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Last verified: Thursday, 12. December 2019 at 07:22 AM
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We advise caution when travelling to Eritrea We advise caution when travelling to Eritrea. We detected travel advisories from 7 sources for this specific country.
Eritrea shares a land border with 3 neighbouring states. For this region of countries (including Eritrea), the Advisory Index is 2.9 (average value over all countries). All countries have some reported advisories: Sudan (3.8), Ethiopia with 2.6 and Djibouti with 2.2 (of 5).
Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for Eritrea.
Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.
Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Eritrea from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 3.1 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Exercise increased caution in Eritrea due to travel restrictions, limited consular assistance, and landmines. The U.S. government has limited ability to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens in Eritrea, as U.S. government employees must obtain special authorization to travel outside of Asmara. Eritrean law enforcement officials routinely block access ...
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
We've reviewed our travel advice for Eritrea. We haven't changed our level of advice: Reconsider your need to travel to Eritrea, due to the high risk of instability and violence. Higher levels apply in some parts of the country.
Source: https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations/africa/eritrea
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Eritrea: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise: Teilreisewarnung. The German government advises againt travelling this country.
Source: https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/ReiseUndSicherheit/eritreasicherheit/226176
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Canadian goverment suggests: Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories).
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Iaktta särskild försiktighet - Gränsen mellan Etiopien och Eritrea är stängd och vi avråder från resor till gränstrakterna. Undvik alla resor till området. Områdena vid gränserna till Djibouti och Sudan är också otrygga, likaså staden Tesseney och områdena norr och väster om Nakh'fa, Ak'ordat och Barentu och man ska undvika onödiga resor dit. Det finns risk för terrorism.
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Do not travel within 25 kilometres of the border areas with Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti, including the town of Teseney and areas north and west of Barentu, Ak’ordat and Nakh’fa due to ongoing tensions in Eritrea’s relations with these countries, the presence of landmines and the risk of violence, including armed banditry.
Danger level: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Avoid non-essential travel
Source: https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/eritrea/
This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of Eritrea. Most recent events first.
The total rating for Eritrea changed from 3.3 to 3.1. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government decreased their existing warning for Eritrea to 3.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by -1.0).
The total rating for Eritrea changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government issued a new warning for Eritrea with a rating of 4.0.
The United States government issued a new warning for Eritrea with a rating of 2.0.
The German government issued a new warning for Eritrea with a rating of 3.0.
The Canadian government issued a new warning for Eritrea with a rating of 3.0.
The New Zealand government issued a new warning for Eritrea with a rating of 4.0.
The Irish government issued a new warning for Eritrea with a rating of 4.0.
The Finnish government issued a new warning for Eritrea with a rating of 3.0.
Eritrea with its capital Asmara is a country in Africa (Eastern Africa), slightly larger than Pennsylvania (121,320 km²). The country is located Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan. The climate can be described as hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually, heaviest June to September); semiarid in western hills and lowlands. The landscape is dominated by extension of Ethiopian north-south trending highlands, descending on the east to a coastal desert plain, on the northwest to hilly terrain and on the southwest to flat-to-rolling plains. With a population of about 5.03 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Asmara |
| Population | about 5.03 million |
| Size | 121.320 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly larger than Pennsylvania |
| Common languages | Afar, Arabic, Kurdish, Tigrinya |
| Currency | Nakfa (short: ERN) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 230V - 50Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 900 |
| International phone prefix | +291 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .er |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | ER |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | ERI |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 232 |
These are problems Eritrea is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Eritrea. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Eritrea.
Export products
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Eritrea is currently rated at 3,1 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 7 official sources. We advise caution when travelling to Eritrea.
Visiting the country Eritrea is usually fine. The score is at 3,1 Just keep an eye open, obey local rules and you'll most likely be fine.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 7 individual sources for Eritrea.
Eritrea has a size of 121,320 km² or 46,842 mi² which is slightly larger than Pennsylvania.
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2019-09-01:
Added timeline charts for risk level and number of advisories.
2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
Sudan (3.8)
Ethiopia (2.6)
Djibouti (2.2)
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