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Eritrea

3.5 million people

Eritrea issues a national ID card; no digital ID or CBDC work was found in public sources.

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Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in Eritrea

Program
National identity card
Status
Not confirmed
National ID card
ID card compulsory
Biometrics
Not confirmed

A Canadian IRB research response (2016-2018) says cards were issued from 1992 and were handwritten until 2014. No public information on a digital or biometric ID programme was found as of Oct 2026.

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status
No known work

No public CBDC work found as of Oct 2026 in the sources checked.

UN and WHO

How Eritrea has voted

WHO
Accepted the 2024 rule changes
Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
No recorded objection
Migration compact (Dec 2018)
Voted yes
Paris climate deal
Party
SDG Index 2026
48.7 · rank 162 of 169
Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
2

Sovereignty score

How the 0 adds up

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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.