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Eritrea — statistics

All indicators in the section for Eritrea — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.

274 indicators Region: Sub-Saharan Africa Subregion: Eastern Africa Income group: Low income ISO: ERI
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 3.61M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 68.9 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 3.68 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 28.7 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 6 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 2 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 34.5 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 1.25M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 65.5 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 28.6 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 4.3 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 37.6 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 72 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -6,698 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 50.62 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 1.78M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 1.83M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 1.36M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 2.1M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 153,590 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 66.76 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 70.94 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 65.2 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 8.7 2010 UN DESA
Rural population people 2.36M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 115 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 0.4 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 12,000 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 0.18 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 500 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 4,100 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 1,000 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 786 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 5.83 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 27.3 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 24.7 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 34.3 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 291 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 13.2 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 51.6 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 37 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 9.8 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 37.9 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 640 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 237.4 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 66.5 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 2.1 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 55.4 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 214.1 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 155.9 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 2.07B 2011 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 689 2011 World Bank
GDP growth % 8.68 2011 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 5.22B 2011 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 1,742 2011 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 650 2011 World Bank
GDP deflator % 19.54 2011 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 21.8 2009 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 5.5 2009 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 14.1 2009 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 98.2 2011 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 26.6 2011 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 12.6 2011 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 2 2019 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 3.8 2019 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 1,821 2019 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 1.3 2019 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 2.25B 2011 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 751 2011 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 6.75 2011 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.005 2019 IMF
Gross national income US$ 2.04B 2011 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 405M 2009 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 102M 2009 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 262M 2009 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 2.03B 2011 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 550M 2011 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 261M 2011 World Bank
Gross national savings % 15.8 2000 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 5.6 2019 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 567 2019 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 5.16B 2011 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 4.938 2021 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 260.4 2019 IMF
Budget balance % 2.7 2019 IMF
External debt US$ 693M 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ -27.95M 2024 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ -27.88M 2000 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % 1.89 2011 UNCTAD
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 305,210 2024 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 638 2024 FAO
Food production index index 106.1 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 109.3 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 62.65 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 5.69 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.1988 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 1.9 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 75,920 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 690,000 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 478,367 2024 FAO
Crop production index index 100.6 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 8.63 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 10,458 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 0 2025 World Bank
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources % 20.79 2022 FAO
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 33.7 2023 WHO
Land area km² 121,178 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 121,766 2023 FAO
Renewable water resources km³ 3 2022 FAO
Water resources per capita m³/person 821 2022 FAO
Freshwater withdrawal km³ 1 2022 FAO
Population living in slums % 48.7 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 15.49 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 80.7 2021 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.011 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 3 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 0 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 0 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 45,104 2020 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 494 2020 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 0 2019 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 27,453 2019 UNCTAD
Logistics performance index score 2.09 2018 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 14.35 2020 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 59.1 2022 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 0.17 2022 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 2 2022 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 2 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 13.53 2000 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 8.24M 2000 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 2.02M 2022 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 5,639 2022 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Intentional homicides per 100k 15.61 2012 World Bank
Number of intentional homicides people 474 2012 UNODC
Battle-related deaths people 4 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.503 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 13 2024 Transparency Intl
Indicator Value Year Source
International tourist arrivals people 142,000 2016 UN Tourism
Inbound tourism receipts US$ 48M 2016 UN Tourism
Tourism share of exports % 36.84 2000 UN Tourism

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

Eastern Africa