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74 indicator series, 110,510 observations, across the 54 UN member states in Africa. Every figure on this platform traces to a row in this table. Nothing here was estimated, smoothed or back-filled by us — where a country has no value, it has no value.

SeriesCompiled byCodeCountriesLatestDB updated
Access to clean cooking fuels
definition

Published as: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)

Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking is the proportion of total population primarily using clean cooking fuels and technologies for cooking. Under WHO guidelines, kerosene is excluded from clean cooking fuels.

WHO Household Energy Database EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS 53/54 2023 2026-07-13
Access to electricity
definition

Published as: Access to electricity (% of population)

Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.

World Bank Global Electrification Database / IEA EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS 54/54 2024 2026-07-13
Access to electricity, rural
definition

Published as: Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.

World Bank Global Electrification Database / IEA EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS 54/54 2024 2026-07-13
Account ownership, age 15+
definition

Published as: Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider (% of population ages 15+)

Account denotes the percentage of respondents who report having an account (by themselves or together with someone else) at a bank or another type of financial institution or report personally using a mobile money service in the past 12 months (% age 15+).

Denominator: Percentage of the population aged 15 and over

Includes: Counts an account at a bank or other financial institution, OR personal use of a mobile-money service in the past 12 months. Mobile money IS included.

Do not confuse with: Not the same measure as financial-institution-only account ownership, which is a separate Findex series and is materially lower in much of Africa. The two must never be plotted as one trend.

World Bank Global Findex Database FX.OWN.TOTL.ZS 48/54 2024 2026-07-13
Adult literacy rate
definition

Published as: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics SE.ADT.LITR.ZS 52/54 2024 2026-07-13
Agricultural land
definition

Published as: Agricultural land (% of land area)

Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.

Food and Agriculture Organization AG.LND.AGRI.ZS 54/54 2023 2026-07-13
Agriculture, forestry & fishing value added
definition

Published as: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator.

World Bank national accounts NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
Arable land
definition

Published as: Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Food and Agriculture Organization AG.LND.ARBL.ZS 54/54 2023 2026-07-13
Central government debt
definition

Published as: Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

IMF Government Finance Statistics GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS 23/54 2024 2026-07-13
Cereal yield
definition

Published as: Cereal yield (kg per hectare)

Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.

Food and Agriculture Organization AG.YLD.CREL.KG 52/54 2024 2026-07-13
CO₂ emissions per capita
definition

Published as: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)

Total annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF, standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values divided by the economy's population. This measure excludes GHG fluxes caused by Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), as these fluxes have larger uncertainties.

Climate Watch / EDGAR, via World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 53/54 2024 2026-07-13
Control of corruption
definition

Published as: Control of Corruption - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)

The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. Governance consists of the traditions and institutions by which authority in a country is exercised. This includes the process by which governments are selected, monitored and replaced; the capacity of the government to effectively formulate and implement sound policies; and the respect of citizens and the state for the institutions that govern economic and social interactions among them. The WGI measures six dimensions of governance: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. Control of Corruption captures perceptions of the extent to which public power is exercised for private gain, including both petty and grand forms of corruption, as well as "capture" of the state by elites and private interests. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5.

Worldwide Governance Indicators, Kaufmann & Kraay GOV_WGI_CC.EST 54/54 2024 2026-03-18
Current health expenditure
definition

Published as: Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.

WHO Global Health Expenditure Database SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS 54/54 2023 2026-07-13
Domestic credit to private sector
definition

Published as: Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)

Domestic credit to private sector refers to financial resources provided to the private sector by financial corporations, such as through loans, purchases of nonequity securities, and trade credits and other accounts receivable, that establish a claim for repayment. For some countries these claims include credit to public enterprises. The financial corporations include monetary authorities and deposit money banks, as well as other financial corporations where data are available (including corporations that do not accept transferable deposits but do incur such liabilities as time and savings deposits). Examples of other financial corporations are finance and leasing companies, money lenders, insurance corporations, pension funds, and foreign exchange companies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

IMF International Financial Statistics FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
Employment in agriculture
definition

Published as: Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT modelled estimates SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS 53/54 2025 2026-07-13
Employment in services
definition

Published as: Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).

International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT modelled estimates SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS 53/54 2025 2026-07-13
Exports of goods and services
definition

Published as: Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)

Exports of goods includes changes in the economic ownership of goods from residents of the compiling economy to non-residents, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Exports of services includes services provided by residents to non-residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

World Bank national accounts NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS 51/54 2025 2026-07-13
Female labour force participation, 15+
definition

Published as: Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population ages 15 and older. The labor force is the sum of all persons of working age who are employed and those who are unemployed.

Denominator: Percentage of the FEMALE population aged 15 and over who are in the labour force, employed or unemployed

Do not confuse with: This is NOT women’s share of the total labour force. The two are routinely confused and are different measures with different denominators: a participation rate of 55% means 55% of women aged 15+ are in the labour force, not that women are 55% of all workers. A modelled ILO estimate, not a direct national observation.

International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT modelled estimates SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS 53/54 2025 2026-07-13
Fertility rate, total
definition

Published as: Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.

UN Population Division, national statistical offices SP.DYN.TFRT.IN 54/54 2024 2026-07-13
Fixed broadband subscriptions
definition

Published as: Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people)

Fixed broadband subscriptions refers to fixed subscriptions to high-speed access to the public Internet (a TCP/IP connection), at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s. This includes cable modem, DSL, fiber-to-the-home/building, other fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions, satellite broadband and terrestrial fixed wireless broadband. This total is measured irrespective of the method of payment. It excludes subscriptions that have access to data communications (including the Internet) via mobile-cellular networks. It should include fixed WiMAX and any other fixed wireless technologies. It includes both residential subscriptions and subscriptions for organizations.

International Telecommunication Union IT.NET.BBND.P2 54/54 2024 2026-07-13
Food imports
definition

Published as: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

Food comprises the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise imports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a non-resident and a resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.

