Unemployment
5.98
% of labour force · 2025
modelled
+0.03 percentage points from 2024 to 2025.
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AI-specific country records and supporting context for Eritrea, kept separate. 1 of three AI pillars have a country record.
0 AI-specific indicators; 6 of six context measures reported.0AI-specific indicators held
1 of 3AI pillars with a country record
6 of 6context measures reported
0signals recorded
Jobs
No information. No information in InferenceAfrica's comparable country-level Jobs measures for this country.
Access
No information. No recent GNI-based AI-use comparison is available for this country. Any provider-location lists and signup/payment observations shown below measure different things.
Official provider location listings
This records a country appearing on a provider's published geographic support list. It does not test signup, payment, every plan or feature, or service uptime. API and consumer products are separate.
| Provider | Product | Published status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | ChatGPT web and mobile | Listed as supported | Official list |
| OpenAI | OpenAI API | Listed as supported | Official list |
| Anthropic | Claude.ai web and mobile | Listed as supported | Official list |
| Anthropic | Anthropic commercial API | Listed as supported | Official list |
| Gemini web app | Listed as supported | Official list | |
| Google AI Studio and Gemini API | Listed as supported | Official list |
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Infrastructure
No information. No information in the current country-level infrastructure register about capacity or a named project.
Country context
Connectivity and power conditions help explain the environment for digital services. These are not AI-use, AI-adoption or data-centre-capacity measures. Each value keeps its source year.
Connectivity
| Measure | Value / status | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individuals using the Internet (% of population) IT.NET.USER.ZS | 14.3 % of population | 2020 | World Bank API |
| Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) IT.CEL.SETS.P2 | 59.1 subscriptions per 100 people | 2022 | World Bank API |
| Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) IT.NET.BBND.P2 | 0.2 subscriptions per 100 people | 2022 | World Bank API |
Power and reliability
| Measure | Value / status | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access to electricity (% of population) EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS | 55.3 % of population | 2024 | World Bank API |
| Firms experiencing electrical outages (% of firms) IC.ELC.OUTG.ZS | 20.5 % of firms | 2009 | World Bank API |
| Value lost due to electrical outages (% of sales for affected firms) IC.FRM.OUTG.ZS | 0.0 % of sales among firms affected | 2009 | World Bank API |
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Signals
Signals whose headline names this country, newest first. Tags say what kind of source each one is.
- No signals recorded about this country yet.
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This profile exists for every African country in InferenceAfrica's geographic scope. The AI-specific indicator count excludes the context table. “No information” means no country-level value or record was available in the named dataset; it does not mean zero or prove that no information exists elsewhere.
Where the numbers come from
AI-specific figures come from the indicator registry and pillar registers. The separate context snapshot uses World Bank API indicators, with the originating ITU, ESMAP and Enterprise Surveys sources named in the downloadable file. Every context row links to its country-specific API query. Product geography is separately transcribed from the cited providers' supported-region lists, retrieved 25 September 2026. Read the matching method and limitations.
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AI and the economy
Work and economic conditions
Economic context helps interpret AI activity. These figures do not measure AI’s effect on employment or growth. Observation years vary; ILO labour estimates are modelled. Missing observations remain missing.
AI hiring activity
No comparable AI hiring figure in this register. This does not mean there are no AI jobs. Job-board coverage, duplicate adverts and remote roles need review before national comparisons.
Youth unemployment
10.24
% of labour force aged 15–24 · 2025
modelled
+0.19 percentage points from 2024 to 2025.
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ILO modelled estimates; denominator is the youth labour force, not all young people. Economic context helps interpret AI activity. These figures do not measure AI’s effect on employment or growth. Observation years vary; ILO labour estimates are modelled. Missing observations remain missing. Retrieved 2026-10-06. Latest selection is limited to 2019–2025.Labour force participation
78.35
% of population aged 15+ · 2025
modelled
+0.01 percentage points from 2024 to 2025.
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ILO modelled estimates; employed plus unemployed people as a share of working-age population. Economic context helps interpret AI activity. These figures do not measure AI’s effect on employment or growth. Observation years vary; ILO labour estimates are modelled. Missing observations remain missing. Retrieved 2026-10-06. Latest selection is limited to 2019–2025.Real GDP growth
No information
annual % · No information
reported
No earlier comparable value in this snapshot.
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Annual growth in GDP at constant prices; revisions and breaks may affect comparisons. Economic context helps interpret AI activity. These figures do not measure AI’s effect on employment or growth. Observation years vary; ILO labour estimates are modelled. Missing observations remain missing. Retrieved 2026-10-06. Latest selection is limited to 2019–2025.GDP per capita
No information
current USD · No information
reported
No earlier comparable value in this snapshot.
