Eritrea: Financial openness

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 Eritrea

Financial openness index

 Latest value -1.935
 Year 2022
 Measure index points
 Data availability 1998 - 2022
 Average -1.602
 Min - Max -1.935 - -0.171
 Source Chinn-Ito Index
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The latest value from 2022 is -1.935 index points, unchanged from -1.935 index points in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 0.307 index points, based on data from 174 countries. Historically, the average for Eritrea from 1998 to 2022 is -1.602 index points. The minimum value, -1.935 index points, was reached in 2003 while the maximum of -0.171 index points was recorded in 1999. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Eritrea: Financial openness
 2022 -1.935
 2021 -1.935
 2020 -1.935
 2019 -1.935
 2018 -1.935
 2017 -1.935
 2016 -1.935
 2015 -1.935




Definition: The Chinn-Ito index measures a country's degree of capital account openness and was introduced in Chinn and Ito (Journal of Development Economics, 2006). It is based on variables that codify the restrictions on cross-border financial transactions in the IMF's Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions. Higher values mean greater financial openness.

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 Related indicators Latest Reference Measure
 Terms of trade 99.00 2024 percent
 Trade openness 47.39 2011 percent
 Financial openness -1.935 2022 index points
 Exports, percent of GDP 18.15 2011 percent
 Exports, billion dollars 0.37 2011 billion U.S. dollars
 Growth of exports 575.74 2011 percent
 Imports, percent of GDP 29.24 2011 percent
 Imports, billion dollars 0.60 2011 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 1.89 2011 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars -0.03 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Current account, percent of GDP -14.82 2000 percent
 Current account, in dollars -0.10 2000 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, percent of GDP -11.08 2011 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars -0.40 2000 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 0.19 2019 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 0.47 2000 percent
 Remittances 3.28 2000 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -22.87 2000 million USD
 External debt 39.32 2019 percent
 Short-term external debt 6.04 2023 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 17.07 2019 percent
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