Eritrea
GDP growth in Eritrea
GDP growth in Eritrea: 12.9% a year in 1993 and 3.8% a year in 2019, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2019
- 3.8% a year
- Since 1993
- −9 percentage points
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The highest was 30.9% a year in 2014, the lowest -20.6% a year in 2015.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Eritrea |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.8 |
| 2018 | 13 |
| 2017 | -10 |
| 2016 | 7.4 |
| 2015 | -20.6 |
| 2014 | 30.9 |
| 2013 | -10.5 |
| 2012 | 1.9 |
| 2011 | 25.7 |
| 2010 | 10.9 |
| 2009 | 12.2 |
| 2008 | -19.4 |
| 2007 | 1.4 |
| 2006 | -1 |
| 2005 | 2.6 |
| 2004 | 1.5 |
| 2003 | -2.7 |
| 2002 | 3 |
| 2001 | 8.8 |
| 2000 | -12.4 |
| 1999 | 0.2 |
| 1998 | 2 |
| 1997 | 7.9 |
| 1996 | 9.1 |
| 1995 | 2.3 |
| 1994 | 20.9 |
| 1993 | 12.9 |
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
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Eritrea in numbers
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Military
- Military spending20.87% of GDP in 2003
- Military spending per person$75 in 2003
- Military share of state spending46.4% of government spending in 2003
- Armed forces personnel202,000 people in 2020
- National power0.31% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers13.29% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2007
- Arms exports0 TIV in 2006