Eritrea
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Key facts
- Currency: Eritrean nakfa
- Capital city: Asmara
- Region: Eastern Africa
- Continent: Africa
- Land area: 121,041 km²
- Population: 3,684,032
- Political Leader: Isaias Afwerki (President)
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Business
| GDP | 2,065,000,000.00 current US$ |
| Self-employed | 72.11 % of total employment |
| Unemployment | 5.85 % of total labor force |
| Vulnerable employment | 70.10 % of total employment |
Environment
| Agricultural land | 75,920.00 km² |
| Alternative and nuclear energy | 0.02 % of total energy use |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 706.40 kt |
| Electricity production from coal sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from natural gas sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from oil sources | 99.51 % of total |
| Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 0.49 % of total |
| Net energy imports | 22.27 % of energy use |
| Fertility rate | 3.87 births per woman |
| Forest area | 10,521 km² |
| Fossil fuel energy consumption | 23.13 % of total |
| Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | 35.86 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Median age | 14.50 years |
| Methane emissions | 3,732.24 kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Nitrous oxide emissions | 1,730.46 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Female Population | 1,866,154 |
| Male Population | 1,817,878 |
| Renewable energy consumption | 80.90 % of total final energy consumption |
| Rural land area | 120,001.00 km² |
| Rural population | 2,113,713 |
| Urban land area | 331.19 km² |
| Urban population | 1,570,319 |
| Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 14.90 % of total population |
Health
| Birth rate | 28.62 per 1,000 people |
| Death rate | 6.73 per 1,000 people |
| Health expenditure per capita | 23.98 current US$ |
| Health expenditure | 4.09 % of GDP |
| Incidence of HIV | 0.06 per 1,000 uninfected population |
| Hospital beds | 0.70 per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy at birth | 67 years |
| Suicide mortality rate | 10.90 per 100,000 population |
Other
| Access to electricity | 52.51 % of population |
| Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence | 10,000 |
| Individuals using the Internet | 21.73 % of population |
| Net migration | -15,297 |
| Press freedom | 0.97 |
Politics
| Armed forces personnel | 202,000 |
| Democracy score | 2.37 |
| Democracy type | Authoritarian |
| Military expenditure | 20.87 % of GDP |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 22.00 % |
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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
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