World Bank staff estimates from UN Comtrade TM.VAL.FOOD.ZS.UN 51/54 2025 2026-07-13
Forcibly displaced people, total
definition

Published as: Forcibly displaced people

Forcibly displaced people are represented by the sum of (1) refugees (and people in a refugee-like situation) under the mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), (2) refugees under the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), (3) asylum-seekers, (4) other people in need of international protection, and (5) internally displaced people (IDPs). Situations in which people are reported in more than one of these categories are accounted for, to the extent possible.

UNHCR Refugee Data Finder SM.POP.FDIP 52/54 2025 2026-07-13
Foreign direct investment, net inflows
definition

Published as: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)

Foreign direct investment is the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.

IMF Balance of Payments, World Bank, OECD BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
Forest area
definition

Published as: Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Food and Agriculture Organization AG.LND.FRST.ZS 54/54 2023 2026-07-13
Freshwater withdrawal as share of available resources
definition

Published as: Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources

The level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources is the ratio between total freshwater withdrawn by all major sectors and total renewable freshwater resources, after taking into account environmental water requirements. Main sectors, as defined by ISIC standards, include agriculture; forestry and fishing; manufacturing; electricity industry; and services. This indicator is also known as water withdrawal intensity.

Denominator: Total freshwater withdrawn, as a percentage of available renewable freshwater resources after environmental flow requirements are deducted. The denominator is a water volume, not a population.

Food and Agriculture Organization, AQUASTAT ER.H2O.FWST.ZS 53/54 2022 2026-07-13
GDP
definition

Published as: GDP (current US$)

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

World Bank national accounts & OECD National Accounts NY.GDP.MKTP.CD 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
GDP growth, annual
definition

Published as: GDP growth (annual %)

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.

World Bank national accounts NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
GDP per capita
definition

Published as: GDP per capita (current US$)

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

World Bank national accounts & OECD National Accounts NY.GDP.PCAP.CD 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
GDP per capita, PPP
definition

Published as: GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)

This indicator provides values for gross domestic product (GDP) per person expressed in current international dollars, converted by purchasing power parities (PPPs). PPPs account for the different price levels across countries and thus PPP-based comparisons of economic output are more appropriate for comparing the output of economies and the average material well-being of their inhabitants than exchange-rate based comparisons. Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This series has been linked to produce a consistent time series to counteract breaks in series over time due to changes in base years, source data and methodologies. Thus, it may not be comparable with other national accounts series in the database for historical years. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. The PPP conversion factor is a currency conversion factor and a spatial price deflator. PPPs convert different currencies to a common currency and, in the process of conversion, equalize their purchasing power by eliminating the differences in price levels between countries, thereby allowing volume or output comparisons of GDP and its expenditure components.

International Comparison Program, World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
Government effectiveness
definition

Published as: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)

The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. Governance consists of the traditions and institutions by which authority in a country is exercised. This includes the process by which governments are selected, monitored and replaced; the capacity of the government to effectively formulate and implement sound policies; and the respect of citizens and the state for the institutions that govern economic and social interactions among them. The WGI measures six dimensions of governance: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. Government Effectiveness captures perceptions and views of the quality of public services, the quality of the civil service and the degree of its independence from political pressures, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government's commitment to such policies. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5.

Worldwide Governance Indicators, Kaufmann & Kraay GOV_WGI_GE.EST 54/54 2024 2026-03-18
Government expenditure on education
definition

Published as: Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
Government revenue excl. grants
definition

Published as: Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)

Revenue is an increase in net worth resulting from a transaction. Grants are excluded from this figure. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

IMF Government Finance Statistics GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS 40/54 2024 2026-07-13
High-technology exports
definition

Published as: High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)

High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery.

UN Comtrade, World Bank staff estimates TX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS 49/54 2024 2026-07-13
Individuals using the internet
definition

Published as: Individuals using the Internet (% of population)

Internet users are individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 3 months. The Internet can be used via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV etc.

International Telecommunication Union IT.NET.USER.ZS 54/54 2024 2026-07-13
Inflation, consumer prices
definition

Published as: Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly.

IMF International Financial Statistics FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG 52/54 2025 2026-07-13
Internally displaced people
definition

Published as: Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / origin

Internally displaced people (IDPs) are persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of, or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, and violations of human rights, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border.

UNHCR / Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre SM.POP.IDPC 35/54 2025 2026-07-13
Life expectancy at birth
definition

Published as: Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

UN Population Division SP.DYN.LE00.IN 54/54 2024 2026-07-13
Manufacturing value added
definition

Published as: Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)

Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

World Bank national accounts NV.IND.MANF.ZS 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
Maternal mortality ratio
definition

Published as: Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)

Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49, fertility, birth attendants, and GDP measured using purchasing power parities (PPPs).

WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank, UNDESA Population Division SH.STA.MMRT 54/54 2023 2026-07-13
Military expenditure
definition

Published as: Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS 52/54 2024 2026-07-13
Mobile cellular subscriptions
definition

Published as: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.

International Telecommunication Union IT.CEL.SETS.P2 54/54 2024 2026-07-13
Net migration
definition

Published as: Net migration

Net migration is the net total of migrants during the period, that is, the number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants, including both citizens and noncitizens.

UN Population Division SM.POP.NETM 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
New displacement associated with disasters
definition

Published as: Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases)

Internally displaced persons are defined according to the 1998 Guiding Principles (http://www.internal-displacement.org/publications/1998/ocha-guiding-principles-on-internal-displacement) as people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of armed conflict, or to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters and who have not crossed an international border. "New Displacement" refers to the number of new cases or incidents of displacement recorded over the specified year, rather than the number of people displaced. This is done because people may have been displaced more than once.

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre VC.IDP.NWDS 53/54 2023 2026-07-13
Out-of-pocket health expenditure
definition

Published as: Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)

Share of out-of-pocket payments of total current health expenditures. Out-of-pocket payments are spending on health directly out-of-pocket by households.

WHO Global Health Expenditure Database SH.XPD.OOPC.CH.ZS 54/54 2023 2026-07-13
Personal remittances received
definition

Published as: Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees.

World Bank staff estimates from IMF Balance of Payments BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS 53/54 2025 2026-07-13
Physicians per 1,000 people
definition

Published as: Physicians (per 1,000 people)

Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.

