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Official Statistics for Region : Africa

Agriculture

 
Data by region  World Bank. Online reports offer a collection of data from the World Development Indicators (WDI). Data on agriculture, biodiversity and forests, emissions and pollution, water resources and infrastructure, environmental health and energy indicators (2000-2007) for specific countries, regions and income groups.

Banks and banking

 
African Development Bank Group  ADBG data under Documents and Publications tab - Statistics for: Gender, Poverty and Environmental issues.

African Development Bank Group statistics  African Development Bank Group. ADB statistics on gender, poverty, environment, pocket book, cross country and country tables. Click on Documents & Publications tab.

Biotechnology

 
Data by region  World Bank. Online reports offer a collection of data from the World Development Indicators (WDI). Data on agriculture, biodiversity and forests, emissions and pollution, water resources and infrastructure, environmental health and energy indicators (2000-2007) for specific countries, regions and income groups.

Births

 
Africa population and datasheet 2008  PRB : Population Reference Bureau and African Population & Health Research Center. 2008 population statistics in tabulated form for Africa. In mid-2008, Africa’s population was estimated at 967 million, with about 400 million (42 percent) below age 15..

Debt

 
African central government debt  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. OECD since 2010, provides information on Aftican Central government debt statistics for 17 countries for the period 2003 - 2009.

Economic growth

 
Statistics - African Development Bank  African Development Bank. Africa select 'Data portal' or 'Open data for Africa'provides multiple customized tools to gather indicators, analyze them, and export them into multiple formats With the Data Portal, you can visualize Socio-Economic indicators over a period of time, gain access to presentation-ready graphics and perform comprehensive analysis on a Country and Regional level.

Economic indicators

 
AGOA. info  African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Sub-Saharan African information and Comprehensive Trade Statistics of total and AGOA-related Trade covering all 39 AGOA-eligible countries individually and in aggregate.

Economic report on Africa  United Nations Economic Commission for Africa . 2002 onwards. Statistical data included in chapters one and two.

Statistics - African Development Bank  African Development Bank. Africa select 'Data portal' or 'Open data for Africa'provides multiple customized tools to gather indicators, analyze them, and export them into multiple formats With the Data Portal, you can visualize Socio-Economic indicators over a period of time, gain access to presentation-ready graphics and perform comprehensive analysis on a Country and Regional level.

Economy

 
Africa - countries  World Bank Group. Alternative access, choose country from the drop down box. Click Data from the left menu when country page displays.

African Development Bank Group  ADBG data under Documents and Publications tab - Statistics for: Gender, Poverty and Environmental issues.

African economic outlook  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (OECD) presents a comprehensive analysis of the economic, social and political developments in the region including in-depth country notes on 51 of the continent’s 53 economies, a macroeconomic overview and a special study on Africa and its Emerging Partners.

African statical yearbook  African Development Bank Group. 2012 Yearbook presents a time series showing the performance of African countries for various economic and social indicators over the period 2003–2011. The exception is for the mining sector, where the timeframe is 2001 – 2009, owing to the inherent lag in compiling data for the relevant indicators.

Afristat  Economic and Statistical Observatory of Sub-Saharan Africa. Data by individual country and by topic. Economic, social and demographic data. Key official documents have been translated from French into English.

AGOA. info  African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Sub-Saharan African information and Comprehensive Trade Statistics of total and AGOA-related Trade covering all 39 AGOA-eligible countries individually and in aggregate.

Data & Statistics : quick facts  World Bank Group. National, international and global statistics programmes.

East African Community  Data by country, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.

Ibrahim index  Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Ibrahim Index is a comprehensive collection of quantitative data that provides an annual assessment of governance performance in every African country.

Regional economic outlook: Middle East and Central Asia  International Monetary Fund. These reports discuss recent economic developments and prospects for countries in various regions.The reports include data for countries in the regions. .

Regional economic outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa  International Monetary Fund. These reports discuss recent economic developments and prospects for countries in various regions.The reports include data for countries in the regions.

Education

 
African statical yearbook  African Development Bank Group. 2012 Yearbook presents a time series showing the performance of African countries for various economic and social indicators over the period 2003–2011. The exception is for the mining sector, where the timeframe is 2001 – 2009, owing to the inherent lag in compiling data for the relevant indicators.

