Eritrea vs Ethiopia
Eritrea vs Ethiopia: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 55.3% in Eritrea and 56.6% in Ethiopia, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 1.3 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Eritrea.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Ethiopia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Eritrea.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Eritrea | Ethiopia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55.3 | 56.6 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 54.4 | 55.4 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 55.4 | 55 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 52.5 | 54.2 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 51.4 | 51.1 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 50.3 | 48 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 49.1 | 44.8 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 48 | 44.3 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 46.9 | 42.9 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 45.8 | 29 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 44.6 | 27.2 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 43.5 | 30.8 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 42.3 | 29 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 41.2 | 23 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 40.1 | 25.5 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 38.9 | 23.7 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 37.8 | 22 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 36.7 | 20.3 | 82 |
| 2006 | 35.6 | 18.6 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 34.5 | 14 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 33.4 | 15.2 | 80 |
| 2003 | 32.4 | 13.5 | 80 |
| 2002 | 32.2 | 11.9 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 30.3 | 10.2 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 29.3 | 12.7 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 28.1 | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 27 | – | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 25.9 | – | – |
| 1996 | 24.8 | – | – |
| 1995 | 22.9 | – | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Eritrea vs Ethiopia
Health
- Life expectancyEritrea: 68.6 years in 2023Ethiopia: 67.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEritrea: 3.4 per 100 live births in 2024Ethiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEritrea: 27.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ethiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEritrea: 3.87% in 2017Ethiopia: 3.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateEritrea: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Ethiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEritrea: 3.47 million people in 2023Ethiopia: 129 million people in 2023
- Population growthEritrea: 1.81% a year in 2023Ethiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEritrea: 3.71 births per woman in 2023Ethiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEritrea: 34.5% in 2025Ethiopia: 24.1% in 2025
- Median ageEritrea: 18.7 years in 2023Ethiopia: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEritrea: 4.2% in 2023Ethiopia: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateEritrea: -4.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Ethiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEritrea: 20.87% of GDP in 2003Ethiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personEritrea: $75 in 2003Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEritrea: 46.4% of government spending in 2003Ethiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEritrea: 202,000 people in 2020Ethiopia: 138,000 people in 2020
- National powerEritrea: 0.31% of world capability in 2022Ethiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEritrea: 13.29% of the labour force in 2020Ethiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEritrea: 4 million TIV in 2007Ethiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEritrea: 0 TIV in 2006Ethiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997