Average income in Eritrea
Income per person in Eritrea is $1,720 a year (GNI per capita, PPP, 2011), about $143 a month. That is 0.1 times the world figure of $25,517 and puts Eritrea 182nd of 187 countries.
Key numbers
The latest figure the World Bank publishes for Eritrea is from 2011. The economy has very likely changed since then, so treat the number and the rank as a historical marker rather than a current reading.
Eritrea among its neighbours
What this number is, and is not
GNI per capita is Eritrea's gross national income divided by its population. National income is everything residents earn in a year: wages, company profits, rent, interest, plus net income from abroad. Dividing by every resident, including children and pensioners, gives $1,720. The PPP conversion prices it in international dollars, so a dollar here buys roughly what a dollar buys in the United States.
It is not a median salary, and it is not take-home pay. It is before tax, it includes income that never reaches a payslip, and it is an average, which the highest earners pull upwards. The typical worker in Eritrea earns less than $1,720. How much less depends on inequality and on how many residents are of working age, neither of which this one number shows.
Eritrea is below the world figure of $25,517 and has 1% of the income per person of Singapore, the top of our list at $135,750.
Questions
- What is the average income in Eritrea?
- $1,720 per person per year, measured as GNI per capita at purchasing power parity (World Bank, 2011). Spread over twelve months that is about $143. It is the country's total income divided by every resident, including children and retirees, so it is a national average rather than a wage.
- Is $1,720 what a typical worker in Eritrea earns?
- No. The figure is before tax, counts company profits and rents as well as wages, and is averaged over the whole population. The median worker takes home less than this in every country, because a small number of high earners pull the average up. For an individual's position in Eritrea's income distribution, use the income test on this site.
- How does Eritrea compare to Liberia?
- Liberia ranks 181st at $1,840, $120 more per person than Eritrea. Against the world figure of $25,517, Eritrea is 0.1 times it and Liberia is 0.1 times it.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, GNI per capita, PPP (current international $), latest year per country (fetched 2026-10-26). Figures are national averages per resident, not median salaries.
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