Highways:
total: 4,010 km
paved: 874 km
unpaved: 3,136 km (1999 est.)
Ports and harbors:
Assab (Aseb), Massawa (Mits'iwa)
Merchant marine:
total: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 16,069 GRT/19,549 DWT
registered in other countries: 1 (2004 est.)
by type: bulk 1, cargo 1, liquefied gas 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll
on/roll off 1
Airports:
18 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 4 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 13 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Military Eritrea
Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary and compulsory military service;
conscript service obligation - 16 months (2004)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
NA (2004)