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This table lists the international rankings of Eritrea, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Eritrea, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Date of Info
Communications
Internet hosts	176	701	2012
Internet users - percent of population (%)	201	1.10	Jul 2015
Internet users - total	176	71,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	61	1.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	149	66,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - main lines in use	126	64,000	2014 est.
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	116	7.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - mobile cellular - total	170	475,000	Jul 2015
Economy
Budget expenditures	148	$2,165,000,000	2016 est.
Budget revenues	149	$1,580,000,000	2016 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	103	-10.90	2016 est.
Current account balance	52	$10,000,000	2016 est.
Debt - external	170	$820,200,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Exports	171	$485,200,000	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	164	9.70	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	25	23.40	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	38	80.60	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	24	-22.80	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	136	9.00	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	42	0.10	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture (%)	72	12.10	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry (%)	67	29.50	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin – services(%)	114	58.50	2016 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	172	$3,438,000,000	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	174	$1,300	2016 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	160	$9,169,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	34	3.70	2016 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	139	4.00	2016 est.
Imports	178	$1,022,000,000	2016 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	3	12.20	2016 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	18	11.80	2016 est.
Labor force	112	2,620,000	2016 est.
Labor force - by occupation – agriculture (%)	8	80.00	2004 est.
Labor force - by occupation – services (%)	131	20.00	2004 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	16	50.00	2004 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	7	119.80	2016 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	158	$213,100,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of broad money	124	$6,058,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of domestic credit	119	$5,371,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of narrow money	120	$2,709,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Taxes and other revenues	65	29.5	2016 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	84	8.60	2013 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	128	800,000	2013 est.
Crude Oil - exports	90	0	2013 est.
Crude Oil - imports	84	0	2013 est.
Crude Oil - production	96	0	2015 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	78	0	1 Jan 2016 est.
Electricity – consumption (kWh)	134	300,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity – exports (kWh)	74	0	2013 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	12	98.7	2012 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	137	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	32	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	70	1.3	2012 est.
Electricity – imports (kWh)	84	0	2013 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	112	100,000	2014 est.
Electricity – production (kWh)	124	300,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1	0	NA
Natural gas – consumption (cu m)	117	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – exports (cu m)	56	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – imports (cu m)	79	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – production (cu m)	98	0	2013 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	99	0	1 Jan 2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	145	3,500	2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	127	0	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	172	3,539	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0	2013 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	63	2,234	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	63	3018	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	50	-75	NA
Irrigated land (sq km)	130	216	2003
Land Area - sq km	105	101,000.00	NA
Land boundaries - km	93	1,840	NA
Land use - agricultural land (%)	11	75.10	2011 est.
Land use - arable land (%)	111	6.80	2011 est.
Land use - forest (%)	131	15.10	2011 est.
Land use – other (%)	159	9.80	2011 est.
Land use - permanent crops (%)	83	0.00	2011 est.
Land use - permanent pasture (%)	9	68.30	2011 est.
Mean Elevation (m)	38	853	NA
Population density - Persons per sq km	150	58.12	Jul 2016 est.
Total Area - sq km	101	117,600.00	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	140	6.30	2011
Water Area - sq km	35	16,600	NA
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	91	1,187,467	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	92	1,199,355	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	30	40.66	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female (%)	101	571,743	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male (%)	103	566,199	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	58	19.39	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female (%)	123	963,812	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male (%)	125	933,825	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	188	32.33	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female (%)	135	125,411	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male (%)	139	93,325	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	193	3.73	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female (%)	135	131,484	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male (%)	135	97,248	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	161	3.90	2016 est.
Birth Rate (births/1,000 population)	37	30.10	2016 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	6	34.50	2002
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	143	8.00	2002
Death Rate (deaths/1,000 population)	55	7.30	2016 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	121	4.80	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	12	20.70	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	25	83.20	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	19	78.40	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – rural	108	53.3	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – total	106	57.8	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – urban	80	73.2	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved – rural	21	46.7	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	16	42.2	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	12	26.8	2015 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	61	2.10	2006
Health expenditures	85	2.60	2012
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	55	0.68	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	59	700	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	83	16,100	2014 est.
Hospital bed density	67	0.70	2011
Infant mortality rate – female (deaths/1,000 live births)	39	38.50	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – male (deaths/1,000 live births)	37	52.60	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – total (deaths/1,000 live births)	41	45.60	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – female (years)	113	67.50	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – male (years)	116	62.40	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – total (years)	111	64.90	2016 est.
Literacy – female (%)	79	65.50	2015 est.
Literacy – male (%)	71	82.40	2015 est.
Literacy – total (%)	94	68.90	2011 est.
Maternal mortality rate	34	240	2010
Median age – female (years)	144	19.90	2016 est.
Median age – male (years)	140	19.00	2016 est.
Median age – total (years)	146	19.40	2016 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	60	20.60	2002 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	113	-14.70	2016 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	146	1.50	2008
Physicians density	140	0.05	2004
Population	113	5,869,869	Jul 2016 est.
Population growth rate (%)	102	0.81	2016 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	153	7.3	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	12	92.7	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	149	15.7	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	10	84.3	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	121	44.5	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	27	55.5	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	18	4	2010
School life expectancy - male (years)	15	6	2010
School life expectancy - total (years)	16	5	2010
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	16	1.01	2016 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	24	0.99	2016 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	29	0.97	2016 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	48	0.74	2016 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	38	0.75	2016 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	12	1.03	2016 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	23	0.97	2016 est
Suffrage	4	18.00	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	33	4.07	2016 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	9	5.11	2015
Urbanization - urban population (%)	174	22.6	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	107	13	NA
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	4	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	92	9	2013
Heliports	24	1.00	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	97	4	NA
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	95	1	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2015
Railways (km)	120	306	2014
Roadways - paved (km)	146	874	2000
Roadways - total (km)	160	4,010	2000
Roadways - unpaved (km)	114	3,136	2000

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*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding the international rankings of Eritrea on this page is derived from the CIA World Factbook 2017. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of international rankings of Eritrea contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about international rankings of Eritrea should be addressed to the CIA.

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