Eritrea
58 figures for Eritrea, each the latest the source has. Pick one to see how Eritrea compares.
Economy
- GDP per person $689 (2011)
- GDP per person, price-adjusted $1,742 (2011)
- Economic growth +8.7% (2011)
- Unemployment 6.0% (2025)
- Exports 18.2% (2011)
- Income per person $2,028 (2023)
- Household wealth 22.1 (2005)
- Poorer households 84.2% (2005)
- Wealth inequality 0.55 (2005)
- Women in paid work 19.4% (2005)
People
- Population 3.47 million (2023)
- Population growth +2.00% (2025)
- Births per woman 3.68 (2024)
- Typical age 18.7 (2023)
- Living in cities 34.5% (2025)
- Human Development Index 0.503 (2023)
- Women’s vs men’s development 0.886 (2023)
- People per household 6.3 (2005)
- People over 65 5.8% (2005)
- Children under 15 48.7% (2005)
- Women’s age at first marriage 18.3 (2005)
- Mothers’ age at first birth 20.5 (2005)
Health
- Life expectancy 68.6 (2023)
- Child deaths (under 5) 34.3 (2024)
- Mothers dying in childbirth 291 (2023)
- Health spending per person $28 (2023)
- Measles vaccination 93% (2024)
- Overweight adults 17.2% (2022)
- Stunted children 42.8% (2005)
- Overweight children 2.4% (2005)
Education
- Years of schooling 5.1 (2023)
- Expected years in school 7.3 (2023)
- Secondary school enrollment 44.0% (2022)
- Education spending 2.1% (2006)
- Teens in school 71.2% (2005)
Environment
- CO₂ per person 0.21 (2024)
- Total CO₂ emissions 742,647 (2024)
- Forest cover 8.6% (2023)
- Air pollution (PM2.5) 25.0 (2024)
- Renewable energy share 80.7% (2021)
- Average temperature 25.4 (2022)
Energy
- Energy use per person 292 (2023)
- Access to electricity 55.3% (2024)
- Renewable electricity 11.1% (2024)
- Nuclear electricity 0.0% (2024)
- Coal electricity 0.0% (2024)
- Cooking with wood or dung 66.4% (2006)
Technology
- Internet users 14.3% (2020)
- Mobile phone subscriptions 59.1 (2022)
- Home broadband 0.2 (2022)
Food and farming
- Cereal yield 638 (2023)
- Farmland 62.7% (2023)
- Jobs in farming 55.5% (2025)
Government
- Electoral democracy 0.07 (2025)
- Human rights 0.05 (2025)
- Control of corruption −1.61 (2025)
- Women in parliament 22.0% (2019)
- Military spending 20.9% (2003)