Eritrea: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Eritrea — 254 indicators across 9 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
5.69
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.20
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
1.28
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
120,001.00
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
1.27
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
1,530.76
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
121,765.80
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
331.19
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.01
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
8.39
Economy (31)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2011
344.74
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2011
0.83
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2011
9.71
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
1.72
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2011
0.00
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2011
19.00
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2009
14.12
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2011
0.00
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2011
18.15
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2011
2.33
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2011
2.25B
GDP (current US$)
2011
2.07B
GDP growth (annual %)
2011
8.68
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2011
751.37
GDP per capita (current US$)
2011
688.68
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2011
6.75
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2011
1,742.32
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2011
5.22B
GNI (current US$)
2011
2.04B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2011
650.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2011
1,720.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2011
1.94B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2011
5.16B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2011
29.24
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2009
21.82
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2011
19.54
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2011
24.63
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2011
0.00
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2011
0.00
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2011
26.96
Trade (% of GDP)
2011
47.39
Education (8)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
8.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2006
2.13
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2008
64.66
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
2.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
5.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2022
89.73
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2022
44.04
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
7.00
Energy (10)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
12.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
1.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
24.40
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
54.40
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
37.10
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
77.10
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
2023
123.33
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
5.05
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
22.12M
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
5.05
Environment (45)
Bird species, threatened
2022
22.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
136.33
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.78
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
0.22
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.05
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.02
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.08
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.36
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.25
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
-0.21
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2011
0.27
Fish species, threatened
2022
50.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
16.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
32.08
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
4.53
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
3.15
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.19
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.50
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.69
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
34.46
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.28
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.13
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.04
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.06
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
32.35
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
100.00
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
7.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
28.64
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
15.49
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.58
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
0.00
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
0.00
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
39.85
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
6.58
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
1.86
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
14.90
Health & Population (109)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
65.16
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
73.43
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
7.29
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
66.14
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
111,762.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
28.72
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
36.99
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
9.82
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
51.56
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
1.63
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
3.68
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
6.00
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
4.40
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
3.68
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2023
1.02
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
95.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
95.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
93.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
0.40
International migrant stock, total
2024
12,512.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
70.94
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
66.76
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
68.89
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
1.06
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
94.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
291.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
37.90
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
27.30
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
25.60
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
29.40
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
237.40
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
193.40
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
288.50
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
2.10
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
1.65
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
2.55
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
66.50
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
155.86
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
214.07
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
24.70
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
21.30
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
28.00
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
15.60
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
34.30
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
30.20
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
38.30
Net migration
2025
-6,698.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
249.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
635.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
839.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
274.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
2,468.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
290.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
1,584.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
3,392.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2016
67.00
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2016
51.85
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2016
11.94
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2022
0.09
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
38.14
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
667,489.00
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
37.28
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
680,885.00
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
39.01
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
1.35M
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
57.66
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
1.04M
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
57.93
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
1.00M
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
57.38
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
2.04M
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
4.20
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
85,620.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
4.78
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
62,977.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
3.61
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
148,597.00
Population growth (annual %)
2024
1.86
Population, female
2024
1.79M
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
50.63
Population, male
2024
1.75M
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
49.37
Population, total
2024
3.54M
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
48.80
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
35.20
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
41.50
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
35.60
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
2.80
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
7.40
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
3.10
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
11.60
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2019
22.00
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
551,296.00
Rural population
2024
2.31M
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
65.46
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
2.11
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.03
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
13.23
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
7.20
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
19.42
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
75.44
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
67.55
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
1.07
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
0.32
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
1.87
UHC service coverage index
2023
40.00
Urban population
2024
1.22M
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
34.54
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
1.40
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
55.48
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
58.11
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
53.11
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
72.84
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
84.15
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
5.98
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (31)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2011
1.89
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
-27.95M
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
576.00M
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
480.28M
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.03
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
1.63
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
11.89
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
78.98
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.07
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.05
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.44
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.16
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
8.38
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
79.70
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
8.38
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
562.00M
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
436.69M
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
19.06
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
44.74
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
35.65
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
11.79
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.04
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
2.78
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.20
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
3.80
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
51.46
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
3.80
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
30.90
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
2011
6.53
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
0.00
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.