WHO Global Health Workforce Statistics SH.MED.PHYS.ZS 54/54 2023 2026-07-13
Political stability and absence of violence
definition

Published as: Political Stability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)

The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. Governance consists of the traditions and institutions by which authority in a country is exercised. This includes the process by which governments are selected, monitored and replaced; the capacity of the government to effectively formulate and implement sound policies; and the respect of citizens and the state for the institutions that govern economic and social interactions among them. The WGI measures six dimensions of governance: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politically-motivated violence, including terrorism. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5.

Worldwide Governance Indicators, Kaufmann & Kraay GOV_WGI_PV.EST 54/54 2024 2026-03-18
Population
definition

Published as: Population, total

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

UN Population Division, national statistical offices, Eurostat SP.POP.TOTL 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
Population (estimates & projections)
definition

Published as: Population, total

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

UN World Population Prospects, via World Bank Population estimates & projections SP.POP.TOTL 54/54 2040 2026-07-01
Population aged 0–14
definition

Published as: Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

UN Population Division SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
Population aged 15–64
definition

Published as: Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Total population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

UN Population Division SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
Population growth, annual
definition

Published as: Population growth (annual %)

Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

UN Population Division SP.POP.GROW 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
Population living in slums
definition

Published as: Population living in slums (% of urban population)

Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements.

UN-Habitat EN.POP.SLUM.UR.ZS 54/54 2022 2026-07-13
Prevalence of undernourishment
definition

Published as: Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population)

Prevalence of undernourishment is the percentage of the population whose habitual food consumption is insufficient to provide the dietary energy levels that are required to maintain a normal active and healthy life. Data showing as 2.5 may signify a prevalence of undernourishment below 2.5%.

Food and Agriculture Organization SN.ITK.DEFC.ZS 50/54 2023 2026-07-13
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate, by country of asylum)
definition

Published as: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum

Refugees under the mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) include individuals recognized under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organization of African Unity (OAU) Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, the refugee definition contained in the 1984 Cartagena Declaration on Refugees as incorporated into national laws, those recognized in accordance with the UNHCR Statute, individuals granted complementary forms of protection, and those enjoying temporary protection. The refugee population also includes people in a refugee-like situation, which is a category that is descriptive in nature and includes groups of people who are outside their country or territory of origin and who face protection risks similar to those of refugees, but for whom refugee status has, for practical or other reasons, not been ascertained. Refugees under the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Palestine Refugees, are not typically included in the statistics on refugees (and people in a refugee-like situation) under the mandate of the UNHCR.

UNHCR Refugee Data Finder SM.POP.RHCR.EA 52/54 2025 2026-07-13
Refugees originating from this country (UNHCR mandate)
definition

Published as: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin

Refugees under the mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) include individuals recognized under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organization of African Unity (OAU) Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, the refugee definition contained in the 1984 Cartagena Declaration on Refugees as incorporated into national laws, those recognized in accordance with the UNHCR Statute, individuals granted complementary forms of protection, and those enjoying temporary protection. The refugee population also includes people in a refugee-like situation, which is a category that is descriptive in nature and includes groups of people who are outside their country or territory of origin and who face protection risks similar to those of refugees, but for whom refugee status has, for practical or other reasons, not been ascertained. Refugees under the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Palestine Refugees, are not typically included in the statistics on refugees (and people in a refugee-like situation) under the mandate of the UNHCR.

UNHCR Refugee Data Finder SM.POP.RHCR.EO 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
Regulatory quality
definition

Published as: Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)

The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. Governance consists of the traditions and institutions by which authority in a country is exercised. This includes the process by which governments are selected, monitored and replaced; the capacity of the government to effectively formulate and implement sound policies; and the respect of citizens and the state for the institutions that govern economic and social interactions among them. The WGI measures six dimensions of governance: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. Regulatory Quality captures perceptions of the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. For each dimension of governance the following information is available in the database: estimate, percentile rank, lower bound of 90% confidence interval, upper bound of 90% confidence interval, standard error, number of sources.

Worldwide Governance Indicators, Kaufmann & Kraay GOV_WGI_RQ.EST 54/54 2024 2026-03-18
Renewable energy consumption
definition

Published as: Renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption)

Renewable energy consumption is the share of renewable energy in total final energy consumption.

IEA and UN Statistics Division, SE4ALL database EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS 54/54 2022 2026-07-13
Research & development expenditure
definition

Published as: Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)

Gross domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D), expressed as a percent of GDP. They include both capital and current expenditures in the four main sectors: Business enterprise, Government, Higher education and Private non-profit. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS 37/54 2024 2026-07-13
Rule of law
definition

Published as: Rule of Law - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)

The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. Governance consists of the traditions and institutions by which authority in a country is exercised. This includes the process by which governments are selected, monitored and replaced; the capacity of the government to effectively formulate and implement sound policies; and the respect of citizens and the state for the institutions that govern economic and social interactions among them. The WGI measures six dimensions of governance: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. Rule of Law captures perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. For each dimension of governance the following information is available in the database: estimate, percentile rank, lower bound of 90% confidence interval, upper bound of 90% confidence interval, standard error, number of sources.

Worldwide Governance Indicators, Kaufmann & Kraay GOV_WGI_RL.EST 54/54 2024 2026-03-18
Safely managed drinking water
definition

Published as: People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population)

The percentage of people using drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS 30/54 2024 2026-07-13
School enrolment, secondary (gross)
definition

Published as: School enrollment, secondary (% gross)

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics SE.SEC.ENRR 53/54 2025 2026-07-13
School enrolment, tertiary (gross)
definition

Published as: School enrollment, tertiary (% gross)

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics SE.TER.ENRR 52/54 2025 2026-07-13
Services value added
definition

Published as: Services, value added (% of GDP)

Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

World Bank national accounts NV.SRV.TOTL.ZS 52/54 2025 2026-07-13
Total natural resources rents
definition

Published as: Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)

Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.

