The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

(2008 est.)

      GDP - per capita (PPP):

      $700 (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 223 $700 (2009 est.)

      $700 (2008 est.)

      note: data are in 2010 US dollars

      GDP - composition by sector:

      agriculture: 11.8%

      industry: 20.4%

      services: 67.7% (2010 est.)

      Labor force:

      1.935 million NA (2007) country comparison to the world: 120

      Labor force - by occupation:

      agriculture: 80%

      industry and services: 20% (2004 est.)

      Unemployment rate:

      NA%

      Population below poverty line:

      50% (2004 est.)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

      lowest 10%: NA%

      highest 10%: NA%

      Investment (gross fixed):

      10.3% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 150

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      20% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 221 20% (2009 est.)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      NA%

      Stock of narrow money:

      $1.382 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 128 $1.007 billion (31 December 2009 est)

      Stock of broad money:

      $2.872 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 134 $2.171 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $2.919 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 120 $2.206 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Agriculture - products:

      sorghum, lentils, vegetables, corn, cotton, tobacco, sisal; livestock, goats; fish

      Industries:

      food processing, beverages, clothing and textiles, light manufacturing, salt, cement

      Industrial production growth rate:

      8% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 32

      Electricity - production:

      271 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 172

      Electricity - consumption:

      228 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 176

      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2008 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      0 kWh (2008 est.)

      Oil - production:

      0 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 178

      Oil - consumption:

      5,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 170

      Oil - exports:

      0 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 198

      Oil - imports:

      4,790 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 158

      Oil - proved reserves:

      0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 183

      Natural gas - production:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 200

      Natural gas - consumption:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 188

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 61

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 84

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 183

      Current account balance:

      -$212 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 91 -$188 million (2009 est.)

      Exports:

      $25 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 204 $20 million (2009 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      livestock, sorghum, textiles, food, small manufactures

      Exports - partners:

      India 25.3%, Italy 20.7%, Sudan 14.1%, China 12.9%, France 5.5%,

       Saudi Arabia 5.4% (2008)

      Imports:

      $738 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 182 $682 million (2009 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      machinery, petroleum products, food, manufactured goods

      Imports - partners:

      Saudi Arabia 20.7%, India 13.6%, Italy 12.6%, China 9.9%, US 5.1%,

       Germany 4.6% (2008)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $104 million (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 129 $88 million (31 December 2009 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $NA (31 December 2010 est.)

      $961.9 million (31 December 2008 est.)

      Exchange rates:

      nakfa (ERN) per US dollar - 15.375 (2010), 15.375 (2009), 15.38 (2008), 15.5 (2007), 15.4 (2006)

      Communications ::Eritrea

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      48,500 (2009) country comparison to the world: 163

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      141,100 (2009) country comparison to the world: 177

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: inadequate; most telephones are in Asmara; government is seeking international tenders to improve the system (2002)

      domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership is only about 3 per 100 persons (2009)

      international: country code - 291; note - international connections exist

      Broadcast media:

      government controls broadcast media with private ownership prohibited; 1 state-owned TV station; state-owned radio operates 2 networks; purchases of satellite dishes and subscriptions to international broadcast media are permitted (2007)

      Internet country code:

      .er

      Internet hosts:

      1,241 (2010) country comparison to the world: 166

      Internet users:

      200,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 140

      Transportation ::Eritrea

      Airports: