World Number Plates

Number Plates of Eritrea

Continent: Africa

Capital: Asmara

Population: 4.5 million

Country ISO code: ER

Country OVAL code: ER

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1993

Number of vehicles:
5,000

Road information:
total: 4,010 km; paved: 874 km; unpaved: 3,136 km (1999 est.)

Located in north-east Africa, Eritrea is surrounded by Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti. It also encompasses the Dahlak group of islands.

All number plates in Eritrea have the country characters (“ER”) on them. Private civilian vehicles have black car registrations with white lettering. The police have a yellow number plate with black lettering. The ‘ER’ on the police number plates is yellow on a black background. Provisional car registrations have green backgrounds with yellow lettering.