Country profile · ERI
Eritrea
Region · Sub-Saharan Africa Population · 3.5M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 2.5%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 322 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 3.71
- Expected years of schooling
- 7.3 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 3%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 25% / 3%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.40
- Urban population
- 35%
- Employment in agriculture
- 57%
- Internet use
- 14%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.48%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 7.0 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 20.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 50%
- Women married before age 18
- 41%
Religion
- Christianity63%
- Islam37%
Major cities
- Asmara
Common hazards
- Drought
Common migration destinations
- Ethiopia
- Sudan