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Eritrea

Africa · Eastern Africa
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Eritrea is a sovereign state in Eastern Africa, Africa. It covers 117,600 km² and has a population of approximately 3,607,000. Its official language is Arabic and its currency is the Eritrean nakfa (Nfk).

Quick facts

Capital
Asmara
Population
3,607,000
Area
117,600 km²
Currency
Eritrean nakfa (Nfk)
Languages
Arabic, English, Tigrinya
Calling code
+291
TLD
.er
Driving side
Right
Landlocked
No
Continents
Africa
Timezone
UTC+03:00
Native name
إرتريا‎

Bordering countries

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Appears in 248 rankings

Economy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Medium and high-tech manufacturing value added (% manufacturing value added) #113 10.20
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) #170 42965131.78
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) #185 1.72

Population & Health

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #2 51.10
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #3 48.00
Countries by Newborns protected against tetanus (%) #4 99.00
Countries by Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) #5 37.9per capita
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #6 44.70
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) #9 288.5per capita
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) #11 237.4per capita
Countries by Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) #12 97.00
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) #15 193.4per capita
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on non-communicable diseases #23 72
Countries by Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) #24 291per capita
Countries by Cause of death, by injury (% of total) #27 11.88
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) #29 7.2per capita
Countries by Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 population at risk) #32 102.42
Countries by Low-birthweight babies (% of births) #32 15.16
Countries by Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) #34 41.50
Countries by Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #37 28.54
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) #40 19.42per capita
Countries by Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) #41 13.23per capita
Countries by Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) #42 38.64
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) #50 158.52
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) #53 39.6
Countries by Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) #53 95.00
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) #54 35.4
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) #55 31.1
Countries by Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) #56 25.5
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) #56 29
Countries by Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) #59 16.4
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) #59 21.9
Countries by Number of maternal deaths #61 290
Countries by population growth rate #63 0.02
Countries by Antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people living with HIV) #72 72.00
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) #72 216.59
Countries by Number of under-five deaths #82 3,439
Countries by Number of infant deaths #85 2,501
Countries by Number of neonatal deaths #85 1,623
Countries by population #131 3.61
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #138 2.60
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #138 2.80
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #139 2.90
Countries by Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) #143 49.48
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access #148 45
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) #149 1.87per capita
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) #151 0.32per capita
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) #151 1.07per capita
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) #152 89.74
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, male (years) #158 66.51years
Countries by Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #160 6.05
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, total (years) #160 68.62years
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, female (years) #167 70.66years
Countries by Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) #169 94
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) #170 5.56
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) #172 27.80
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health #172 46
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) #181 21.99
Countries by UHC service coverage index #184 40
Countries by population density #188 28.14
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on infectious diseases #192 17
Countries by Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) #204 43.00
Countries by median age #208 18.65
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) #210 51.85
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) #213 11.94

Trade

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) #24 35.65
Countries by Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) #98 122,441,941
Countries by Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) #110 14.67
Countries by Import unit value index (2015 = 100) #134 124.2
Countries by Logistics performance index: Efficiency of customs clearance process (1=low to 5=high) #143 2.13
Countries by Export unit value index (2015 = 100) #143 122.9
Countries by Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) #151 44.74
Countries by Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) #156 3.46
Countries by Logistics performance index: Competence and quality of logistics services (1=low to 5=high) #156 2.17
Countries by Logistics performance index: Ability to track and trace consignments (1=low to 5=high) #156 2.17
Countries by Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments (1=low to 5=high) #162 2.09
Countries by Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) #162 2.09
Countries by Logistics performance index: Quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure (1=low to 5=high) #163 1.86
Countries by Merchandise exports (current US$) #163 576,000,000
Countries by Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) #165 480,275,724
Countries by Logistics performance index: Frequency with which shipments reach consignee within scheduled or expected time (1=low to 5=high) #169 2.08
Countries by Export volume index (2015 = 100) #169 79
Countries by Export value index (2015 = 100) #172 96.4
Countries by Merchandise trade (% of GDP) #178 30.90
Countries by Merchandise imports (current US$) #190 562,000,000
Countries by Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) #192 436,688,960
Countries by Import volume index (2015 = 100) #202 37.6
Countries by Import value index (2015 = 100) #202 48

Environment

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #9 94.50
Countries by PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) #41 32.35
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources) #58 20.79
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #83 0.01
Countries by Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources #89 11.18
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #103 32.08
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #104 0.19
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #106 3.15
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #111 0.04
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #114 1.13
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #114 34.46
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #120 0.5
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #124 1.28
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #128 39.85
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #130 4.53
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) #132 0.06
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #133 6.33
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) #133 0.58
Countries by Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters) #136 821.25per capita
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #146 0.36
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #146 0.0008
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #150 0.0004
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #151 6.58
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #152 1.86per capita
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #152 0.03
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #154 0.08
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #160 5.33
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #167 0.78
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #167 0.17
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #169 0.05
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #169 0.0032
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #171 0.25
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #173 0.001
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #174 0.0001
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #180 0.02
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #180 0.22per capita
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #183 0
Countries by Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) #210 0.00