World Bank staff estimates, The Changing Wealth of Nations NY.GDP.TOTL.RT.ZS 54/54 2021 2026-07-13
Trade (exports + imports)
definition

Published as: Trade (% of GDP)

Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

World Bank national accounts NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS 51/54 2025 2026-07-13
Under-5 mortality rate
definition

Published as: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation SH.DYN.MORT 54/54 2024 2026-07-13
Unemployment, total (ILO modelled)
definition

Published as: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.

International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT modelled estimates SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS 53/54 2025 2026-07-13
Urban population
definition

Published as: Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

UN World Urbanization Prospects SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
Urban population growth
definition

Published as: Urban population growth (annual %)

Annual urban population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear urban population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank total population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects.

UN World Urbanization Prospects SP.URB.GROW 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
Urban population, total
definition

Published as: Urban population

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

UN World Urbanization Prospects SP.URB.TOTL 54/54 2025 2026-07-13
Voice and accountability
definition

Published as: Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)

The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. Governance consists of the traditions and institutions by which authority in a country is exercised. This includes the process by which governments are selected, monitored and replaced; the capacity of the government to effectively formulate and implement sound policies; and the respect of citizens and the state for the institutions that govern economic and social interactions among them. The WGI measures six dimensions of governance: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. Voice and Accountability captures perceptions of the extent to which a country's citizens are able to participate in selecting their government, as well as freedom of expression, freedom of association, and a free media. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. For each dimension of governance the following information is available in the database: estimate, percentile rank, lower bound of 90% confidence interval, upper bound of 90% confidence interval, standard error, number of sources.

Worldwide Governance Indicators, Kaufmann & Kraay GOV_WGI_VA.EST 54/54 2024 2026-03-18
Working-age share (projections)
definition

Published as: Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Total population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

UN World Population Prospects, via World Bank SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS 54/54 2040 2026-07-01
Youth unemployment, 15–24 (ILO modelled)
definition

Published as: Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate)

Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.

International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT modelled estimates SL.UEM.1524.ZS 53/54 2025 2026-07-13

Reviewed documents

Every country-research item on this platform, with the country it belongs to, the publisher, the source tier, the delivery status and the date it was checked. This is the part of the register that was previously invisible: the indicator table above lists 74 databases, this one lists the 158 individual documents that were opened and read.

