Country
Eritrea
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- low income
- Capital
- Asmara
- ISO code
- ER · ERI
61 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 3.6M
- Life expectancy
- 68.9 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.2 t CO₂
Population
- Population 3.6M 2025 131st of 214
- Population density 29 people/km² 2024 169th of 212
- Population growth 2.00 % per year 2025 49th of 214
- Natural increase 22.5 per 1,000 people 2023 34th of 228
- Net migration -1.9 per 1,000 people 2025 155th of 214
- Fertility rate 3.68 births per woman 2024 36th of 214
- Urban population 34.5 % 2025 183rd of 214
- Median age 18.7 years 2023 199th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 4.3 % 2025 159th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 7.3 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 153rd of 214
- Children under 15 37.6 % 2025 37th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 68.9 years 2024 160th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 70.9 years 2024 166th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 66.8 years 2024 156th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 4.2 years 2024 147th of 214
- Infant mortality 24.7 per 1,000 births 2024 56th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 34.3 per 1,000 births 2024 54th of 195
- Maternal mortality 291 per 100,000 births 2023 24th of 193
- Health spending per person 28 USD 2023 182nd of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 87 $ (PPP) 2023 185th of 191
- Physicians 0.09 per 1,000 people 2022 171st of 179
- Hospital beds 1.0 per 1,000 people 2023 119th of 150
- Measles immunization 93 % 2024 73rd of 191
Economy
- GDP 2.1B USD 2011 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita 689 USD 2011 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP growth 8.7 % 2011 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita growth 6.7 % 2011 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Unemployment 6.0 % 2025 72nd of 181
- Youth unemployment 10.2 % 2025 107th of 181
- Trade 47 % of GDP 2011 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Agriculture in the economy 14.1 % of GDP 2009 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Women in the labour force 72.8 % 2025 12th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.503 2023 177th of 192
- Literacy rate 64.7 % 2008 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Education spending 2.1 % of GDP 2006 not ranked – no value for 2022
- Secondary school enrolment 44 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 3 % 2016 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 61 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Women in parliament 22.0 % 2019 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Homicide rate 15.6 per 100,000 people 2012 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 0.8 Mt CO₂ 2024 167th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.2 t CO₂ 2024 179th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.21 t CO₂ 2024 197th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 178th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 1.9 t CO₂e 2024 151st of 201
- Forest area 12.0 % of land 2024 155th of 208
- Water stress 11 % 2022 87th of 176
- Arable land 5.7 % of land 2024 129th of 205
- Renewable energy 80.7 % of final energy 2021 15th of 210
- Renewable electricity 11.1 % of electricity 2024 146th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 11.1 % of electricity 2024 36th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 591 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 56th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 127 kWh 2024 173rd of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 33.7 µg/m³ 2023 36th of 199
Eritrea on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldTigrinya, English, Arabic · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldEritrean nakfa (ERN)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+3Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, L · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world4 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Volcano & earthquake map8 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- VPN provider mapServers of 2 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)