Eritrea
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reliability 5 (very
poor)
Updated July 8, 2010
GDP
$2.3-billion 2011
Popluation 2011 5.3-million
Central budget 2011: Nafka 12,659-billion; US$843-million
(exchange rate January 28, 2011)
Budget
~$150-million 2011 (speculative)
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All figures must be regarded as educated
guesses. With the end of the war with Ethiopia, a massive
demobilization program was supposed to reduce the Army, which may
have had a peak strength of 300,000, to about, to about 100,000. The
return of tension with Ethiopia in 2003, continuing into 2011, may
however mean that demobilization was reversed.
A problem with Eritrea Army estimates is the
mobilization and demobilization of reserves takes place with great
rapidity depending on requirements. This makes near impossible any
reasonable close estimate. One source may say the Army had 200,000
troops in 2004, while another may say it was less than 150,000, and
both might be right depending on what time of the year is being
discussed.
Personnel
Active:
~200,000 (UNDP estimate 2007) (~100,000 were to be demobilized)
Reserves
~120,000 (some may be active)
Organization
AHQ
Troops
525th
Commando Division
74th
Mechanized Brigade[1]
A second
mechanized brigade (or division) is part of the orbat.
4 Corps
261st Corps
371st Corps
481st Corps
591st Corps
20
divisions (~4-5000 strength)
Were to convert to brigades as part of demobilization; we
have no information
on how many actually
did.