of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 150
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
20% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 221 20% (2009 est.)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
NA%
Stock of narrow money:
$1.382 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 128 $1.007 billion (31 December 2009 est)
Stock of broad money:
$2.872 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 134 $2.171 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
$2.919 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 120 $2.206 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Agriculture - products:
sorghum, lentils, vegetables, corn, cotton, tobacco, sisal; livestock, goats; fish
Industries:
food processing, beverages, clothing and textiles, light manufacturing, salt, cement
Industrial production growth rate:
8% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 32
Electricity - production:
271 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 172
Electricity - consumption:
228 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 176
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 178
Oil - consumption:
5,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 170
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 198
Oil - imports:
4,790 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 158
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 183
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 200
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 188
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 61
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 84
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 183
Current account balance:
-$212 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 91 -$188 million (2009 est.)
Exports:
$25 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 204 $20 million (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
livestock, sorghum, textiles, food, small manufactures
Exports - partners:
India 25.3%, Italy 20.7%, Sudan 14.1%, China 12.9%, France 5.5%,
Saudi Arabia 5.4% (2008)
Imports:
$738 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 182 $682 million (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery, petroleum products, food, manufactured goods
Imports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 20.7%, India 13.6%, Italy 12.6%, China 9.9%, US 5.1%,
Germany 4.6% (2008)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$104 million (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 129 $88 million (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$NA (31 December 2010 est.)
$961.9 million (31 December 2008 est.)
Exchange rates:
nakfa (ERN) per US dollar - 15.375 (2010), 15.375 (2009), 15.38 (2008), 15.5 (2007), 15.4 (2006)
Communications ::Eritrea
Telephones - main lines in use:
48,500 (2009) country comparison to the world: 163
Telephones - mobile cellular:
141,100 (2009) country comparison to the world: 177
Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate; most telephones are in Asmara; government is seeking international tenders to improve the system (2002)
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership is only about 3 per 100 persons (2009)
international: country code - 291; note - international connections exist
Broadcast media:
government controls broadcast media with private ownership prohibited; 1 state-owned TV station; state-owned radio operates 2 networks; purchases of satellite dishes and subscriptions to international broadcast media are permitted (2007)
Internet country code:
.er
Internet hosts:
1,241 (2010) country comparison to the world: 166
Internet
