%)38.2038.8039.50
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)64.064.264.665.065.264.964.464.565.266.5
Total fertility rate (per woman)4.24.24.14.14.03.93.93.83.73.6
Population - Urban (number)1,851,8511,923,7281,999,7212,079,3142,161,6462,246,0382,332,2992,420,5792,510,9632,603,638
Median age (years)17.317.417.517.617.818.018.218.418.718.9
Population - Male (number)1,644,7791,657,5721,673,5631,697,9631,724,8601,753,5131,785,8401,817,8781,850,5231,885,109
Population - Urban (%)38.2138.8339.4540.0840.7141.3541.9842.6343.2743.91
Population - Total (number)3,340,0063,365,2883,396,9333,445,3753,498,8183,555,8683,620,3123,684,0323,748,9023,817,651
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)66.066.366.667.167.367.166.566.667.368.7
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)68.068.368.569.169.369.368.768.769.470.9
Population - Female (%)50.7650.7550.7350.7250.7050.6950.6750.6650.64
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)3.813.873.903.883.833.773.723.673.623.59
Population - Female (number)1,695,2271,707,7161,723,3701,747,4121,773,9581,802,3551,834,4721,866,1541,898,3791,932,542
Population - Male (%)50.0950.1050.1150.1250.1250.12
Health
World Bank, World Health Organization, United Nations Statistics Division, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
40.739.237.936.735.534.333.131.9
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)
51.950.248.546.945.444.042.641.1
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)16.00
51.850.148.546.945.443.942.7
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)
40.739.438.036.735.534.433.2
46.444.943.441.940.639.338.036.6
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)97.0099.0099.0099.00
46.444.943.441.940.639.338.1
Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)81.7076.5778.7879.2878.31
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)56.0044.5245.4445.15
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Female (%)92.71
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)39.8939.0340.26
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)43.339.338.7
Primary school enrollment - Male (number)197,898190,231191,995190,502
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)0.10.1
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)56.8449.3148.98
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)62.5754.0953.83
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)0.90.90.9
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)2.63.23.3
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)0.20.1
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)0.70.7
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)2.22.82.9
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)80.15
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)73.7776.57
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)2.972.68
Primary completion rate - Female (%)52.7859.2157.8854.36
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)2.63.33.3
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)0.90.90.9
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)2.83.73.7
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)2.43.03.1
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)65.4568.95
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)51.8241.8842.9542.79
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)19.514.1
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)79.98
Primary completion rate - Total (%)57.4363.7162.9359.46
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)76.1671.6372.4472.8272.04
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)4.013.53
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)2.452.29
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)0.10.1
Primary completion rate - Male (%)62.0268.1567.9064.48
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)2.592.49
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Male (%)93.82
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)70.4066.5065.9966.2565.65
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)47.5139.2040.4240.40
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)1.931.90
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, 15-24 years old (%)0.990.93
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)93.2593.27
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)0.90.90.90.9
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)79.78
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)45.5942.2942.85
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)0.90.90.90.90.9
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)3.04.04.0
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)82.3984.37
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)3.313.01
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)59.7651.7551.46
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)42.7840.6941.58
Primary school enrollment - Total (number)361,684347,009349,753347,482
Primary school enrollment - Female (number)163,786156,778157,758156,980
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)38.936.635.0
National accounts
United Nations Statistics Division, Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Construction (ISIC F) (US dollars)320,764,986353,523,229303,522,608321,829,766318,756,913338,454,762355,045,530382,589,008
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current prices - National Currency (billions)68.376.989.4
Industry (%)31.31
Exports of goods and services (US dollars)666,308,918416,165,351619,360,989659,355,592623,426,095616,205,383857,207,308940,373,676
Industry (%)31.2331.3331.3331.3031.3231.32
Services (%)51.5651.3451.4351.4451.4051.42
Final consumption expenditure (US dollars)1,675,402,4252,055,842,5511,602,046,6941,860,481,3271,839,769,2551,903,397,3201,975,078,5712,157,574,038
Manufacturing (ISIC D) (US dollars)122,976,615135,629,297116,300,268123,390,509122,214,224129,738,906136,117,261146,673,902
Mining, Manufacturing, Utilities (ISIC C-E) (US dollars)317,994,180350,641,707300,753,047319,050,879316,004,924335,477,448351,960,817379,258,162
Services (%)51.42
Agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing (ISIC A-B) (US dollars)352,157,626389,683,508332,453,871353,535,175350,227,809371,463,318389,931,774420,148,798
Transport, storage and communication (ISIC I) (US dollars)251,878,038275,891,630237,074,442251,744,461249,023,643264,507,051277,524,333298,981,237
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current prices - US dollars (billions)4.45.05.8
Final consumption expenditure (US dollars)1,675,402,4251,870,049,2951,524,011,7601,779,742,5131,692,326,9631,664,730,9421,588,936,0351,568,938,638
GDP, PPP - Current, International dollar (millions)5,3125,7445,2476,0736,4196,4556,919
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (US dollars)2,013,196,7482,161,993,2751,945,475,6372,199,013,5242,283,365,6612,271,235,4362,336,986,0022,398,162,847
Wholesale, retail trade, restaurants and hotels (ISIC G-H) (US dollars)234,250,996255,410,222219,754,032233,509,634230,783,280245,221,001257,302,535277,152,997
Gross fixed capital formation (including Acquisitions less disposals of valuables) (US dollars)207,031,372150,549,171164,831,27758,712,52899,204,409160,021,758162,868,159175,484,353
Prices
Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)758.64826.91901.34
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)9.009.009.00-14.40-16.364.912.90
Energy
United Nations Statistics Division, African Union Commission, U.S. Energy Information Administration, AfDB, AUC and ECA Joint African Statistical Yearbook
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Conventional crude oil - Losses (terajoules)
Conventional crude oil - Losses, metric tons (thousands)
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)413426439
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)
Conventional crude oil - Import, metric tons (thousands)
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)000
Conventional crude oil - Import (terajoules)
Conventional crude oil - Transformation, metric tons (thousands)
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)
Conventional crude oil - Transformation (terajoules)
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)317331347
Electricity - total thermal production (Giga watt hours)352359378450
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)7.167.35
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)0.20.20.20.2
Conventional crude oil - Total energy supply (terajoules)
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)82.0086.0090.00
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)160.3160.7
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)000
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)404419432
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)206,000214,000222,000
Tourism
World Bank, World Tourism Organization
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)
Overnight stays (thousands)144.0143.0
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)48.0
Rooms in hotels and similar establishments (thousands)5.55.6
Transport

Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Paved Road (% of total) (%)
Information society
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)1.971.961.94
0.000.000.0035.00
1.081.181.31
0.01
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)14.2215.0420.4637.4750.65
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)14.2114.9920.36
0.000.000.000.00
1.081.181.31
21.73
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)475,000506,000695,000
0.010.020.030.090.140.14
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)1.981.961.951.891.86
5006001,0003,0005,0005,000
85.0085.0085.0085.0085.0085.00
500
, 2018=10062,509134,990118,110404,80066,010206,390
International trade
International Road Federation
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Total trade - Export, current USD (millions)
Total trade - Import, current USD (millions)
Banking, insurance, financial statistics
United Nations Statistics Division, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)15.3815.3515.0715.0715.07
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)
Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics
World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)
Fiscal deficit (% of GDP)-1.0-0.6-1.71.3-0.5-1.6-1.6-0.4
Net ODA - current USD (millions)94.166.879.1
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)180.71167.51202.54185.61187.09182.17170.82164.23
General government net lending/borrowing - as % of GDP (%)-3.14-1.66-6.044.210.61-4.42-3.98
International reserves - current USD (millions)145.1145.4143.4163.0191.7
Net ODA - Per capita (current USD)
Total external debt (% of GNI) (%)
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)
Balance of payments
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Economic Commission for Africa
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)886.5938.8
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)20.7615.3223.9615.4413.0111.3813.47
Compensation of employees - current USD (millions)
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)
Trade balance - current USD (millions)
Services Balance - current USD (millions)
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)49.352.355.561.067.173.870.5
Current account balance - current USD (millions)-61.0-105.0-137.0
Primary income (Net) - current USD (millions)
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)886.5938.8
Secondary income (Net) - current USD (millions)
Environment
United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)
Carbon Dioxide Emissions - per Capita (metric tons)
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)0.70.70.70.90.9
CO2 emissions per capita (metric tons)0.200.20
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)15.00
CO2 emissions per capita (metric tons)
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)10.6010.5710.5410.5110.4810.45
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected (%)4.872.962.962.962.96100.000.00
Land area covered by forest (%)
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected (%)4.872.96