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Eritrea vs Somalia

79 shared metrics.

EritreaLeads in 38

vs79 shared

SomaliaLeads in 41

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Eritrea

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Identity

Formal name: State of Eritrea.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the country name derives from the ancient Greek name Erythra Thalassa, meaning "Red Sea," the body of water that borders the country.

CIA 2026

Somalia

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Identity

Formal name: Federal Republic of Somalia.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the name means "Land of the Somali," a local ethnic group.

CIA 2026

Analysis

Somalia leads in 41 of 79 shared metrics, while Eritrea leads in 38.

Eritrea's Government Debt (% GDP) is 265599.0x that of Somalia (132.8% of GDP vs 0.00% of GDP).

Eritrea's Broadband Access (%) is 278.4x that of Somalia (202 per 100 people vs 0.72 per 100 people).

Eritrea's Capital Elevation is 257.3x that of Somalia (2.3K m vs 9.0 m).

Eritrea's Armed Forces Personnel is 13.4x that of Somalia (202.0K vs 14.0K).

Eritrea's Vehicles per 1,000 People is 4.2x that of Somalia (23.17 per 1k people vs 4.5 per 1k people).

Key Comparisons

Government Debt (% GDP)Eritrea leads

Eritrea

132.8% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

Broadband Access (%)Eritrea leads

Eritrea

202 per 100 people

Somalia

0.72 per 100 people

Capital ElevationEritrea leads

Eritrea

2.3K m

Somalia

9.0 m

Armed Forces PersonnelEritrea leads

Eritrea

202.0K

Somalia

14.0K

Vehicles per 1,000 PeopleEritrea leads

Eritrea

23.17 per 1k people

Somalia

4.5 per 1k people

CO2 Per CapitaEritrea leads

Eritrea

0.21 t/person/yr

Somalia

0.07 t/person/yr

All Metrics

Government Debt (% GDP)

Eritrea

132.8% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

26559900% higher

Broadband Access (%)

Eritrea

202 per 100 people

Somalia

0.72 per 100 people

27839% higher

Capital Elevation

Eritrea

2.3K m

Somalia

9.0 m

25733% higher

Armed Forces Personnel

Eritrea

202.0K

Somalia

14.0K

1343% higher

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Eritrea

23.17 per 1k people

Somalia

4.5 per 1k people

420% higher

CO2 Per Capita

Eritrea

0.21 t/person/yr

Somalia

0.07 t/person/yr

203% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Eritrea

9.0

Somalia

4.0

125% higher

Freedom of Expression Index

Somalia

Eritrea

0.02

Somalia

0.62

96% lower

Liberal Democracy Index

Somalia

Eritrea

0.01

Somalia

0.13

93% lower

Irrigated Land

Somalia

Eritrea

210 km²

Somalia

2.0K km²

89% lower

Forest Area

Somalia

Eritrea

10.5K km²

Somalia

57.5K km²

82% lower

Water Withdrawal

Somalia

Eritrea

0.58 B m³

Somalia

3.3 B m³

82% lower

Land Area

Somalia

Eritrea

121.2K km²

Somalia

627.3K km²

81% lower

Doctors (per 1,000)

