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Eritrea

WatchScore 2Open the map

Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    0

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    —

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    —

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    0

  • Population

    3.6 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level1

  • +2UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the countryUK FCDO travel advice

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    3

  • Refugees who fled

    673 335

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Eritrea, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
—
2026-08
Share in food crisis
—
2026-08
Undernourishment
—
2023
Refugees who fled
673,335
2025
Refugees hosted
119
2025
Internally displaced
—
2025
Sanctions designations
10
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$689
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

FEWS NET does not cover this country.

Latest incidents of organised violence0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Eritrea: Avoid all travel to parts

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Asmara

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2914…230.1 mm43 km/h
Wed, Sep 3014…240.3 mm45 km/h
Thu, Oct 115…230.3 mm36 km/h
Fri, Oct 213…220.7 mm43 km/h
Sat, Oct 312…220.3 mm50 km/h
Sun, Oct 412…220.0 mm52 km/h
Mon, Oct 513…210.0 mm44 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets2

ItemPriceUSDYear
Sorghum / 100 KG3,000 ERN2.00+131%
Wheat flour / 100 KG3,700 ERN246.67+23%

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2009-02); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Disasters since 20001

012000: 020002001: 02002: 02003: 02004: 02005: 020052006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 020102011: 02012: 02013: 02014: 02015: 020152016: 02017: 02018: 02019: 02020: 020202021: 02022: 02023: 02024: 02025: 020252026: Droughts 12026

Droughts

  • Drought in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda · Apr 21, 2026 · Medium impact for agricultural drought in 752713 km2

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)