Eritrea
- Official Name:
- State of Eritrea (Eritrea)
- Area:
- 121.320 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 4.906.585 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 2.234 km
- Capital:
- Asmara (Asmera)
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Assab, Massawa
- Maritime claims:
-
- Political divisions:
- 6 regions (zobatat, singular - zoba); Anseba, Debub (Southern), Debubawi K'eyih Bahri (Southern Red Sea), Gash Barka, Ma'akel (Central), Semenawi Keyih Bahri (Northern Red Sea)
- Language(s):
- Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages
- National holiday:
- 24 May 1993 (from Ethiopia)
- Nationality:
- Eritrean(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 3.
- Member of:
- ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS (observer), IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
- Internet country code:
- .er
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Nakfa (ERN) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD1.000 (2005 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2005 est.) USD 1.244.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 2% (2005 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 9,9%
- Industry: 25,4%
- Services: 64,6%
- Labor force:
- ND
- Labor force - by occupation (1999):
-
- Agriculture 80%
- Industry and services: 20%
- Unemployment rate:
- ND
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 14% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 24.5% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD257.600.000
- Expenditures: USD424.000.000
- Public debt:
- ND
- Current account balance:
- USD -440.500.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 17.650.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Livestock, sorghum, textiles, food, small manufactures (2000)
- Exports - Partners:
- Italy 31,4%, US 11,9%, Belarus 5,9%, France 5,1%, Germany 4,6%, Turkey 4,4%, UK 4% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 701.800.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Machinery, petroleum products, food, manufactured goods
- Imports - partners:
- Italy 15,1%, France 11,8%, US 9,5%, Germany 8,6%, Taiwan 7,3%, India 7%, Ireland 6,1%, Turkey 4,4%, Jordan 4,2% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 30.600.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD311.000.000 (2000 est.)
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