Eritrea

0.09 per 1k

Somalia

0.05 per 1k

80% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Eritrea

$27.08

Somalia

$15.35

76% higher

Unemployment Rate

Somalia

Eritrea

5.6%

Somalia

18.86%

71% lower

Youth Unemployment Rate

Somalia

Eritrea

10.24% of youth labor force

Somalia

34.23% of youth labor force

70% lower

Population

Somalia

Eritrea

6.42M

Somalia

20.32M

68% lower

Scientific Publications

Somalia

Eritrea

34.32

Somalia

106.49

68% lower

Obesity Rate

Somalia

Eritrea

4.2%

Somalia

12.7%

67% lower

Comparison of Eritrea and Somalia across 79 metrics
				Winner
Government Debt (% GDP)	132.8% of GDP	0.00% of GDP	26559900% higher	Eritrea
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	0.72 per 100 people	27839% higher	Eritrea
Capital Elevation	2.3K m	9.0 m	25733% higher	Eritrea
Armed Forces Personnel	202.0K	14.0K	1343% higher	Eritrea
Vehicles per 1,000 People	23.17 per 1k people	4.5 per 1k people	420% higher	Eritrea
CO2 Per Capita	0.21 t/person/yr	0.07 t/person/yr	203% higher	Eritrea
Merchant Fleet Size	9.0	4.0	125% higher	Eritrea
Freedom of Expression Index	0.02	0.62	96% lower	Somalia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.01	0.13	93% lower	Somalia
Irrigated Land	210 km²	2.0K km²	89% lower	Somalia
Forest Area	10.5K km²	57.5K km²	82% lower	Somalia
Water Withdrawal	0.58 B m³	3.3 B m³	82% lower	Somalia
Land Area	121.2K km²	627.3K km²	81% lower	Somalia
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.09 per 1k	0.05 per 1k	80% higher	Eritrea
Health Spending Per Capita	$27.08	$15.35	76% higher	Eritrea
Unemployment Rate	5.6%	18.86%	71% lower	Somalia
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.24% of youth labor force	34.23% of youth labor force	70% lower	Somalia
Population	6.42M	20.32M	68% lower	Somalia
Scientific Publications	34.32	106.49	68% lower	Somalia
Obesity Rate	4.2%	12.7%	67% lower	Somalia
Child Mortality	35.4 per 1k births	104 per 1k births	66% lower	Somalia
Suicide Rate	13.23 per 100k	8.0 per 100k	66% higher	Eritrea
Water Stress (%)	20.79%	54.97%	62% lower	Somalia
Infant Mortality	25.5 per 1k births	67.8 per 1k births	62% lower	Somalia
Elderly Population (%)	4.2%	2.6%	62% higher	Eritrea
Electoral Democracy Index	0.07	0.17	58% lower	Somalia
Electric Generating Capacity	243.0K kW	156.0K kW	56% higher	Eritrea
Women's Political Empowerment	0.15	0.34	55% lower	Somalia
Airports	19	40	52% lower	Somalia
Official Languages Count	3.0	2.0	50% higher	Eritrea
Border Neighbors	3.0	2.0	50% higher	Eritrea
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.9% of GDP	2.6% of GDP	48% higher	Eritrea
Fertility Rate	3.4 children/woman	6.4 children/woman	47% lower	Somalia
Corruption Perceptions Index	13 pts	9.0 pts	44% higher	Eritrea
Teen Birth Rate	65.18 per 1k	117.1 per 1k	44% lower	Somalia
Birth Rate	25.92 per 1k	46.36 per 1k	44% lower	Somalia
Death Rate	6.4 per 1k	11.22 per 1k	43% lower	Somalia
Solar Electricity Share	11.11%	18.6%	40% lower	Somalia
Hypertension Prevalence	24.4% of adults	38.5% of adults	37% lower	Somalia
Urban Population (%)	34.54%	54.62%	37% lower	Somalia
Insufficient Physical Activity	11.97% of adults	18.1% of adults	34% lower	Somalia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	32.35 µg/m³	24.53 µg/m³	32% higher	Eritrea
Internet Users (%)	20%	28%	29% lower	Somalia
Coastline Length	2.2K km	3.0K km	26% lower	Somalia
Human Development Index	0.50	0.40	25% higher	Eritrea
Dependency Ratio	73.43% of working-age pop.	96.79% of working-age pop.	24% lower	Somalia
Land Border Length	1.8K km	2.4K km	23% lower	Somalia
Highest Elevation	3.0K m	2.5K m	23% higher	Eritrea
Median Age	18.7 years	15.4 years	21% higher	Eritrea
Youth Population (%)	38.14%	46.59%	18% lower	Somalia
Life Expectancy	68.6 years	58.8 years	17% higher	Eritrea
Renewable Energy (%)	80.7%	95.4%	15% lower	Somalia
Political Corruption Index	0.75	0.87	14% lower	Somalia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	577.78 gCO2/kWh	511.63 gCO2/kWh	13% higher	Eritrea
Road Traffic Death Rate	17.7 per 100k	20.2 per 100k	12% lower	Somalia
Agricultural Land (%)	62.65%	70.34%	11% lower	Somalia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.0 per 1k	0.90 per 1k	11% higher	Eritrea
Total CO2 Emissions	0.78 Mt CO2e	0.87 Mt CO2e	10% lower	Somalia
Inflation Rate	7.4%	6.8%	9% higher	Eritrea
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	59 per 100 people	54 per 100 people	9% higher	Eritrea
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	12 days/yr	13 days/yr	8% lower	Somalia
Electricity Access (%)	54.4%	50.3%	8% higher	Eritrea
Forest Coverage (%)	8.6%	9.2%	6% lower	Somalia
Electricity Generation	0.44 TWh	0.42 TWh	5% higher	Eritrea
Population Density	28.64 /km²	29.26 /km²	2% lower	Somalia
Beer Consumption	0.32 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Eritrea
Spirits Consumption	0 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Eritrea
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Eritrea
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Eritrea
Wind Electricity Share	0%	2.3%	ranked lower	Somalia
Protected Land (%)	0%	0%	ranked higher	Eritrea
Alcohol Consumption	1.1 L/adult/yr	0 L/adult/yr	ranked higher	Eritrea
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Eritrea
Lowest Elevation	-75 m	0 m	ranked lower	Somalia
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	13% of GDP	-9.5% of GDP	ranked higher	Eritrea
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	1.0 sites	0 sites	ranked higher	Eritrea
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.02 per 100k people	0 per 100k people	ranked higher	Eritrea
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Eritrea
Food Waste per Person	132.67 kg/person/yr	132.83 kg/person/yr	equal	Somalia