Governance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) #1 13.29
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Standard Error #33 0.24
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Standard Error #73 0.13
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Number of Sources #82 7
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Number of Sources #94 7
Countries by Control of Corruption: Number of Sources #120 8
Countries by Rule of Law: Number of Sources #124 9
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Number of Sources #137 8
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Number of Sources #164 4
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank #168 17.54
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #168 11.85
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #168 28.91
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Standard Error #170 0.23
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #191 0.94
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #192 13.21
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #192 1.42
Countries by Control of Corruption: Estimate #193 -1.48
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank #193 5.66
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #193 0.00
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #196 0.00
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #198 4.41
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank #199 2.83
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #199 8.02
Countries by Rule of Law: Estimate #199 -1.76
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank #199 2.83
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #199 6.13
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #200 0.00
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank #201 0.98
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank #204 0.47
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #205 1.42

Labour

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #15 67.94
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #15 73.66
Countries by Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #16 55.48
Countries by Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #17 53.11
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #17 79.69
Countries by Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #21 58.11
Countries by Labor force, female (% of total labor force) #46 47.68
Countries by Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #48 7.15
Countries by Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #48 86.56
Countries by Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #49 5.90
Countries by Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #55 52.37
Countries by Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #56 47.89
Countries by Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #57 59.03
Countries by Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #57 56.14
Countries by Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #64 40.49
Countries by Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #66 46.39
Countries by Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #77 6.72
Countries by Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #77 5.98
Countries by Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #83 5.30
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #121 53.61
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #130 40.97
Countries by Labor force, total #130 1,763,700
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #132 47.63
Countries by Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #136 7.26
Countries by Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #147 17.66
Countries by Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #154 12.74
Countries by Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #165 34.63
Countries by Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #171 31.78
Countries by Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #175 29.23

Society & Culture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Average transaction cost of sending remittances to a specific country (%) #8 9.16
Countries by Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin #10 551,296
Countries by Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin #23 111,762
Countries by Rural population (% of total population) #32 65.46
Countries by Population living in slums (% of urban population) #33 48.69
Countries by Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) #33 73.43
Countries by Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) #35 66.14
Countries by Fertility rate, total (births per woman) #37 3.71
Countries by Rural population #100 2,314,528
Countries by Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) #112 22.00
Countries by Population, female #131 1,790,250
Countries by Population, total #131 3,535,603
Countries by Population, male #132 1,745,353
Countries by Women Business and the Law Index Score (scale 1-100) #139 69.38
Countries by Urban population #147 1,221,075
Countries by Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) #152 7.29
Countries by Population density (people per sq. km of land area) #172 28.64km²
Countries by Urban population (% of total population) #185 34.54
Countries by Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) #186 1.03
Countries by International migrant stock, total #191 12,512

Agriculture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Agricultural land (% of land area) #33 62.65
Countries by Food production index (2014-2016 = 100) #98 106.08
Countries by Arable land (hectares) #119 690,000
Countries by Forest area (sq. km) #122 10457.8km²
Countries by Cereal production (metric tons) #125 305240.47
Countries by Crop production index (2014-2016 = 100) #125 100.58
Countries by Arable land (% of land area) #128 5.69
Countries by Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) #152 384years
Countries by Forest area (% of land area) #170 8.63
Countries by Cereal yield (kg per hectare) #173 639
Countries by Aquaculture production (metric tons) #186 4
Countries by Total fisheries production (metric tons) #187 1865.93

Finance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) #102 15.07
Countries by PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) #107 4.94
Countries by PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) #108 5.2
Countries by Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate #154 0.33
Countries by Total reserves minus gold (current US$) #171 191694416.4
Countries by Total reserves (includes gold, current US$) #172 191694416.4

Business

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) #188 48.52
Countries by SPI Pillar 3: Data Products #188 48.52
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 5 data infrastructure score (scale 0-100) #191 10
Countries by SPI Pillar 5: Data Infrastructure #191 10
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) #214 16.6
Countries by SPI Pillar 1: Data Use #214 16.6

Technology

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Fixed telephone subscriptions #144 68,216
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions #150 2,015,830
Countries by Scientific and technical journal articles #161 34.32
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) #188 0.17per capita
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions #190 5,639
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) #193 59.12per capita

Development

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) #84 27.21
Countries by IBRD loans and IDA credits (DOD, current US$) #86 407,398,000
Countries by Net official flows from UN agencies, UNFPA (current US$) #90 1162690.04
Countries by External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) #113 693278616.9
Countries by Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$) #119 39643084.4

Energy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) #160 12.00
Countries by Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) #161 5.79
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) #164 24.40
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) #166 1.00
Countries by Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) #179 37.10
Countries by Access to electricity (% of population) #191 54.40

Geography

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Coastline Length #57 2,234kilometers
Countries by land area #98 117,600km²

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