CountryDocumentPublisherCategoryTierStatusPublished
Algeria Africa's 2026 Elections: Navigating Complexity to Deliver for Citizens Africa Center for Strategic Studies Elections & political transition secondary Announced 2026
Algeria Strengthening AI governance in Africa OECD National AI policy or strategy primary Approved 2026-04
Angola Connecting the DRC, Zambia and Angola to global markets through the Lobito Corridor European Commission, Global Gateway Trade & AfCFTA implementation primary Operational 2026
Angola Connecting the DRC, Zambia and Angola to global markets through the Lobito Corridor European Commission, Global Gateway Investment commitment primary Funded 2026
Angola Infrastructure, extraction, and accountability around the Lobito Corridor in southern DRC IPIS Research Climate exposure & adaptation secondary Operational 2026
Angola Lobito Atlantic Railway Lobito Atlantic Railway Transport, logistics & corridors primary Operational 2026
Benin Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project PIDA / African Union Development Agency Transport, logistics & corridors official Approved 2026
Benin Africa's 2026 Elections: Navigating Complexity to Deliver for Citizens Africa Center for Strategic Studies Elections & political transition secondary Operational 2026
Benin African Countries Are Racing to Create AI Strategies — But Are They Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Global Center on AI Governance National AI policy or strategy secondary Approved 2025 · ageing
Botswana Botswana Economic Outlook African Development Bank Budget & implementation report primary Operational 2026
Botswana Botswana Economic Outlook African Development Bank Central bank & monetary outlook primary Operational 2026 · ageing
Burkina Faso African Countries Are Racing to Create AI Strategies — But Are They Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Global Center on AI Governance National AI policy or strategy secondary Proposed 2025 · ageing
Burkina Faso IMF Staff Completes the 2026 Article IV mission and Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Burkina Faso on the Fifth Review under the ECF and First Review under the RSF International Monetary Fund Debt & fiscal condition primary Approved 2026-05-26
Burkina Faso Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso officially exit ECOWAS allAfrica Trade & AfCFTA implementation secondary Operational 2025-01-29
Cabo Verde Africa's 2026 Elections: Navigating Complexity to Deliver for Citizens Africa Center for Strategic Studies Elections & political transition secondary Announced 2026
Cameroon Africa's 2026 Elections: Navigating Complexity to Deliver for Citizens Africa Center for Strategic Studies Elections & political transition secondary Announced 2026
Cameroon African Countries Are Racing to Create AI Strategies — But Are They Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Global Center on AI Governance National AI policy or strategy secondary Approved 2025 · ageing
Cameroon The Guided Trade Initiative: documenting and assessing the early experiences of trading under the AfCFTA UN Economic Commission for Africa Trade & AfCFTA implementation primary Operational 2024 · ageing
Congo African Countries Are Racing to Create AI Strategies — But Are They Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Global Center on AI Governance National AI policy or strategy secondary Proposed 2025 · ageing
Côte d'Ivoire 2Africa Core Infrastructure Completes Submarine Networks Data centres & connectivity secondary Operational 2025-11
Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project PIDA / African Union Development Agency Transport, logistics & corridors official Approved 2026
Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan-Lagos highway megaproject enters new phase as Authority Board meets and appoints Chair African Development Bank Investment commitment primary Announced 2026-06
Côte d'Ivoire Cent mille jeunes seront formés aux métiers du digital en cinq ans grâce à un partenariat privé Agence Ivoirienne de Presse Education & skills secondary Announced 2026-07-03
Côte d'Ivoire Côte d’Ivoire — Country Overview World Bank National development plan primary Operational 2026
Côte d'Ivoire Côte d’Ivoire — Country Overview World Bank Agriculture & food systems primary Operational 2026
Côte d'Ivoire Côte d’Ivoire and the IMF International Monetary Fund Debt & fiscal condition primary Operational 2026
Côte d'Ivoire Tableau de bord de l’Inclusion financière dans l’UEMOA au titre de l’année 2024 Banque Centrale des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest Central bank & monetary outlook primary Operational 2025-10-17 · ageing
Djibouti Africa's 2026 Elections: Navigating Complexity to Deliver for Citizens Africa Center for Strategic Studies Elections & political transition secondary Uncertain 2026
DR Congo African Countries Are Racing to Create AI Strategies — But Are They Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Global Center on AI Governance National AI policy or strategy secondary Proposed 2025 · ageing
DR Congo Democratic Republic of Congo: Expanding and Equipping Primary School Classrooms for Better Learning Outcomes World Bank Education & skills official Partially operational 2024-02
DR Congo DR Congo Imposes 2% Import Tax to Fund Universal Health Coverage Ecofin Agency Healthcare system secondary Partially operational 2025
DR Congo Grand Inga Phase 1 PIDA Investment Prospectus, African Union Energy generation & transmission official Proposed 2026
DR Congo Infrastructure, extraction, and accountability around the Lobito Corridor in southern DRC IPIS Research Transport, logistics & corridors secondary Operational 2026
DR Congo Mothers at risk as free maternity care ends in Congo Africanews Healthcare system secondary unchecked Uncertain 2025-12
DR Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo joins EAC as its 7th Member East African Community Trade & AfCFTA implementation primary Operational 2022-03 · ageing
DR Congo World Bank targets $80B for Africa's mega Inga dam Africa Energy Portal Energy generation & transmission secondary Proposed 2026
Egypt Africa holds just 0.6% of global data centre capacity as $60bn AI drive spurs 1.2GW expansion by 2030 TechEconomy Data centres & connectivity secondary Operational 2026
Egypt Egypt — Country Overview World Bank National development plan primary Operational 2026
Egypt Egypt — Country Overview World Bank Investment commitment primary Partially operational 2026
Egypt Egypt and the IMF International Monetary Fund Debt & fiscal condition primary Operational 2026
Egypt Egypt National Artificial Intelligence Strategy OECD.AI Policy Observatory National AI policy or strategy official Approved 2025 · ageing
Egypt Ethiopia inaugurates GERD dam amid downstream tensions with Egypt, Sudan Al Jazeera Climate exposure & adaptation secondary Operational 2025-09-09
Egypt Strengthening AI governance in Africa OECD National AI policy or strategy primary Approved 2026-04
Egypt The Guided Trade Initiative: documenting and assessing the early experiences of trading under the AfCFTA UN Economic Commission for Africa Trade & AfCFTA implementation primary Operational 2024 · ageing
Ethiopia Ethiopia at a glance Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Agriculture & food systems official Operational 2026
Ethiopia Ethiopia inaugurates GERD dam amid downstream tensions with Egypt, Sudan Al Jazeera Climate exposure & adaptation secondary Operational 2025-09-09
Ethiopia Ethiopia reiterates role of Fayda ID as 2030 digital transformation strategy begins Biometric Update Digital public infrastructure secondary Partially operational 2026-01-07
Ethiopia Ethiopia: Fourth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement — Debt Sustainability Analysis International Monetary Fund Central bank & monetary outlook primary Operational 2026-01 · ageing
Ethiopia Ethiopia's Renaissance mega-dam fuels energy hopes and regional anxiety Mongabay Energy generation & transmission secondary Operational 2026-02
Ethiopia Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam inaugurated, biggest hydropower project ever built in Africa Webuild Group Energy generation & transmission primary Operational 2025-09
Ethiopia Health Sector Transformation Plan II (HSTP II) 2020/21–2024/25 Federal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia / Global Financing Facility Healthcare system official Announced 2021 · ageing
Ethiopia IMF Executive Board Completes the Fifth Review under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for Ethiopia International Monetary Fund Debt & fiscal condition primary Operational 2026-07
