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Eritrea — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Eritrea, 1992–2011.
Latest value · 2011
689
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +159.6% since 1992
GDP per capita for Eritrea was 689 in 2011, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 20 years, from 1992 to 2011. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 252 in 1993 (about 2.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.15% per year.
Eritrea ranks 204 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 96%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so Eritrea sits below it. Over the last decade (2001–2011) the figure moved up 112%.
Key figures
Latest (2011)
689
First (1992)
265
Change
+159.6%
Highest
689
in 2011
Lowest
252
in 1993
Average
390
Annual growth (CAGR)
5.15%
Years of data
20
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 688.68 |
| 2010 | 539.7 |
| 2009 | 642.93 |
| 2008 | 490.07 |
| 2007 | 480.45 |
| 2006 | 448 |
| 2005 | 412.75 |
| 2004 | 426.84 |
| 2003 | 348.95 |
| 2002 | 304.78 |
| 2001 | 325.41 |
| 2000 | 314.36 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.