Eritrea, year by year

Every index this site holds for Eritrea, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 2005

0.466 → 0.493 (+0.027)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 18 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth60.6 → 68.9 (+8.3)

Urban population35 → 35 (-1)

Births per woman4.93 → 3.68 (-1.25)

Renewable share of energy70 → 81 (+11)

Access to electricity35 → 55 (+21)

Infant mortality43 → 25 (-19)

CO2 emissions per person0.2 → 0.2 (-0)

Forest area9 → 9 (-1)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 6 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	49.7	—	—	6.34	—	—	81	0.2	—	—	—
1991	—	50.5	—	20	6.24	—	—	78	0.2	—	—	—
1992	—	52.4	—	21	6.16	90	—	75	0.3	—	—	—
1993	—	53.2	0	23	6.07	84	—	71	0.4	11.3	—	—
1994	—	54.0	0	25	6.01	80	—	68	0.4	11.3	—	—
1995	—	54.8	0	27	5.94	78	23	64	0.4	11.2	—	—
1996	—	55.5	0	29	5.84	76	25	61	0.4	11.2	—	—
1997	—	56.2	0	31	5.74	78	26	58	0.4	11.2	—	—
1998	—	50.0	0	32	5.63	75	27	55	0.3	11.1	—	—
1999	—	44.5	0	33	5.52	76	28	61	0.3	11.1	—	—
2000	—	56.3	0	34	5.40	77	29	51	0.3	11.1	—	—
2001	—	58.4	0	34	5.31	75	30	49	0.3	11.0	—	—
2002	—	58.9	0	35	5.23	75	32	47	0.3	11.0	—	—
2003	—	59.5	—	35	5.14	75	32	46	0.3	11.0	—	—
2004	—	60.1	—	35	5.04	70	33	45	0.3	9.1	—	—
2005	0.466	60.6	—	35	4.93	75	35	43	0.2	9.1	—	—
2006	0.466	61.5	—	35	4.88	77	36	42	0.2	9.1	448	1682
2007	0.465	62.0	0	35	4.81	79	37	41	0.2	9.1	480	1727
2008	0.450	62.4	0	35	4.74	81	38	40	0.2	9.0	490	1547
2009	0.455	63.2	1	36	4.66	82	39	39	0.2	9.0	643	1577
2010	0.458	63.7	1	36	4.57	81	40	38	0.2	9.0	540	1599
2011	0.473	64.2	1	36	4.49	77	41	36	0.2	8.9	689	1742
2012	0.476	64.7	1	36	4.41	78	42	35	0.2	8.9	—	—
2013	0.472	65.0	1	36	4.34	80	44	34	0.2	8.9	—	—
2014	0.490	65.5	1	36	4.27	81	45	33	0.2	8.9	—	—
2015	0.473	65.9	1	36	4.22	81	46	32	0.2	8.8	—	—
2016	0.477	66.2	1	36	4.16	81	47	31	0.2	8.8	—	—
2017	0.472	66.6	3	35	4.11	82	48	31	0.2	8.8	—	—
2018	0.482	67.0	5	35	4.06	81	49	30	0.2	8.8	—	—
2019	0.487	67.3	11	35	4.00	81	50	29	0.2	8.7	—	—
2020	0.490	67.0	14	35	3.93	81	51	28	0.2	8.7	—	—
2021	0.490	66.9	—	35	3.87	81	53	27	0.2	8.7	—	—
2022	0.493	67.8	—	35	3.79	—	55	26	0.2	8.7	—	—
2023	—	68.6	—	35	3.71	—	54	25	0.2	8.6	—	—
2024	—	68.9	—	35	3.68	—	55	25	0.2	—	—	—
2025	—	—	—	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Profile shows	0.493	68.9	—	35	3.68	81	—	—	0.2	8.6	—	—

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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