Ethiopia IMF on Ghana, Ethiopia and Zambia International Monetary Fund Media Center Debt & fiscal condition primary Approved 2026
Ethiopia Strengthening AI governance in Africa OECD National AI policy or strategy primary Approved 2026-04
Gabon African Countries Are Racing to Create AI Strategies — But Are They Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Global Center on AI Governance National AI policy or strategy secondary Proposed 2025 · ageing
Gambia IMF Executive Board Concludes the 2026 Article IV Consultation with The Gambia and Completes the Fifth Review Under the ECF and Second Review Under the RSF International Monetary Fund Debt & fiscal condition primary Operational 2026-07-06
Gambia IMF Executive Board Concludes the 2026 Article IV Consultation with The Gambia and Completes the Fifth Review Under the ECF and Second Review Under the RSF International Monetary Fund Climate exposure & adaptation primary Operational 2026-07-06
Ghana Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project PIDA / African Union Development Agency Transport, logistics & corridors official Approved 2026
Ghana Bayobab lands 2Africa subsea cable in Ghana and Nigeria Bayobab (MTN Group) Data centres & connectivity primary Operational 2025 · ageing
Ghana Creative Arts Agency to introduce mandatory registration and licensing for all creative businesses Pulse Ghana Creative & cultural industries secondary unchecked Announced 2026-07
Ghana Creative Arts Industry Act, 2020 (Act 1048) Parliament of Ghana Creative & cultural industries primary Operational 2020-10 · ageing
Ghana Ghana — Country Overview World Bank Industrial policy primary Partially operational 2026
Ghana Ghana — Country Overview World Bank National development plan primary Operational 2026
Ghana IMF Executive Board Approves US$3 Billion Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for Ghana International Monetary Fund Debt & fiscal condition primary Operational 2023-05-17 · ageing
Ghana IMF Executive Board Completes the Fifth Review under the ECF Arrangement with Ghana International Monetary Fund Debt & fiscal condition primary Operational 2025-12-17
Ghana IMF on Ghana, Ethiopia and Zambia International Monetary Fund Media Center Debt & fiscal condition primary Operational 2026
Ghana The Guided Trade Initiative: documenting and assessing the early experiences of trading under the AfCFTA UN Economic Commission for Africa Trade & AfCFTA implementation primary Operational 2024 · ageing
Guinea Africa's 2026 Elections: Navigating Complexity to Deliver for Citizens Africa Center for Strategic Studies Elections & political transition secondary Announced 2026
Kenya Africa holds just 0.6% of global data centre capacity as $60bn AI drive spurs 1.2GW expansion by 2030 TechEconomy Data centres & connectivity secondary Operational 2026
Kenya Africa's 2026 Elections: Navigating Complexity to Deliver for Citizens Africa Center for Strategic Studies Elections & political transition secondary Announced 2026
Kenya African Countries Are Racing to Create AI Strategies — But Are They Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Global Center on AI Governance National AI policy or strategy secondary Approved 2025 · ageing
Kenya CBC Milestone: First KJSEA Cohort Set to Transition to Senior Secondary Schools Capital FM News Education & skills secondary Operational 2025-12
Kenya How African scientists are teaching AI to speak over 17 local languages Daily Nation Local-language technology secondary Under construction 2025
Kenya Kenya AI hub to fund datasets for 50 African languages Africa AI News Local-language technology secondary unchecked Funded 2025
Kenya Kenya IMF Program The National Treasury of Kenya Debt & fiscal condition official unchecked Unverified 2026
Kenya Kenya Records Major Milestones in Universal Health Coverage Under BETA Agenda Ministry of Health, Republic of Kenya Healthcare system official Partially operational 2025
Kenya The Creative Economy Support Bill (Senate Bill No. 30 of 2024) Parliament of Kenya Creative & cultural industries primary Proposed 2024
Kenya The Guided Trade Initiative: documenting and assessing the early experiences of trading under the AfCFTA UN Economic Commission for Africa Trade & AfCFTA implementation primary Operational 2024 · ageing
Lesotho Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), Phase II African Development Bank Infrastructure project primary Under construction 2026
Libya Libya aiming to increase oil production to 1.6 million barrels by end of 2026 Libya Herald Energy generation & transmission secondary unchecked Partially operational 2025-10
Malawi Mpatamanga Hydropower Project (P165704) World Bank Investment commitment primary Funded 2024-08
Malawi Transmission line works tendered for Mpatamanga in Malawi Hydropower & Dams International Energy generation & transmission secondary Funded 2026
Mali Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso officially exit ECOWAS allAfrica Trade & AfCFTA implementation secondary Operational 2025-01-29
Mauritania African Countries Are Racing to Create AI Strategies — But Are They Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Global Center on AI Governance National AI policy or strategy secondary Proposed 2025 · ageing
Mauritius The Guided Trade Initiative: documenting and assessing the early experiences of trading under the AfCFTA UN Economic Commission for Africa Trade & AfCFTA implementation primary Operational 2024 · ageing
Morocco Africa holds just 0.6% of global data centre capacity as $60bn AI drive spurs 1.2GW expansion by 2030 TechEconomy Data centres & connectivity secondary Operational 2026
Morocco Africa's 2026 Elections: Navigating Complexity to Deliver for Citizens Africa Center for Strategic Studies Elections & political transition secondary Announced 2026
Morocco Africa's AI sovereignty problem is really an energy problem TechCabal AI adoption, government & industry secondary Announced 2026-05
Morocco Morocco — Country Overview World Bank Industrial policy primary Operational 2026
Morocco Morocco — Country Overview World Bank Healthcare system primary Partially operational 2026
Morocco Morocco — Country Overview World Bank National development plan primary Announced 2026
Morocco Morocco and the IMF International Monetary Fund Debt & fiscal condition primary Operational 2026
Morocco Two New Programs to Advance Morocco’s Digital Transformation and Climate Resilience World Bank Digital public infrastructure primary Funded 2026-06-12
Mozambique Mozambique LNG announces the full restart of all its activities onshore and offshore in Mozambique TotalEnergies Energy generation & transmission primary Under construction 2026-01
Mozambique Mozambique LNG announces the full restart of all its activities onshore and offshore in Mozambique TotalEnergies Investment commitment primary Funded 2026-01
Namibia Equiano submarine communications cable Wikipedia, citing Google and landing-party announcements Data centres & connectivity tertiary Operational 2026-07
Niger Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso officially exit ECOWAS allAfrica Trade & AfCFTA implementation secondary Operational 2025-01-29
Nigeria 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) National Information Technology Development Agency Education & skills primary Partially operational 2026
Nigeria 3MTT Nigeria and Microsoft Deepen Alliance to Build Nigeria’s Future Tech Workforce Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy AI adoption, government & industry primary Partially operational 2025-08-19
Nigeria Abidjan-Lagos highway megaproject enters new phase as Authority Board meets and appoints Chair African Development Bank Transport, logistics & corridors primary Approved 2026-06
Nigeria Abidjan-Lagos highway megaproject enters new phase as Authority Board meets and appoints Chair African Development Bank Transport, logistics & corridors primary Operational 2026-06
Nigeria Africa holds just 0.6% of global data centre capacity as $60bn AI drive spurs 1.2GW expansion by 2030 TechEconomy Data centres & connectivity secondary Announced 2026
Nigeria Africa's 2026 Elections: Navigating Complexity to Deliver for Citizens Africa Center for Strategic Studies Elections & political transition secondary Announced 2026
Nigeria African Development Bank and partners invest $618 million in Nigeria’s digital and creative industries African Development Bank Creative & cultural industries primary Funded 2023-03 · ageing
Nigeria African languages for AI: the project that`s gathering a huge new dataset The Conversation Local-language technology secondary Partially operational 2025-10
Nigeria Bayobab lands 2Africa subsea cable in Ghana and Nigeria Bayobab (MTN Group) Data centres & connectivity primary Operational 2025 · ageing
Nigeria Beyond Entertainment: The Economic Promise Of Nigeria’s Content Industry Mondaq (law-firm commentary citing the NBS Q4 2024 GDP report) Creative & cultural industries secondary unchecked Partially operational 2025
Nigeria IMF Executive Board Concludes 2026 Article IV Consultation with Nigeria International Monetary Fund Debt & fiscal condition primary Operational 2026-06
Nigeria IMF Executive Board Concludes 2026 Article IV Consultation with Nigeria International Monetary Fund Healthcare system primary Operational 2026-06
Nigeria Nigeria`s NITDA partners with NKENNEAi to build the infrastructure powering African language AI TechCabal Local-language technology secondary Announced 2026-03
Rwanda African Countries Are Racing to Create AI Strategies — But Are They Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Global Center on AI Governance National AI policy or strategy secondary Approved 2025 · ageing
Rwanda Request for Expressions of Interest — Feasibility Study for the Design and Development of Rwanda’s Creative Economy African Development Bank Group Creative & cultural industries primary Approved 2024-05
Rwanda The Guided Trade Initiative: documenting and assessing the early experiences of trading under the AfCFTA UN Economic Commission for Africa Trade & AfCFTA implementation primary Operational 2024 · ageing
São Tomé and Príncipe Africa's 2026 Elections: Navigating Complexity to Deliver for Citizens Africa Center for Strategic Studies Elections & political transition secondary Announced 2026
Senegal African Countries Are Racing to Create AI Strategies — But Are They Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Global Center on AI Governance National AI policy or strategy secondary Approved 2025 · ageing
Senegal IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Senegal International Monetary Fund Debt & fiscal condition primary Operational 2026-06-22
Senegal Launch of Senegal's New Digital Strategy 'New Deal Technologique' Presidency of the Republic of Senegal Digital public infrastructure primary Approved 2025-02-24
Senegal Senegal — Country Overview World Bank Budget & implementation report primary Operational 2026
Senegal Senegal — Country Overview World Bank Education & skills primary Partially operational 2026
Senegal Sénégal 2050 — Agenda National de Transformation Vie Publique Sénégal (Government of Senegal) National development plan official Approved 2024-10-14
Senegal Senegal Accelerates Digital Sovereignty with Rollout of Flagship Technology Initiatives TechAfrica News Digital public infrastructure secondary Approved 2026-03-25
Senegal Tableau de bord de l’Inclusion financière dans l’UEMOA au titre de l’année 2024 Banque Centrale des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest Central bank & monetary outlook primary Operational 2025-10-17 · ageing
Somalia Somalia finally joins EAC as the bloc's 8th Partner State East African Community Trade & AfCFTA implementation primary Operational 2024-03 · ageing
South Africa Africa holds just 0.6% of global data centre capacity as $60bn AI drive spurs 1.2GW expansion by 2030 TechEconomy Data centres & connectivity secondary Operational 2026
South Africa Africa's 2026 Elections: Navigating Complexity to Deliver for Citizens Africa Center for Strategic Studies Elections & political transition secondary Announced 2026
South Africa Africa's AI sovereignty problem is really an energy problem TechCabal AI adoption, government & industry secondary Under construction 2026-05
South Africa Africa's AI sovereignty problem is really an energy problem TechCabal AI adoption, government & industry secondary Announced 2026-05
South Africa Are Africa's power grids ready for the AI data centre boom? World Economic Forum Data centres & connectivity secondary Approved 2026
South Africa Budget Review 2026 — Chapter 7: Government Debt and Contingent Liabilities National Treasury, Republic of South Africa Budget & implementation report primary Approved 2026-02
South Africa Mapping the Economic Value of the Creative Industry South African Cultural Observatory Creative & cultural industries primary Operational 2020-06 · ageing
South Africa South Africa’s National Health Insurance faces constitutional challenge IOL / Business Report Healthcare system secondary Suspended 2026-05
South Africa Strengthening AI governance in Africa OECD National AI policy or strategy primary Proposed 2026-04
South Africa The Cultural and Creative sector contributes billions of Rand to the economy of South Africa, says Cultural Observatory in latest report CityLife Arts, reporting the South African Cultural Observatory macroeconomic impact assessment Creative & cultural industries secondary Operational 2026-03
South Africa Where Are We? Evaluating LLM Performance on African Languages arXiv (preprint) Local-language technology secondary Operational 2025-02
South Sudan South Sudan daily oil production climbs to 174,000 barrels Eye Radio Energy generation & transmission secondary unchecked Partially operational 2026-06
South Sudan South Sudan Economic Outlook African Development Bank Budget & implementation report primary Operational 2026
Sudan Sudan: "War economy" sustains conflict, UN report warns UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) Elections & political transition primary Operational 2026-07
Sudan War has set Sudan's economy back more than 30 years and extreme poverty could hit 60%, new analysis warns UN Development Programme Budget & implementation report primary Operational 2026
Tanzania African Countries Are Racing to Create AI Strategies — But Are They Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Global Center on AI Governance National AI policy or strategy secondary Proposed 2025 · ageing
Tanzania Financial Inclusion Bank of Tanzania Central bank & monetary outlook primary Operational 2023 · ageing
Tanzania Financial Inclusion Bank of Tanzania Legislation & regulatory change primary Approved 2023 · ageing
Tanzania Regional Power Pools: Africa's Greatest Opportunity to Accelerate Electrification Africa.com Energy generation & transmission secondary Under construction 2025
Tanzania Tanzania — Country Overview World Bank Agriculture & food systems primary Operational 2026
Tanzania Tanzania and the IMF International Monetary Fund Debt & fiscal condition primary Operational 2026
Tanzania Tanzania Digital Economy Strategic Framework 2024–2034 Tanzania ICT Commission Digital public infrastructure official Approved 2024-07 · ageing
Tanzania The Guided Trade Initiative: documenting and assessing the early experiences of trading under the AfCFTA UN Economic Commission for Africa Trade & AfCFTA implementation primary Operational 2024 · ageing
Togo Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project PIDA / African Union Development Agency Transport, logistics & corridors official Approved 2026
Togo Equiano submarine communications cable Wikipedia, citing Google and landing-party announcements Data centres & connectivity tertiary Operational 2026-07
Uganda Africa's 2026 Elections: Navigating Complexity to Deliver for Citizens Africa Center for Strategic Studies Elections & political transition secondary Operational 2026
Zambia Connecting the DRC, Zambia and Angola to global markets through the Lobito Corridor European Commission, Global Gateway Transport, logistics & corridors primary Proposed 2026
Zambia IMF Executive Board Completes Sixth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility with Zambia International Monetary Fund Debt & fiscal condition primary Operational 2026-01-27
Zambia National AI policy initiatives — Zambia OECD.AI Policy Observatory National AI policy or strategy official unchecked Approved 2025 · ageing
Zambia National AI policy initiatives — Zambia OECD.AI Policy Observatory Education & skills official Announced 2025
Zambia National AI policy initiatives — Zambia OECD.AI Policy Observatory Legislation & regulatory change official Approved 2025
Zambia Zambia — Country Overview World Bank National development plan primary Operational 2026
Zambia Zambia — Country Overview World Bank Agriculture & food systems primary Partially operational 2026
Zambia Zambia — Country Overview World Bank Central bank & monetary outlook primary Operational 2026 · ageing
Zimbabwe IMF Staff Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Zimbabwe on the First Review under the Staff-Monitored Program International Monetary Fund Debt & fiscal condition primary Approved 2026-07-07