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GDP divided by population; exchange rates affect comparisons. This is not personal income. Economic context helps interpret AI activity. These figures do not measure AI’s effect on employment or growth. Observation years vary; ILO labour estimates are modelled. Missing observations remain missing. Retrieved 2026-10-06. Latest selection is limited to 2019–2025.Consumer price inflation
No information
annual % · No information
reported
No earlier comparable value in this snapshot.
Explore annual values · SourceDefinition and limits
Annual percentage change in consumer prices; national basket definitions differ. Economic context helps interpret AI activity. These figures do not measure AI’s effect on employment or growth. Observation years vary; ILO labour estimates are modelled. Missing observations remain missing. Retrieved 2026-10-06. Latest selection is limited to 2019–2025.Download annual economic context. GDP per capita is not personal income. Low unemployment can coexist with informal or low-paid work.
Infrastructure · Facility directory
Where are the data centres?
Source-reported directory listings, not a national census. Includes commercial, government, enterprise and research facilities. Source claims have not been independently verified by InferenceAfrica. Campuses may contain multiple facilities. Do not add these counts or capacities to the project register.
Adapted from Data Landscapers, edition 2026-10-05-2, CC BY 4.0. Fields selected and counts calculated by InferenceAfrica. Download the full directory · Chart country counts.
Collection round · 2026-10-01
Evidence on use, work, costs and compute
This collection preserves each source’s population, period and definition. Estimates, survey responses, vacancies and provider claims remain separate. Coverage is incomplete.
AI use and adoption
Survey percentages describe respondents; telemetry estimates use a different denominator. The five-country employee sample has no country-level breakdown here.
AI use reported by online survey respondents — 0/1 records with information
Any AI tool or application, Q3. Online survey respondents aged 18+; not all residents, and not restricted to work use. Country sample approximately 1,000.
2025 fieldwork; use in preceding 12 months · survey · measured · Google / Ipsos Our Life With AI, 2025 fieldwork
Online non-probability survey, approximately 1,000 adults per country; fieldwork 22 September–10 October 2025. Self-reported use. Results describe the surveyed sample and must not be presented as a census of all residents.
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| Scope | Value | Meaning and limits |
|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | No information in this source | No information: country outside this survey’s African sample. |
Generative AI use reported by online survey respondents — 0/1 records with information
Generative AI tools or generation of images, video or audio, Q4. Same online survey and fieldwork as the all-AI measure; a different question.
2025 fieldwork; use in preceding 12 months · survey · measured · Google / Ipsos Our Life With AI, 2025 fieldwork
Online non-probability survey, approximately 1,000 adults per country; fieldwork 22 September–10 October 2025. Self-reported use. Results describe the surveyed sample and must not be presented as a census of all residents.
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| Scope | Value | Meaning and limits |
|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | No information in this source | No information: country outside this survey’s African sample. |
Estimated generative AI use — H1 2025 — 1/1 records with information
Generative-AI diffusion estimate adjusted from Microsoft telemetry for device/OS market share, internet penetration and population. Working-age denominator; not a direct population survey or a measure of workplace adoption. Appendix pp. 15–17.
H1 2025 · vendor_estimate · modelled · Microsoft AI Economy Institute, Global AI Adoption in 2025
Generative-AI diffusion estimate adjusted from Microsoft telemetry for device/OS market share, internet penetration and population. Working-age denominator; not a direct population survey or a measure of workplace adoption. Appendix pp. 15–17.
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| Scope | Value | Meaning and limits |
|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | 6.4 % of working-age population | Generative-AI diffusion estimate adjusted from Microsoft telemetry for device/OS market share, internet penetration and population. Working-age denominator; not a direct population survey or a measure of workplace adoption. Appendix pp. 15–17. |
Estimated generative AI use — H2 2025 — 1/1 records with information
Generative-AI diffusion estimate adjusted from Microsoft telemetry for device/OS market share, internet penetration and population. Working-age denominator; not a direct population survey or a measure of workplace adoption. Appendix pp. 15–17.
H2 2025 · vendor_estimate · modelled · Microsoft AI Economy Institute, Global AI Adoption in 2025
Generative-AI diffusion estimate adjusted from Microsoft telemetry for device/OS market share, internet penetration and population. Working-age denominator; not a direct population survey or a measure of workplace adoption. Appendix pp. 15–17.
