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Eritrea

State of Eritrea

Capital
Asmara
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Income group
Low income
Population
3.6M (2025)
Area
117,600 km²
Currency
Eritrean nakfa (ERN)
Data refreshed 11 Sep 2026Updated 7 h ago75 % coverage · 187 indicators

At a glance

Twelve headline indicators, latest available year.

132nd of 218 · 35th in Sub-Saharan Africa
189th of 215 · 43rd in Sub-Saharan Africa*
206th of 215 · 40th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
81st of 215 · 26th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
65th of 197 · 12th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
113th of 185 · 27th in Sub-Saharan Africa
162nd of 217 · 7th in Sub-Saharan Africa
187th of 216 · 21st in Sub-Saharan Africa
190th of 190 · 47th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
20th of 212 · 16th in Sub-Saharan Africa
145th of 193 · 37th in Sub-Saharan Africa
176th of 184 · 37th in Sub-Saharan Africa*

What changed in Eritrea

Statistically notable movements in the latest data.

No notable changes detected in the latest snapshot.

Countries similar to Eritrea

Nearest peers by standardised distance on the selected dimension.

Not enough data to compute peers.

Country DNA

Percentile rank among all countries on nine dimensions. Descriptive, not a score.

DNA not available for this country yet.

Key facts

Computed from the data — no model-generated numbers.

No verified insights yet.

Borders: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan

Languages: Arabic, English, Tigrinya

Timeline

Records, reversals and turning points across the whole history.

No events detected.

Explore Eritrea by topic

19 topics · 216 indicators with data.