Rows marked unchecked were recorded from a source that has not been opened and confirmed against the issuing institution. They are shown rather than dropped, because a stated weakness is more useful than a silent absence.

Continental systems

The blocs, corridors, cables, power pools and megaprojects in the Weave are hand-curated. Each carries at least one source and an "as at" date.

SourcePublisherAs at
Status of AfCFTA Ratificationtralac Trade Law Centre2026-07
Regional Economic CommunitiesAfrican Union2026-07
Regional Economic CommunitiesUN Economic Commission for Africa2026-07
Somalia finally joins EAC as the bloc's 8th Partner StateEast African Community2024-03-04
The Democratic Republic of the Congo joins EAC as its 7th MemberEast African Community2022-03-29
Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso officially exit ECOWASallAfrica2025-01-29
Ecowas without the Sahel states: how the split is testing free movement and regional legitimacyThe Conversation2026
The Guided Trade Initiative: documenting and assessing the early experiences of trading under the AfCFTAUN Economic Commission for Africa2024
Regional Power Pools: Africa's Greatest Opportunity to Accelerate ElectrificationAfrica.com2025
Eastern Africa Power PoolEAPP2026-07
The African Continental Master Plan (CMP)AUDA-NEPAD2026-07
2Africa Core Infrastructure CompletesSubmarine Networks2025-11
2Africa cable systemSubmarine Networks2026
Bayobab lands 2Africa subsea cable in Ghana and NigeriaBayobab (MTN Group)2025
Equiano (submarine communications cable)Wikipedia, citing Google and landing-party announcements2026-07
Abidjan-Lagos highway megaproject enters new phase as Authority Board meets and appoints ChairAfrican Development Bank2026-06
Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway Development ProjectPIDA / African Union Development Agency2026
Abidjan-Lagos Corridor: West Africa's $15.6 Billion Game-Changing Highway Takes ShapeAfrica Investment Forum2026
Connecting the DRC, Zambia and Angola to global markets through the Lobito CorridorEuropean Commission, Global Gateway2026
Lobito Atlantic RailwayLobito Atlantic Railway2026
Infrastructure, extraction, and accountability around the Lobito Corridor in southern DRCIPIS Research2026
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam inaugurated, biggest hydropower project ever built in AfricaWebuild Group2025-09
Ethiopia inaugurates GERD dam amid downstream tensions with Egypt, SudanAl Jazeera2025-09-09
Ethiopia's Renaissance mega-dam fuels energy hopes and regional anxietyMongabay2026-02
Grand Inga Phase 1PIDA Investment Prospectus, African Union2026
World Bank targets $80B for Africa's mega Inga damAfrica Energy Portal2026
Are Africa's power grids ready for the AI data centre boom?World Economic Forum2026
Africa holds just 0.6% of global data centre capacity as $60bn AI drive spurs 1.2GW expansion by 2030TechEconomy2026
Africa's AI sovereignty problem is really an energy problemTechCabal2026-05-13
Data Centres in Africa 2026: The Economic ReportAfrican Actors of Data Center Association2026
The African fashion sector: trends, challenges & opportunities for growthUNESCO2023-10
Creative Economy Outlook 2024UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)2024

What is missing — the research-gap register

A source register that lists only what was found describes the platform flatteringly. This section lists what was not. It is generated from the same data as the table above, so it cannot drift out of date while the register stays current.

GapWhat it meansExtent
Countries with no document reviewed Their outlook rests on indicator data alone. No national plan, budget or funded project has been read for them. They were not padded with weak sources to raise the count. 13
Countries below Deep country review Deep review requires four of the five target areas, at least eight documents, and at least one primary or official source. Falling short is a statement about this platform's reading, not about the country. 43
Documents not independently verified Recorded from a source that has not been opened and confirmed against the issuing institution. Kept and marked rather than dropped. 8
Documents older than their freshness window Each category has its own window — six months for central-bank material, four years for a national plan. An ageing source is still evidence, but it is evidence about the past. 37
Indicator series covering fewer than 40 of 54 countries Thin coverage is concentrated in exactly the countries with the weakest statistical systems, so the gaps are not randomly distributed and comparisons across them are weaker than they look. 4
Countries with no creative-economy evidence Creative activity is largely informal and largely unmeasured across the continent. Absence here means nobody has published a figure this platform could verify, never that the sector is small. 49

Among reviewed countries, these are the target areas least often covered. The five-area standard is published on the Method page; a country missing an area is not a country where nothing is happening in it.

Human development — missing in 32Macroeconomic & fiscal — missing in 24Infrastructure & productive capacity — missing in 21Technology & AI — missing in 19A locally consequential sector — missing in 9

8 documents in the register are recorded as not independently verified, and 37 are older than the freshness window for its category. Both are filterable in the table above.

Cartography

Boundaries are Natural Earth 1:50m Admin-0 (public domain), projected to Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area centred on 20°E 5°N. Equal-area is a deliberate choice: web maps almost always ship Web Mercator, which inflates high-latitude land and shrinks equatorial land — the most common way Africa is quietly misrepresented. On these maps, area is proportional to area on the ground.

Western Sahara is drawn as a distinct hatched territory and labelled a United Nations Non-Self-Governing Territory with disputed sovereignty. It is not one of the 54 and is not selectable. Erasing it would be as inaccurate as miscolouring it.