Eritrea compared with neighboring countries
Both Eritrea and Ethiopia had one university each in 1991, Today, the one university in Eritrea is dismantled, while there are close to 30 universities in Ethiopia!
Eritrea
|
Ethiopia
|
Djibouti
|
Sudan
|
|
Population
|
6,380,803
|
96,633,458
|
810,179
|
35,482,233
|
GDP per Capita
|
$1,200
|
$1,500
|
$3,000
|
$4,500
|
Below poverty
|
50 % (2004 est)
|
39 % (2012)
|
18.8%
|
46,5 % (2009)
|
Telephones main
|
60,000 (2012)
|
797,500 (2012)
|
18,000
|
425,000
|
Tel. Cellular
|
305,300 (2012)
|
20,524,000 (2012)
|
209,000
|
27,659,000 (2012)
|
Broadcast media
|
Only state owned
|
Few commercial and community owned Radios
|
State owned
|
Private TV and Radio Stations
|
Political Parties
|
One non-functional
|
More than 20
|
12 parties
|
More than 9 parties
|
Military Service
|
Compulsory indefinite
|
Voluntary, definite
|
Voluntary, definite
(16 – 25 Years)
|
Compulsory, definite
18 – 33 years
|
Airports total
With Paved runways
|
13 (2013)
4
|
57 (2013)
17
|
13 (2013)
3
|
74 (2013)
16
|
Exports
|
$ 573,500,00
(2014)
|
$ 4,14 billion (2014)
|
$ 119,500,000
(2014)
|
$ 7,185 billion
2014
|
Imports
|
$ 1,6 billion
|
$ 12,08 billion
|
$612,000,000
|
$ 9,247 billion
|
Foreign debt
|
$ 1.049 billion
82014)
|
$ 17,02 billion
(2014)
|
$ 891,300,00
(20149
|
$ 47,45 billion
(2014)
|
*1Press freedom 2014
Rank
|
Africa’s greatest prison for journalists, 28 journalists detained
180
|
5 journalists in jail
143
|
One journalist in jail
169
|
172
|
*2Proportion of under nourished population 2011/13
|
61 %
|
37.1%
|
20.5%
|
38.1%
(Former Sudan)
|
Prevalence of under weight children 2009-2013
|
34.8%
|
29.2%
|
29.8%
|
31.2%
(Former Sudan)
|
Global Hunger Index (2014)
|
33.8
|
24.4
|
19.5
|
26
|
*1 Source: Reporters Without Borders
*2 Source: Global Hunger Index
Rest based on CIA’s World Fact Book
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