Cereals, primary — Production, per capita in Eritrea
Eritrea: Cereals, primary — Production, per capita was 0.0863 t per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production, per capita in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 0.0863 t per person for cereals, primary — production, per capita in 2024.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production, per capita in Eritrea peaked at 0.21 t per person in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.0228 t per person, in 2002.
Eritrea ranks 100th of 159 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production, per capita in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.0468 t per person | — |
| 1994 | 0.1324 t per person | +182.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0613 t per person | -53.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0401 t per person | -34.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0462 t per person | +15.1% |
| 1998 | 0.21 t per person | +354.7% |
| 1999 | 0.1441 t per person | -31.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0554 t per person | -61.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0947 t per person | +70.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0228 t per person | -75.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0425 t per person | +86.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0419 t per person | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.1261 t per person | +201.1% |
| 2006 | 0.1395 t per person | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 0.1684 t per person | +20.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0376 t per person | -77.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0786 t per person | +109.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0784 t per person | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.1042 t per person | +32.8% |
| 2012 | 0.1001 t per person | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0969 t per person | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0976 t per person | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0989 t per person | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0972 t per person | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 0.097 t per person | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0957 t per person | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0941 t per person | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0928 t per person | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0911 t per person | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0895 t per person | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.088 t per person | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0863 t per person | -1.9% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 0.0863 t per person is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.1234 t per person, 70% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 0.0863 t per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0964 t per person, 90% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Production, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +354.7% | 0.0462 t per person | 0.21 t per person |
| 2005 | +201.1% | 0.0419 t per person | 0.1261 t per person |
| 1994 | +182.9% | 0.0468 t per person | 0.1324 t per person |
| 2009 | +109.2% | 0.0376 t per person | 0.0786 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0973 t per person | 0.0401 t per person | 0.21 t per person | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.0807 t per person | 0.0228 t per person | 0.1684 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.096 t per person | 0.0784 t per person | 0.1042 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0895 t per person | 0.0863 t per person | 0.0928 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production, per capita in Eritrea?
- Cereals, primary — production, per capita in Eritrea was 0.0863 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production, per capita recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.21 t per person in 1998.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production, per capita recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0228 t per person in 2002.
- How does Eritrea rank for cereals, primary — production, per capita?
- Eritrea ranks 100th out of 159 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production, per capita rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cereals, primary — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cereals, primary — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cereals, primary — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cereals, primary — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Cereals, primary — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.