Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Eritrea
Eritrea: Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number was 72 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements in Eritrea, 2012–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 72 for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in 2025. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Eritrea peaked at 72 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 33, in 2012.
Eritrea ranks 123rd of 266 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 33 | — |
| 2013 | 45 | +36.4% |
| 2014 | 51 | +13.3% |
| 2015 | 53 | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 57 | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 61 | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 62 | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 63 | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 69 | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 69 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 70 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 72 | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 72 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 72 | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 72 is below the median for low income countries, which is 105, 69% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 72 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 33, 2.2× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Eritrea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +36.4% | 33 | 45 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 53.12 | 33 | 63 | 8 |
| 2020s | 70.67 | 69 | 72 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
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More infrastructure data for Eritrea
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 2.02 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 59.12 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 68,216 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.02 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 3.36 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 68,216 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.5912 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Eritrea?
- Total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Eritrea was 72 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 72 in 2023.
- What is the lowest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 33 in 2012.
- How does Eritrea rank for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements?
- Eritrea ranks 123rd out of 266 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs) transferring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to the country (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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