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Analysis

Somalia leads in 41 of 79 shared metrics, while Eritrea leads in 38.

Eritrea's Government Debt (% GDP) is 265599.0x that of Somalia (132.8% of GDP vs 0.00% of GDP).

Eritrea's Broadband Access (%) is 278.4x that of Somalia (202 per 100 people vs 0.72 per 100 people).

Eritrea's Capital Elevation is 257.3x that of Somalia (2.3K m vs 9.0 m).

Eritrea's Armed Forces Personnel is 13.4x that of Somalia (202.0K vs 14.0K).

Eritrea's Vehicles per 1,000 People is 4.2x that of Somalia (23.17 per 1k people vs 4.5 per 1k people).

Key Comparisons

Government Debt (% GDP)Eritrea leads

Eritrea

132.8% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

Broadband Access (%)Eritrea leads

Eritrea

202 per 100 people

Somalia

0.72 per 100 people

Capital ElevationEritrea leads

Eritrea

2.3K m

Somalia

9.0 m

Armed Forces PersonnelEritrea leads

Eritrea

202.0K

Somalia

14.0K

Vehicles per 1,000 PeopleEritrea leads

Eritrea

23.17 per 1k people

Somalia

4.5 per 1k people

CO2 Per CapitaEritrea leads

Eritrea

0.21 t/person/yr

Somalia

0.07 t/person/yr

Government Debt (% GDP)

132.8% of GDP

0.00% of GDP

Broadband Access (%)

202 per 100 people

0.72 per 100 people

Capital Elevation

2.3K m

9.0 m

Armed Forces Personnel

202.0K

14.0K

Vehicles per 1,000 People

23.17 per 1k people

4.5 per 1k people

CO2 Per Capita

0.21 t/person/yr

0.07 t/person/yr

Merchant Fleet Size

9.0

4.0

Freedom of Expression Index

0.02

0.62

Liberal Democracy Index

0.01

0.13

Irrigated Land

210 km²

2.0K km²

Forest Area

10.5K km²

57.5K km²

Water Withdrawal

0.58 B m³

3.3 B m³

Land Area

121.2K km²

627.3K km²

Doctors (per 1,000)

0.09 per 1k

0.05 per 1k

Health Spending Per Capita

$27.08

$15.35

Unemployment Rate

5.6%

18.86%

Youth Unemployment Rate

10.24% of youth labor force

34.23% of youth labor force

Population

6.42M

20.32M

Scientific Publications

34.32

106.49

Obesity Rate

4.2%

12.7%

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Government Debt (% GDP)

Broadband Access (%)

Capital Elevation

Armed Forces Personnel

Vehicles per 1,000 People

CO2 Per Capita

Merchant Fleet Size

Freedom of Expression Index

Liberal Democracy Index

Irrigated Land

Forest Area

Water Withdrawal

Land Area

Doctors (per 1,000)

Health Spending Per Capita

Unemployment Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate

Population

Scientific Publications

Obesity Rate

Child Mortality

Suicide Rate

Water Stress (%)

Infant Mortality

Elderly Population (%)

Electoral Democracy Index

Electric Generating Capacity

Women's Political Empowerment

Airports

Official Languages Count

Border Neighbors

Health Spending (% GDP)

Fertility Rate

Corruption Perceptions Index

Teen Birth Rate

Birth Rate

Death Rate

Solar Electricity Share

Hypertension Prevalence

Urban Population (%)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Internet Users (%)

Coastline Length

Human Development Index

Dependency Ratio

Land Border Length

Highest Elevation

Median Age

Youth Population (%)

Life Expectancy

Renewable Energy (%)

Political Corruption Index

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Road Traffic Death Rate

Agricultural Land (%)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Total CO2 Emissions

Inflation Rate

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Electricity Access (%)

Forest Coverage (%)

Electricity Generation

Population Density

Beer Consumption

Spirits Consumption

Time Zones Count

Coal Electricity Share

Wind Electricity Share

Protected Land (%)

Alcohol Consumption