International Rankings of Eritrea 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	701	177	2012
Internet users	200,000	134	2008
Telephones - main lines in use	60,000	156	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	305,300	170	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$1,417,000,000	157	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$968,800,000	165	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-13.00	115	2013 est.
Current account balance	-$210,100,000	85	2013 est.
Debt - external	$1,094,000,000	156	31 Dec 2013 est.
Exports	$496,200,000	174	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	10.20	166	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	18.40	46	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	75.10	51	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-19.40	12	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	15.70	103	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	11.70	72	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	26.90	88	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	61.40	90	2013 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$3,438,000,000	173	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$1,200	163	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$4,717,000,000	172	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	7.00	16	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	13.00	97	2013 est.
Imports	$1,027,000,000	177	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	7.00	20	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	13.00	8	2013 est.
Labor force	2,955,000	104	2012 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	80.00	8	2004 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	20.00	128	2004 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	50.00	16	2004 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	104.70	14	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$192,900,000	160	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 4,077,000,000	134	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$3,602,000,000	119	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 1,798,000,000	129	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	28.2	93	2013 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	625,600	174	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	75	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	0	82	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	0	128	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	93	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	253,500,000	181	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	0	91	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	98.7	8	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	0.0	135	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	31	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	1.3	64	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	0	109	2012 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	140,800	165	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	292,500,000	173	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	39.73	208	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	0	110	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	54	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	76	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	95	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	0	99	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	4,480	172	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	125	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	3,160	168	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	0	116	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	2,234	63	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	3018	63	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	-75	50	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	121.3	126	2004
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	0.58	120	2004
Irrigated land (sq km)	216	131	2003
Land Area - sq km	101,000.00	105	NA
Land boundaries - km	1,840	90	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	5.87	139	2011
Land use - other (%)	94.12	54	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	0.02	172	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	63.18	144	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	117,600.00	101	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	6.30	141	2011
Water Area - sq km	16,600	34	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	1,362,575	104	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	1,350,446	111	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	953,757	116	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	896,096	119	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	66,731	93	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	66,829	94	2010 est.
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	1,293,867	89	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	1,307,550	89	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	40.80	27	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	646,518	95	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	644,878	97	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	20.20	22	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	1,014,798	121	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	996,856	123	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	31.50	119	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	138,016	133	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	101,549	137	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	3.80	99	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	134,246	132	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	102,525	133	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	3.70	106	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	30.69	40	2014 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	34.50	6	2002
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	8.00	144	2002
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	7.65	104	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	4.20	117	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	23.70	7	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	83.30	22	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	79.10	17	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	56.7	103	2008 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	60.2	107	2008 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	73.7	88	2008 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	43.3	30	2008 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	39.8	18	2008 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	26.3	10	2008 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	2.10	61	2006
Health expenditures	2.60	83	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	0.70	36	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	1,200	57	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	17,800	83	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	0.70	68	2011
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	33.12	62	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	43.61	52	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	38.44	59	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	65.72	178	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	61.36	175	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	63.51	169	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	59.00	101	2011 est.
Literacy - male (%)	79.50	86	2011 est.
Literacy - total (%)	68.90	94	2011 est.
Maternal mortality rate	240.00	34	2010
Median age - female (years)	19.50	138	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	18.80	142	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	19.10	134	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	20.60	60	2002 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	0.00	74	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	1.50	146	2008
Physicians density	0.05	141	2004
Population	6,380,803	107	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	2.30	34	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	3.5	153	2008 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	96.5	2	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	13.2	141	2008 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	86.8	8	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	51.6	106	2008 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	48.4	33	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	4	18	2010
School life expectancy - male (years)	5	16	2010
School life expectancy - total (years)	4	17	2010
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	16	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.00	23	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	0.98	28	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.98	20	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.79	33	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.03	13	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	0.98	24	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	4.14	33	2014 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	5.01	3	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	21.3	168	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	13	107	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	4	75	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	9	92	2013
Heliports	1.00	24	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	4	99	2010
Railways (km)	306	119	2008
Roadways (km)	4,010	158	2000

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