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* Data measure the share of the population with reasonable and ready access to adequate safe water for domestic
purposes. Data for small countries and countries in arid and semi-arid areas are less reliable than those for larger
countries and countries with greater rainfall.
1 Data for the year 2004 2 Data for the year 2003 3 Data for the year 2002 4 Data for the year 2001
More
country information
Sources
- (African countries) 2005 African Development Indicators, The World Bank,
Washington DC (June 2005).
- (All countries) 2005 World Development Indicators, The World Bank,
Washington DC (March 2005).
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| Population2 |
4,389,500 |
| Population less than 15 as % of total2 |
44.3 |
| Population growth, %2 |
2.2 |
| Mobile phones per 1,000 people3 |
n/a |
| Telephone main lines per 1,000 people3 |
9 |
| Radios per 1,000 people4 |
464 |
| Internet users3 |
9,000 |
| Agriculture as % of GDP2 |
12.6 |
| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births2 |
45 |
| % of rural population with access to safe water*3 |
54 |
| Land use, permanent crop land (hectares)3 |
3,000 |
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Millet Improvement
In Eritrea, our focus is on crop
improvement.
our project in Eritrea
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COUNTRY PROFILE

CONTACT
SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT
(SLM) PROGRAMME
Thomas Kohler
Programme Officer
Centre for Development and Environment
Hallersdtrasse 12
3012 Bern, Switzerland
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