Number of product (exports) in Eritrea
Eritrea: Number of product (exports) was 30 exports in 2011. ▲ Rising
Number of product in Eritrea, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/). Measured in exports.
Analysis
In 2011, number of product in Eritrea stood at 30 exports.
The figure is down 82.5% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of product in Eritrea peaked at 181 exports in 2009 and was at its lowest, 20 exports, in 1997.
That places Eritrea 50th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Number of product (exports) in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 99 exports | — |
| 1996 | 88 exports | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 20 exports | -77.3% |
| 1998 | 30 exports | +50.0% |
| 1999 | 126 exports | +320.0% |
| 2000 | 130 exports | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 29 exports | -77.7% |
| 2002 | 165 exports | +469.0% |
| 2003 | 153 exports | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 162 exports | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 178 exports | +9.9% |
| 2006 | 175 exports | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 176 exports | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 170 exports | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 181 exports | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 171 exports | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 30 exports | -82.5% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 30 exports is below the median for low income countries, which is 115 exports, 26% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 30 exports is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 147 exports, 20% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of product (exports) in Eritrea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +469.0% | 29 exports | 165 exports |
| 1999 | +320.0% | 30 exports | 126 exports |
| 2011 | -82.5% | 171 exports | 30 exports |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 72.6 exports | 20 exports | 126 exports | 5 |
| 2000s | 151.9 exports | 29 exports | 181 exports | 10 |
| 2010s | 100.5 exports | 30 exports | 171 exports | 2 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 48 Cape Verde 32 exports compare
- 48 Somalia 32 exports compare
- 51 Guinea-Bissau 21 exports compare
- 52 Sao Tome and Principe 15 exports compare
- 53 Comoros 7 exports compare
More trade data for Eritrea
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 132.24 (2025)
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 102.38 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 100.31 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 96.58 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 97.97 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 69.85 (2025)
- Extensive Margin, Theil index 0.3065 (2014)
- Export Diversification, Theil index 6.14 (2014)
- Intensive Margin, Theil index 5.83 (2014)
- Milking, dairy machinery (trade) — Import Value 14 1000 USD (2007)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of product in Eritrea?
- Number of product in Eritrea was 30 exports in 2011, according to UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
- What is the highest number of product recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 181 exports in 2009.
- What is the lowest number of product recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 exports in 1997.
- How does Eritrea rank for number of product?
- Eritrea ranks 50th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is number of product rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/), published as part of Number of product (exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of products (at SITC, Revision 3, 3-digit group level) exported by country or country grouping; this figure includes only those products that are greater than 100,000 dollars or more than 0.3 per cent of the country’s or country group’s total exports. The maximum number of products is 261.