Eritrea
Everything Palanor holds about Eritrea, in one place: 9 public signals, what its economy runs on, how often America’s largest companies name it, the news that names it, and Country Posture. Every figure is computed from stored readings and carries its source and date.
AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaMiddle East & Africa
Country Posture
What Eritrea’s economy is doing
Momentum
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.590 below 0.60; AUC 0.590 below the single-input baseline (0.624); 2010–2022: AUC 0.595 below 0.60; AUC 0.595 below the single-input baseline (0.641).
Inputs
| Real GDP growth | — |
| Growth against its three-year average | — |
| Change in unemployment | 0.0 |
| Change in the employment rate | -0.0 |
| Export volume growth | — |
| OECD leading indicator | — |
Resilience
2025Withheld: 1 of 5 core inputs reported for 2025.
Inputs
| Interest as a share of revenue | — |
| Budget balance | — |
| Reserves, months of imports | — |
| Current account | — |
| Governance (WGI mean) | -1.66 |
| External debt | — |
Pressure
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.657 below the single-input baseline (0.672).
Inputs
| Inflation | — |
| Change in inflation | — |
| Currency move against the dollar | 0.0% |
| Conflict deaths per million | 0.0 |
| Political stability | -0.60 |
| Private credit, three-year change | — |
| Bond spread over U.S. Treasuries | — |
Posture describes what an economy is doing; it is not a rating and never ranks countries. Each input is read against the country’s own history and against every other economy that year. An axis shows a score only after passing a back-test fixed before any result was computed. Method and back-test.
Passport reach
Where a Eritrea passport opens doors
The share of world GDP, outside Eritrea itself, in the economies whose published rules let a holder of this passport in, as of October 2026. Palanor records the rules of destinations holding 88% of world GDP, from each government’s own list, and weights them by World Bank GDP for 2025. Rank is among 199 passports.
Work
0.0%rank 114 of 199
the right to work (free movement in full; treaty and working-holiday routes at half); 0 destinations in full.
Recorded changes
- 2025-06-09United States · visit: Visa required → Not admitted source
Reach is shown here and not weighted into Country Strength: it rewards membership of a free-movement area or a treaty more than the strength of an economy. Entry is always at the border officer’s discretion, and conditions (length of stay, fees, age limits) vary. Method, sources and the full ranking: Passports and citizenship.
Palanor calculation from each destination government's published rules; GDP weights from the World Bank (CC BY 4.0), one year for the whole line, so it moves only when a list changes.
Conflict
Organized violence
News
In the news
- During the previous war, Eritrea and the Fano fought alongside Abiy Ahmed’s government against Tigray rebels. Since then Ethiopia’s leader has fallen out with his past allies
The Economist · Bluesky2026-10-14negative · -war
- Ethiopian troops enter town on border with Eritrea, stoking war fears reut.rs/3WoPJ6c
Reuters · Bluesky2026-10-13negative · -war -fears
- Ethiopia and Eritrea now look to be closer to a direct conflict than at any time since 1998-2000, when they fought a war which killed tens of thousands. We explain why
The Economist · Bluesky2026-10-13negative · -conflict -war -killed
- Ethiopia says it must defend itself against Eritrea's 'all-out invasion' reut.rs/4jH1K0A
Reuters · Bluesky2026-10-09neutral
- Eritrea has long been isolated by the West, while the government in capital Asmara has itself pursued a policy of political and economic seclusion. The country acquired geopolitical significance this year due to its 1,000 km coastline along the Red Sea shipping route reut.rs/4s6Dd7z
Reuters · Bluesky2026-10-05neutral
- As Iran war smolders, shunned Eritrea looks to come in from the cold reut.rs/4yCWKyU
Reuters · Bluesky2026-10-05negative · -war
- African Union urges Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt to refrain from actions that could undermine stability reut.rs/3VoxBcq
Reuters · Bluesky2026-10-02neutral
Headlines that name Eritrea, matched by name with fixed rules (a wrong match is worse than a missing one). Tone is read from each headline’s own words; no model reads or summarizes an article, and other publishers’ stories link out.
Signals
Every series about Eritrea
Grouped by theme, the most-read first. All 9 in the Library.
Conflict and geopolitics2 of 6
- Eritrea · Organized-Violence Deaths (UCDP, annual)record low since 1989; 1y unchanged0 deaths2025
- Eritrea · State-Based Conflict Deaths (UCDP, annual)record low since 1989; 1y unchanged0 deaths2025
AI stance and technology1
- AI User Share: Eritrea (Microsoft AI Diffusion)1y +1.60 pts8% of people aged 15-642026-06-30
Peers
Elsewhere in Africa
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