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| Scope | Value | Meaning and limits |
|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | 6.8 % of working-age population | Generative-AI diffusion estimate adjusted from Microsoft telemetry for device/OS market share, internet penetration and population. Working-age denominator; not a direct population survey or a measure of workplace adoption. Appendix pp. 15–17. |
Employment outcomes and hiring demand
Vacancy advertisements indicate hiring demand. Comparable national wage, hiring and net-employment effects remain a research gap.
Growth in AI-related vacancies on Pnet — 0/1 records with information
Pnet report, page 7: year-on-year growth in AI-related advertisements. Platform scope includes international/remote listings. This is a demand signal; it does not measure hires, net employment, wages or a causal effect of AI.
H1 2025 versus H1 2024 · platform_records · measured · Pnet Job Market Trends, August 2025
Change in AI-related vacancies observed by Pnet. A vacancy is an advertisement, not a hire or net job creation. The report includes international and remote listings; it is not a census of domestic employment.
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| Scope | Value | Meaning and limits |
|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | No information in this source | No information: outside this platform report’s country scope. |
Practical access costs
These are ITU’s 2025 observations, including the new 5 GB mobile basket. Local device prices and verified payment conditions remain to be collected.
Mobile data basket (5 GB minimum) — 0/1 records with information
ITU 2025 retail basket, selected under its representative-operator rules. At least 5 GB; actual allowance may be higher. Historical observation, not a current quote. The 5 GB mobile basket must not be spliced into the older 2 GB series. Connection charges and device costs are not added to this monthly figure.
2025 · official · measured · ITU ICT Price Baskets, December 2025 release
Retail basket prices collected under ITU rules; country prices are published in USD and as a share of monthly GNI per capita. Basket definitions changed in 2025.
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| Scope | Value | Meaning and limits |
|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | No information in this source | No information in the ITU 2025 basket cell; no prior year substituted. |
Mobile data basket / monthly income — 0/1 records with information
ITU 2025 retail basket, selected under its representative-operator rules. At least 5 GB; actual allowance may be higher. Historical observation, not a current quote. The 5 GB mobile basket must not be spliced into the older 2 GB series. Income ratio uses ITU’s own GNI denominator and release, which can differ from this Observatory’s AI-price income base.
2025 · official · measured · ITU ICT Price Baskets, December 2025 release
Retail basket prices collected under ITU rules; country prices are published in USD and as a share of monthly GNI per capita. Basket definitions changed in 2025.
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| Scope | Value | Meaning and limits |
|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | No information in this source | No information in the ITU 2025 basket cell; no prior year substituted. |
Fixed broadband basket (5 GB minimum) — 0/1 records with information
ITU 2025 retail basket, selected under its representative-operator rules. At least 5 GB; actual allowance may be higher. Historical observation, not a current quote. Connection charges and device costs are not added to this monthly figure.
2025 · official · measured · ITU ICT Price Baskets, December 2025 release
Retail basket prices collected under ITU rules; country prices are published in USD and as a share of monthly GNI per capita. Basket definitions changed in 2025.
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| Scope | Value | Meaning and limits |
|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | No information in this source | No information in the ITU 2025 basket cell; no prior year substituted. |
Fixed broadband basket / monthly income — 0/1 records with information
ITU 2025 retail basket, selected under its representative-operator rules. At least 5 GB; actual allowance may be higher. Historical observation, not a current quote. Income ratio uses ITU’s own GNI denominator and release, which can differ from this Observatory’s AI-price income base.
2025 · official · measured · ITU ICT Price Baskets, December 2025 release
Retail basket prices collected under ITU rules; country prices are published in USD and as a share of monthly GNI per capita. Basket definitions changed in 2025.
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| Scope | Value | Meaning and limits |
|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | No information in this source | No information in the ITU 2025 basket cell; no prior year substituted. |
Research coverage and remaining gaps for this country
No information in reviewed sources means the checked sources supplied no figure. Not yet researched means a country-specific search is still pending. Neither means zero.
| Country | Area | Review state | Remaining work |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | AI use and adoption | Modelled estimate only | National business-adoption and usage-frequency measures remain uncollected. Pooled employee survey is not allocated to countries. |
| Eritrea | Employment outcomes and hiring demand | Not yet researched | Comparable country-level wages, hires and causal net employment outcomes have not been established in this collection round. |
| Eritrea | Practical access costs | No information in reviewed sources | ITU 2025 baskets checked. Current local device retail prices and verified payment checkout conditions remain uncollected. |
| Eritrea | Operating facilities and compute services | Not yet researched | This is a starter sample, not a facility census. GPU counts, current rental quotes and latency measurements remain gaps. |
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