IndicatorERIEritreaSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.05rank #149Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)15.6rank #198Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.03rank #152Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.11rank #139Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.02rank #150Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)21.1rank #195Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.05rank #149Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Military spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)20.9%rank #1Data 2003 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.01rank #154Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)55.1rank #160Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)19.2rank #203Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)29.5rank #200Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.06rank #151Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.07rank #150Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.01rank #155Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)14.6rank #202Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)22%rank #81Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.15rank #146Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)55.5%rank #15Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)14.1%rank #59Data 2009 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)-14.8%rank #138Data 2000 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT73.7%rank #15Data 2026 · Status unspecified
External debt stocks% GNIWorld Bank (WDI)51.5%rank #82Data 2011 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.3%rank #181Data 2011 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)2.07Brank #182Data 2011 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)8.7%rank #18Data 2011 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)688.7rank #202Data 2011 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)2,029.1rank #179Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)12.6%rank #164Data 2011 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)15.8%rank #91Data 2000 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)21.8%rank #118Data 2009 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT78.4%rank #13Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.47%rank #95Data 2000 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)47.4%rank #156Data 2011 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)6%rank #109Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT6%rank #109Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)47.9%rank #128Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)10.2%rank #75Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT10.4%rank #74Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)18.2%rank #156Data 2011 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)29.2%rank #135Data 2011 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)631Mrank #164Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)524Mrank #187Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Basic drinking water access% popWorld Bank (WDI)51.8%rank #187Data 2016 · Status unspecified
Basic sanitation access% popWorld Bank (WDI)11.9%rank #199Data 2016 · Status unspecified
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data3.4rank #106Data 2024 · Status unspecified
DTP3 immunization coverage%UNICEF95%rank #5Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)3.7%rank #163Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)24.7rank #98Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)68.9rank #162Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)291rank #95Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)93%rank #7Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%UNICEF93%rank #7Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF2.1%rank #7Data 2010 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)0.09rank #115Data 2022 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)33.7rank #165Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)37.9rank #137Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF52.5%rank #35Data 2010 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)13.2rank #138Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)115rank #97Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF34.3rank #143Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF14.6%rank #32Data 2010 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)64.7%rank #26Data 2008 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)2.1%rank #99Data 2006 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)7.3rank #192Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)5.1rank #166Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)61.3%rank #127Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)89.7%rank #146Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)44%rank #135Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)3.2%rank #136Data 2016 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)28.7rank #36Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)3.7rank #36Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP18.7rank #189Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP-4.4rank #180Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)3.61Mrank #131Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)2%rank #50Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP74.2rank #153Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP5,696.1rank #124Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP74.9rank #33Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)34.5%rank #174Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data742,647rank #173Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data0.21rank #190Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)55.3%rank #59Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% generationEmber0%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber0%rank #144Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber11.1%rank #34Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber0%rank #104Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electric power consumptionkWh per capitaWorld Bank (WDI)127.6rank #139Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)12%rank #156Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch2.2rank #39Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber577.8rank #132Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data11.1%rank #137Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)80.7%rank #14Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch7.6rank #42Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)43.2%rank #54Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)78.1%rank #47Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #1Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Energy use per capitakg oil eq.World Bank (WDI)294.5rank #144Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)2,459.4rank #162Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)20.8%rank #120Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #163Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)62.8%rank #36Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)26rank #168Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)638rank #169Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)107rank #105Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)2rank #160Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)59.1rank #191Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)2rank #213Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR118,444rank #164Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)72.8%rank #12Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)0.17rank #188Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Homicide rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)15.6rank #126Data 2012 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.5rank #145Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internally displaced personspeopleUNHCR1.1Mrank #17Data 2000 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)14.3%rank #175Data 2020 · Status unspecified
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.5rank #113Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.04rank #155Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.12rank #114Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.33rank #145Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.7rank #164Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)peopleUNHCR119rank #143Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR554,891rank #167Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT26%rank #138Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/yearUCDP4rank #4Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data0rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.6rank #20Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2rank #21Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.4rank #34Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.8rank #65Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.3rank #63Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)8.3rank #62Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.2rank #19Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/yearUCDP4rank #4Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.4rank #59Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.3rank #32Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)1.4rank #9Data 2026 · Status unspecified