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Eritrea

63 series · 1800–2025 · Low income · Sub-Saharan Africa

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National accounts

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Nominal GDPMillions of local currencynGDP1990–202428,900 (2024)
Nominal GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsnGDP_USD1990–20241,917 (2024)
Real GDPMillions of local currencyrGDP1990–202439,003 (2024)
Real GDP per capitaConstant local currency per personrGDP_pc1990–202411,032 (2024)
Real GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsrGDP_USD1990–20242,537 (2024)
DeflatorIndex, 2015 = 100deflator1990–202474.1 (2024)
Real GDP per capita (USD)US dollars per personrGDP_pc_USD1990–2024717.5 (2024)

Consumption and investment

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Total consumptionMillions of local currencycons1990–202432,800 (2024)
Total consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcons_GDP1990–2024113.5 (2024)
Total consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarscons_USD1990–20242,176 (2024)
Household consumptionMillions of local currencyhcons1990–202426,200 (2024)
Household consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPhcons_GDP1990–202490.7 (2024)
Household consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarshcons_USD1990–20241,738 (2024)
Government consumptionMillions of local currencygcons1990–20246,600 (2024)
Government consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgcons_GDP1990–202422.8 (2024)
Government consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarsgcons_USD1990–2024437.8 (2024)
Gross capital formationMillions of local currencyinv1990–20232,600 (2023)
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPinv_GDP1990–20237.58 (2023)
Gross capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsinv_USD1990–2023172.5 (2023)
Gross fixed capital formationMillions of local currencyfinv1990–20232,600 (2023)
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPfinv_GDP1990–20237.58 (2023)
Gross fixed capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsfinv_USD1990–2023172.5 (2023)

External sector

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
ExportsMillions of local currencyexports1990–202413,100 (2024)
Exports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPexports_GDP1990–202445.3 (2024)
Exports (USD)Millions of US dollarsexports_USD1990–2024869.0 (2024)
ImportsMillions of local currencyimports1990–202411,300 (2024)
Imports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPimports_GDP1990–202439.1 (2024)
Imports (USD)Millions of US dollarsimports_USD1990–2024749.6 (2024)
Current accountMillions of local currencyCA1992–20193,880 (2019)
Current account (% of GDP)Percent of GDPCA_GDP1992–201913.0 (2019)
USD exchange rateLocal currency per US dollarUSDfx1957–202515.1 (2025)
Real effective exchange rateIndex, 2015 = 100REER1992–202381.3 (2023)
Current account (USD)Millions of US dollarsCA_USD1992–2019257.4 (2019)

Government finances

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Government expenditureMillions of local currencygovexp1992–20249,873 (2024)
General government expenditureMillions of local currencygen_govexp1992–20199,338 (2019)
General government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govexp_GDP1992–201931.3 (2019)
Central government expenditureMillions of local currencycgovexp1992–20249,873 (2024)
Central government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovexp_GDP1992–202533.7 (2025)
Government revenueMillions of local currencygovrev1992–20249,151 (2024)
General government revenueMillions of local currencygen_govrev1992–201910,150 (2019)
Central government revenueMillions of local currencycgovrev1992–20249,151 (2024)
General government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govrev_GDP1992–201934.0 (2019)
Central government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovrev_GDP1992–202531.2 (2025)
Government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdef_GDP1992–2025-2.50 (2025)
General government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdef_GDP1992–20192.72 (2019)
General government deficitMillions of local currencygen_govdef1992–2019811.9 (2019)
Central government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdef_GDP1992–2025-2.50 (2025)
Central government deficitMillions of local currencycgovdef1992–2024-722.5 (2024)
Government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdebt_GDP1995–2019260.4 (2019)
General government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdebt_GDP1995–2019260.4 (2019)
General government debtMillions of local currencygen_govdebt1995–201977,796 (2019)
Central government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdebt_GDP1995–2019260.4 (2019)
Central government debtMillions of local currencycgovdebt1995–201977,796 (2019)
Government debtMillions of local currencygovdebt1995–201977,796 (2019)
Government deficitMillions of local currencygovdef1992–2024-722.5 (2024)
Government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovexp_GDP1992–202533.7 (2025)
Government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovrev_GDP1992–202531.2 (2025)

Money and interest rates

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
M1Millions of local currencyM11995–19993,465 (1999)
M2Millions of local currencyM21995–19998,184 (1999)
M3Millions of local currencyM32001–201469,140 (2014)

Prices and labor markets

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Consumer price indexIndex, 2015 = 100CPI1992–202281.3 (2022)
InflationPercentinfl1993–20227.35 (2022)
PopulationMillions of peoplepop1800–20253.61 (2025)

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →