Total Population
Population with a disability
according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimateEritrea has not yet signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Article 21, section 5 states:
Eligible Handicapped and blind voters may be escorted when registering.
Article 51 states:
(1) The blind and handicapped voters shall be assisted to cast their vote by persons of their choice.
(2) Illiterate voters shall cast their vote through fingerprints that they shall imprint on a specific box on the symbol of the candidate they select.
Article 54 states:
Notwithstanding Article 11 of this proclamation, the following shall be able to vote through agents:
Article 55, section 1 states:
Persons who cannot move for medical or physical reasons shall issue power of attorney in the presence of a representative of the Commission