Heating Degree Days, gaps filled in Eritrea
Eritrea: Heating Degree Days, gaps filled was 18.63 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Heating Degree Days, gaps filled in Eritrea, 1960–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for heating degree days, gaps filled in Eritrea is 18.63, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 29.9% on the previous year and down 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, heating degree days, gaps filled in Eritrea peaked at 85.39 in 1971 and was at its lowest, 13.19, in 2019.
Eritrea ranks 122nd of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Heating Degree Days, gaps filled in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 37.91 | — |
| 1961 | 42.05 | +10.9% |
| 1962 | 42.94 | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 40.71 | -5.2% |
| 1964 | 57.98 | +42.4% |
| 1965 | 52.92 | -8.7% |
| 1966 | 38.44 | -27.4% |
| 1967 | 47.15 | +22.7% |
| 1968 | 41.39 | -12.2% |
| 1969 | 33.19 | -19.8% |
| 1970 | 37.87 | +14.1% |
| 1971 | 85.39 | +125.5% |
| 1972 | 40.28 | -52.8% |
| 1973 | 37.85 | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 56.01 | +48.0% |
| 1975 | 51.71 | -7.7% |
| 1976 | 45.19 | -12.6% |
| 1977 | 49.12 | +8.7% |
| 1978 | 37.63 | -23.4% |
| 1979 | 28.31 | -24.8% |
| 1980 | 29.63 | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 31.61 | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 43.4 | +37.3% |
| 1983 | 56.79 | +30.9% |
| 1984 | 34.96 | -38.4% |
| 1985 | 40.96 | +17.2% |
| 1986 | 32.38 | -20.9% |
| 1987 | 24.94 | -23.0% |
| 1988 | 27.66 | +10.9% |
| 1989 | 48.59 | +75.7% |
| 1990 | 26.61 | -45.2% |
| 1991 | 27.28 | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 73.26 | +168.5% |
| 1993 | 62.12 | -15.2% |
| 1994 | 27.05 | -56.5% |
| 1995 | 24.6 | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 26.05 | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 35.2 | +35.1% |
| 1998 | 30.66 | -12.9% |
| 1999 | 27.67 | -9.8% |
| 2000 | 26.66 | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 33.82 | +26.9% |
| 2002 | 27.55 | -18.5% |
| 2003 | 22.34 | -18.9% |
| 2004 | 25.81 | +15.5% |
| 2005 | 29.82 | +15.5% |
| 2006 | 22.51 | -24.5% |
| 2007 | 39.79 | +76.8% |
| 2008 | 30.73 | -22.8% |
| 2009 | 16.54 | -46.2% |
| 2010 | 28.8 | +74.1% |
| 2011 | 36.67 | +27.3% |
| 2012 | 23.99 | -34.6% |
| 2013 | 21.75 | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 24.27 | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 24.7 | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 21.93 | -11.2% |
| 2017 | 18.7 | -14.7% |
| 2018 | 24.01 | +28.4% |
| 2019 | 13.19 | -45.1% |
| 2020 | 30.51 | +131.3% |
| 2021 | 22.49 | -26.3% |
| 2022 | 24.75 | +10.0% |
| 2023 | 14.34 | -42.1% |
| 2024 | 18.63 | +29.9% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 18.63 is below the median for low income countries, which is 21.96, 85% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 18.63 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6.78, 2.7× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Heating Degree Days, gaps filled 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +168.5% | 27.28 | 73.26 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43.47 | 33.19 | 57.98 | 10 |
| 1970s | 46.94 | 28.31 | 85.39 | 10 |
| 1980s | 37.09 | 24.94 | 56.79 | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.05 | 24.6 | 73.26 | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.56 | 16.54 | 39.79 | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.8 | 13.19 | 36.67 | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.14 | 14.34 | 30.51 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More environment data for Eritrea
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0033 hectares per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 1.91 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -12.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 57.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.531 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 0.012 °C (2023)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 57.12 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6471 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is heating degree days, gaps filled in Eritrea?
- Heating degree days, gaps filled in Eritrea was 18.63 in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest heating degree days, gaps filled recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 85.39 in 1971.
- What is the lowest heating degree days, gaps filled recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.19 in 2019.
- How does Eritrea rank for heating degree days, gaps filled?
- Eritrea ranks 122nd out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is heating degree days, gaps filled rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Heating Degree Days, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Heating Degree Days with 237 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Heating Degree Days World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Heating Degree Days with 237 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.