International Rankings of Eritrea 2021, country comparisons

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	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	194	600	0
Internet users - percent of population	218	1.31 %	2018
Internet users - total	178	78215	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	169	1.94	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	132	116882	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	208	20.36	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	158	1.227 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	139	2.601 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	142	2.029 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	102	9.8 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	81	55.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	152	21.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	127	52.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	153	0	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	158	5.813 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	169	10.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	30	24.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	34	80.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	26	22.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	138	6.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	54	0.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	72	11.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	67	29.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	102	58.7 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	39	5.4 %	2017
Labor force	109	2.710 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	7	80 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	68	20 %	2004
Labor force - by occupation - services	161	N/A %	2021
Population below poverty line	19	50	2004
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	160	9.702 billion US Dollars	2017
Real GDP per capita	188	1600 US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	56	34.9 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	177	597100	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	175	353.900 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	2	99	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	40	1	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	170	160700 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	161	415.900 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	144	4000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	173	3897 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	153	0.71 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	125	4.48 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	23	42.4 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	11	75.1	2018
Land use - arable land	110	6.8	2018
Land use - forest	129	15.1	2018
Land use - other	157	9.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	10	68.3	2018
Revenue from coal	32	N/A % of GDP	2021
Revenue from forest resources	96	N/A % of GDP	2021
Total renewable water resources	141	7.315 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	103	550.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	155	1.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	154	31.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	23	3.67	2025
Urbanization - urban population	140	42	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	104	101000 sq km	0
Area - total	100	117600 sq km	0
Area - water	4	16.600 million sq km	0
Coastline	58	2234 km	1083
Elevation - highest point	49	3018 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	49	75 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	37	853 meters	0
Irrigated land	123	210 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	90	1840 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	11	75.1	2018
Land use - arable land	110	6.8	2018
Land use - forest	129	15.1	2018
Land use - other	157	9.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	10	68.3	2018
Total renewable water resources	140	7.315 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	11	20.56 %	7858
Age structure - 25-54 years	171	33.42 %	4550
Age structure - 55-64 years	189	3.8 %	5735
Birth rate	36	27.41 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	128	8.4 %	2010
Current Health Expenditure	69	4.1 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	112	6.79 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	95	8.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	60	12.1 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	20	83.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	24	75.6 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	73.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	9	46.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	6	42.2 % of population	2015
Drinking water source - unimproved	3	26.8 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	33	0.5	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	70	13000	2020
Hospital bed density	62	0.7 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	37	35.28 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	31	49.3 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	34	42.39 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	159	69.18 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	168	63.92 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	163	66.51 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	18	480	2017
Median age - female	137	20.8 years	2020
Median age - male	131	19.7 years	0
Median age - total	130	20.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	61	21.3	2010
Net migration rate	175	10.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	135	5 %	2016
Physicians density	150	0.06 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	109	6.147 million	2021
Population growth rate	87	0.98 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	103	44.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	4	92.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	4	84.3 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	4	55.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	15	7 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	13	8 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	14	8 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	25	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	29	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	38	0.84	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	42	0.69 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	31	3.65 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	145	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	136	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	144	N/A	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	23	3.67	2025
Urbanization - urban population	140	42	2021
Transportation
Airports	110	13	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	4	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	25	5	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	56	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	88	9	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	140	102729	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	101	1	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	118	306 km	2018
Roadways - paved	116	1600 km	2000
Roadways - total	97	16000 km	2018
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*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.

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