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Eritrea: natural resources

Minerals produced, mines and deposits, power capacity and how much the economy depends on resources. Eritrea is part of the Invest Global country data, so every figure carries its source.

Mines and deposits mapped
None
no coverage in our sources
Minerals above 1% of world
0
USGS MCS 2026
Power capacity
0.1 GW
2 plants
Clean share of electricity
11%
Ember, 2024

Power capacity by fuel

Oil133 MW
Largest plantsFuelCapacityOwner
MassawaOil100 MWNot stated
BelezaOil33 MWNot stated

Source: WRI Global Power Plant Database v1.3 (CC BY 4.0). Plants of about 1 MW and above, data mostly 2018 to 2021.

Mine and deposit locations combine the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (public domain, last updated 2022, strongest for the United States and the Americas) and Wikidata (CC0, notable named mines). Coverage is uneven and partly historical, and status can be out of date: this is not a complete or current registry, and a point on the map is not an offer, a licence or evidence of a legal right. Production and reserve figures are from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries and are rounded estimates. Power plants are from the WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), mostly 2018 to 2021. Nothing here is investment, legal or technical advice.