In 2020 in Eritrea, there were an estimated 530,000 people with vision loss. Of these, 27,000 people were blind.
Breakdown of vision loss chart
Start by selecting how you would like to examine the data:
- Location: compare up to three different GBD Super Regions, GBD Regions, or countries.
- Time: look at trends in the data between 1990 and 2020.
- Age: look at vision loss in 5 year gaps between 50 to 95 plus.
- Cause: look at how different eye conditions cause vision loss (at GBD Super Region and GBD Region level only).
You can then select the location, year, vision loss measure, age and gender to explore vision loss predicted by the VLEG/GBD 2020 model.
National indicators for eye health services in Eritrea
Indicator
Data
Rank
Year Last Reported
Data Source
Cataract surgical service delivery
Effective cataract surgical coverage (eCSC)
28.5%
17 of 20
2008
Ramke et al., 2017
Cataract surgeries performed (annual)
8,028
73 of 120
Cataract surgical rate (CSR) (per million)
2,296
65 of 176
2019
Ministry of Health or key respondent
Number of eye care personnel by cadre
No. of ophthalmologists
3
2019
Ministry of Health or key respondent
Ophthalmologists per million
0.8
182 of 191
2019
Ministry of Health or key respondent
No. of optometrists
81
2019
Ministry of Health or key respondent
Optometrists per million
23.2
56 of 136
2019
Ministry of Health or key respondent
No. of allied ophthalmic personnel
25
2019
Ministry of Health or key respondent
Allied ophthalmic personnel per million
7
77 of 102
2019
Ministry of Health or key respondent
Data and assessments
Eye health prevalence data survey completed (since 1987)
RAAB
2018
Ministry of Health or key respondent
Eye Care Service Assessment completed?
No data
National eye health resources and plans
National Eye Health Co-ordinator
Yes
Ministry of Health or key respondent
National Eye Committee
Yes
National Eye Health Plan
Yes
Ministry of Health or key respondent
National Eye Health Plan Start Date
2016
Ministry of Health or key respondent
National Eye Health Plan End Date
2020
Ministry of Health or key respondent
