International Rankings of Eritrea 2022, 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	59	0.1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	175	5000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	85	1 %	2019
Internet users - total	183	53200	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	53	2	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	139	66000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	119	51	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	150	1.801 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	137	2.601 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	140	2.029 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	98	9.8 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	155	5.813 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	162	10.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	25	24.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	33	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	134	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	70	11.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	63	29.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	98	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	38	5.4 %	2017
Labor force	107	2.710 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	6	80 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	65	20 %	2004
Labor force - by occupation - services	152	N/A %	2022
Population below poverty line	18	50	2004
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	154	9.702 billion US Dollars	2017
Real GDP per capita	145	1600 US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	54	34.9 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	N/A	2022
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	169	798000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	167	394.460 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	157	228000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	159	61.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	29	93.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	22	5.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	65	0.5 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	175	3.217 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	162	5200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	169	3897 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	151	0.71 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	122	4.48 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	23	42.4 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	10	75.1	2018
Land use - arable land	103	6.8	2018
Land use - forest	121	15.1	2018
Land use - other	148	9.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	8	68.3	2018
Revenue from coal	30	N/A % of GDP	2022
Revenue from forest resources	95	N/A % of GDP	2022
Total renewable water resources	137	7.315 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	100	550.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	152	1.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	150	31.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	23	3.67	2025
Urbanization - urban population	128	43.3	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	102	101000 sq km	0
Area - total	98	117600 sq km	0
Area - water	4	16.600 million sq km	0
Coastline	53	2234 km	1083
Elevation - highest point	50	3018 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	48	75 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	35	853 meters	0
Irrigated land	123	210 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	88	1840 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	10	75.1	2018
Land use - arable land	103	6.8	2018
Land use - forest	121	15.1	2018
Land use - other	148	9.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	8	68.3	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	11	20.56	7858
Age structure - 25-54 years	161	33.42	4550
Age structure - 55-64 years	179	3.8	5735
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	122	0.42 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	30	0.51 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	131	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	136	0.93 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	93	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	37	27.04 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	66	4.5 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	103	6.69 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	116	7.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	47	14 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	27	77.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	29	70.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	61	73.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	8	46.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	3	42.2 % of population	2015
Drinking water source - unimproved	1	26.8 % of population	0
Education expenditures	71	N/A % of GDP	0
Hospital bed density	63	0.7 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	31	34.44 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	26	48.36 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	28	41.5 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	155	69.53 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	163	64.25 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	160	66.85 years	0
Literacy - female	86	68.9 %	2018
Literacy - male	63	84.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	78	76.6 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	17	480 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	132	20.8 years	2020
Median age - male	129	19.7 years	0
Median age - total	124	20.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	63	21.3	2010
Net migration rate	169	10.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	130	5 %	2016
Physicians density	148	0.08 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	107	6.209 million	2022
Population growth rate	75	1.03 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	92	44.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	2	92.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	1	84.3 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	1	55.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	16	7 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	12	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	24	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	25	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	33	0.88	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	30	0.67 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	107	0.2 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	115	14.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	112	7.5 %	2020
Total fertility rate	30	3.58 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	23	3.67	2025
Urbanization - urban population	128	43.3	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	N/A	2022
Transportation
Airports	109	13	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	2	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	72	4	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	25	5	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	56	2	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	86	9	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	22	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	126	9	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	138	102729	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	99	1	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	116	306 km	2018
Roadways - paved	113	1600 km	2000
Roadways - total	95	16000 km	2018
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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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