Country Overview Wheat Data Indicator (Source) Value Year Total Land (FAO) 101,000 km2 2012 Arable Land (FAO) 690,000 ha 2012 Wheat area (FAO) 25,470 ha 2014 Wheat area (USDA) 25,000 ha 2015 Wheat yield (FAO) t/ha 2014 Wheat yield (USDA) 1 t/ha 2015 Wheat production (FAO) 29,160 t 2014 Wheat production (USDA) 30,000 t 2015 Wheat total domestic consumption (USDA) 145,000 t 2015 Wheat domestic supply (FAO) --- --- Wheat imports (FAO) 27,660 t 2012 Wheat imports (USDA) 115,000 t 2015 Wheat exports (FAO) --- --- Wheat exports (USDA) --- --- Wheat seed production (FAO) 1,750 t 2013 Wheat Data Indicator (Source) Value Year Food supply - TOTAL kcal/capita/year (FAO) --- --- Food supply - CEREALS kcal/capita/year (FAO) --- --- Percentage of total daily calories from cereals (FAO) Food supply - WHEAT kcal/capita/year (FAO) --- --- Percentage of total daily calories from wheat (FAO) Total supply wheat (USDA) 145,000 t 2015 Beginning stocks (USDA) 5,000 t 2014 Ending stocks (USDA) 5,000 t 2013 Feed domestic consumption (USDA) --- --- Food, seed & industrial consumption (USDA) 145,000 t 2015 Demographic Data Indicator - year (Source) Year Value % Total population - (FAO) 2024 8,533,000 100% Total population projection - (FAO) 2020 7,727,000 90% Total population projection - (FAO) 2050 14,314,000 167% Urban population - (FAO) 2024 2,388,000 100% Urban population projection - (FAO) 2020 1,993,000 83% Urban population projection - (FAO) 2050 6,374,000 266% Rural Population - (FAO) 2024 6,145,000 100% Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2020 5,734,000 93% Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2050 7,940,000 129% Agricultural population - (FAO) 2020 2,278,000 100% Agricultural population projection - (FAO) 2020 2,278,000 100 % --- --- --- Human Development Index (UNDP) 2011 0.349 Literacy rate, adult total (WB) (percentage of people ages 15 and above) ERI 2,013 Life expectancy at birth, total (WB) (years) ERI 2,013 Demographic Data Indicator - year (Source) Value Year Population bellow US$ 1.25 - ERI (WB) 2013 % Multidimensional Poverty Index (UNDP) --- --- Unemployment total (WB) (percentage) 2,013 ERI GDP per capita (WB) (US$) 2,013 ERI GDP growth annual (WB) (percentage) 2,013 ERI Agriculture, value added (WB) (percentage of GDP) 2,013 ERI Fertilizer consumption (WB) (% of fertilizer production) 2,013 ERI Fertilizer consumption (WB) (kilograms per hectare of arable land) 2,013 ERI Nº of tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land (WB) 2,013 ERI Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people (WB) 2,013 ERI Internet users per 100 people (WB) This country is not found in our database or data is not available. External Links FAO Country Brief http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=ERI World Bank - country brief http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/eritrea Index Mundi - country brief http://www.indexmundi.com/eritrea/ Source FAO: Last update on August 15, 2015. USDA: Last update on August 15, 2015. UNDP: Last update on February 22, 2013. WB: Instant updates via API.