Agriculture & Rural in Eritrea

1,077 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Eritrea.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood 49.62 % 2023 up 2.0% 34th
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in 0.77 % 2023 down 71.7% 141st
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value 445.45 1000 No 2023 up 12.4% 72nd
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value 438.67 1000 No 2023 up 16.9% 63rd
Number of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) affected by anemia 0.3 million No 2023 up 50.0% 100th
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture 50.38 % 2023 down 1.9% 152nd
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture 49.62 % 2023 up 2.0% 23rd
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in 0.77 % 2023 down 71.7% 152nd
FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Male — Value 445.45 1000 No 2023 up 12.4% 71st
FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Female 438.67 1000 No 2023 up 16.9% 62nd
FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Male — Value 53.98 % 2023 down 4.5% 23rd
FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Female 58.99 % 2023 down 0.3% 38th
FAO Model — Share of females in total AFS employment — Female — Value 49.62 % 2023 up 2.0% 32nd
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 445.45 1000 No 2023 up 12.4% 57th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 438.67 1000 No 2023 up 16.9% 45th
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 100 % 2023 unchanged 1st
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 100 % 2023 unchanged 1st
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 1.66 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 4.0% 40th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value 884.12 1000 No 2023 up 14.6% 69th
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 53.98 % 2023 down 4.5% 10th
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 58.99 % 2023 down 0.3% 16th
Gender gap in the share of employment in agrifood systems out of -5.01 % 2023 down 89.8% 111th
Surface area 121,766 sq. km 2023 up 0.1% 99th
Agricultural land per capita 2.19 hectares per capita 2023 down 11.4% 23rd
Phosphate fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 0 kilograms per hectare 2023 187th
Nitrogen fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 1.87 kilograms per hectare 2023 up 57.1% 183rd
Potash fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 0 kilograms per hectare 2023 190th
Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 1.87 kilograms per hectare 2023 up 57.1% 183rd
Fertilizer consumption 1,294 tonnes 2023 up 57.1% 162nd
Fertilizer use by nutrient 1,292 tonnes 2023 up 57.6% 157th
Cropland area 692,000 hectares 2023 unchanged 123rd
FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Value 884.12 1000 No 2023 up 14.6% 70th
FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value 56.36 % 2023 down 2.4% 27th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 884.12 1000 No 2023 up 14.6% 51st
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 56.36 % 2023 down 2.4% 9th
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 100 % 2023 unchanged 1st
Sorghum — Gross Production Value 176,253 1000 USD 2024 unchanged 19th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm 83.11 1000 No 2011 up 27.1% 107th
FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Value 83.11 1000 No 2011 up 27.1% 108th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 10.26 % 2011 down 8.1% 134th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 6.42 % 2011 down 5.0% 121st
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Gross Production Value 4,474 1000 USD 2024 up 3.8% 56th
Barley — Gross Production Value 76,981 1000 USD 2024 unchanged 43rd
Share of employment in agriculture 55.5% 2025 down 3.3% 16th
Share of workers employed in agriculture vs. GDP per capita 55.5% 2025 down 3.3% 16th
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 282,614 1000 SLC 2024 down 0.2% 104th
Share of employed women working in agriculture vs. GDP per capita 58.1% 2025 down 2.0% 21st
Share of employment in agriculture, industry, and services 55.5% 2025 down 3.3% 16th
Raw milk of sheep — Production 5,886 t 2024 up 12.5% 63rd
Millet — Gross Production Index Number 107.14 2024 up 25.0% 21st
Millet — Gross per capita Production Index Number 94.23 2024 up 9.4% 29th
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 10.33 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 159.1% 56th
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Gross 36,861 1000 USD 2024 up 10.5% 17th
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. 11,416 1000 Int$ 2024 down 15.2% 21st
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. 52,386 t 2024 down 15.2% 21st
Other pulses n.e.c. — Gross Production Value 39,964 1000 USD 2024 down 4.8% 15th
Wheat — Gross Production Value 51,024 1000 USD 2024 up 66.5% 70th
Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value 641,118 1000 SLC 2024 up 110.5% 83rd
Peas, dry — Gross Production Value 1,126 1000 USD 2024 down 1.9% 59th
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. 15,193 ha 2024 down 17.4% 9th