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Eritrea

Asmara · Eritrean nakfa (ERN) · COMESA · IGAD

Reference

Capital: Asmara
Currency: Eritrean nakfa · ERN
Central bank: Bank of Eritrea
Regional membership: COMESA — Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
IGAD — Intergovernmental Authority on Development
Official languages: Tigrinya, Arabic, English
Stock exchange: Not listed here
Instant payments: Not listed here
Regulatory sandbox: Not listed here

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Figures

GDP (current US$): Not available for the latest year
GDP growth (annual %): Not available for the latest year
Population: 3.6 m · 2025
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %): Not available for the latest year
Personal remittances received (current US$): Not available for the latest year
Exchange rate · ERN: 15.00 ERN per US dollar · 2026-08-29

World Bank, World Development Indicators, via the World Bank API; year as published. Mid-market reference from exchangerate-api.com, refreshed daily; not a dealing rate.

Headlines · 1

From the AllAfrica country feed and pan-African newsrooms; each item links to the original.

26 Aug
AllAfrica · Eritrea
Ethiopia-Eritrea Tensions Over Red Sea Port Have Turned the Tigray Peace Deal Into a Political Weapon
[The Conversation Africa] The large-scale war between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray regional government forces ended in November 2022 with the signing of the Pretoria Agreement. The two sides agreed that…