Eritrea

Low

Ranked #178 of 195 in 2023 · Sub-Saharan Africa

Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2025 composite indices. All figures below come directly from that dataset — nothing here is estimated or AI-generated.

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Human Development Index, 1990–2023

0.503 in 2023, compared against the world and Sub-Saharan Africa average.

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Components

68.6 yrs

Life expectancy

7.3 yrs

Expected schooling

5.1 yrs

Mean schooling

2,029

GNI per capita

Related indices

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI

0.496

HDI adjusted downward for a country's carbon emissions and material footprint — the gap from HDI shows the cost to planetary pressure.