Ibrahim index  Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Ibrahim Index is a comprehensive collection of quantitative data that provides an annual assessment of governance performance in every African country.

Energy

 
African statical yearbook  African Development Bank Group. 2012 Yearbook presents a time series showing the performance of African countries for various economic and social indicators over the period 2003–2011. The exception is for the mining sector, where the timeframe is 2001 – 2009, owing to the inherent lag in compiling data for the relevant indicators.

Data by region  World Bank. Online reports offer a collection of data from the World Development Indicators (WDI). Data on agriculture, biodiversity and forests, emissions and pollution, water resources and infrastructure, environmental health and energy indicators (2000-2007) for specific countries, regions and income groups.

Environment

 
African Development Bank Group  ADBG data under Documents and Publications tab - Statistics for: Gender, Poverty and Environmental issues.

Data by region  World Bank. Online reports offer a collection of data from the World Development Indicators (WDI). Data on agriculture, biodiversity and forests, emissions and pollution, water resources and infrastructure, environmental health and energy indicators (2000-2007) for specific countries, regions and income groups.

Ibrahim index  Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Ibrahim Index is a comprehensive collection of quantitative data that provides an annual assessment of governance performance in every African country.

Families

 
African statical yearbook  African Development Bank Group. 2012 Yearbook presents a time series showing the performance of African countries for various economic and social indicators over the period 2003–2011. The exception is for the mining sector, where the timeframe is 2001 – 2009, owing to the inherent lag in compiling data for the relevant indicators.

Food

 
African statical yearbook  African Development Bank Group. 2012 Yearbook presents a time series showing the performance of African countries for various economic and social indicators over the period 2003–2011. The exception is for the mining sector, where the timeframe is 2001 – 2009, owing to the inherent lag in compiling data for the relevant indicators.

Forestry

 
Data by region  World Bank. Online reports offer a collection of data from the World Development Indicators (WDI). Data on agriculture, biodiversity and forests, emissions and pollution, water resources and infrastructure, environmental health and energy indicators (2000-2007) for specific countries, regions and income groups.

Government finance

 
African central government debt  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. OECD since 2010, provides information on Aftican Central government debt statistics for 17 countries for the period 2003 - 2009.

African statical yearbook  African Development Bank Group. 2012 Yearbook presents a time series showing the performance of African countries for various economic and social indicators over the period 2003–2011. The exception is for the mining sector, where the timeframe is 2001 – 2009, owing to the inherent lag in compiling data for the relevant indicators.

Ibrahim index  Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Ibrahim Index is a comprehensive collection of quantitative data that provides an annual assessment of governance performance in every African country.

Government stock yield

 
Ibrahim index  Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Ibrahim Index is a comprehensive collection of quantitative data that provides an annual assessment of governance performance in every African country.

Gross domestic product (GDP)

 
African statical yearbook  African Development Bank Group. 2012 Yearbook presents a time series showing the performance of African countries for various economic and social indicators over the period 2003–2011. The exception is for the mining sector, where the timeframe is 2001 – 2009, owing to the inherent lag in compiling data for the relevant indicators.

Ibrahim index  Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Ibrahim Index is a comprehensive collection of quantitative data that provides an annual assessment of governance performance in every African country.

Gross domestic product (GDP): Contribution

 
Ibrahim index  Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Ibrahim Index is a comprehensive collection of quantitative data that provides an annual assessment of governance performance in every African country.

Gross fixed capital formation

 
Ibrahim index  Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Ibrahim Index is a comprehensive collection of quantitative data that provides an annual assessment of governance performance in every African country.

Gross national expenditure (GNE) deflator

 
Ibrahim index  Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Ibrahim Index is a comprehensive collection of quantitative data that provides an annual assessment of governance performance in every African country.

Gross national income (GNI)

 
Ibrahim index  Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Ibrahim Index is a comprehensive collection of quantitative data that provides an annual assessment of governance performance in every African country.

Gross national product

 
Ibrahim index  Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Ibrahim Index is a comprehensive collection of quantitative data that provides an annual assessment of governance performance in every African country.

Gross national product - deflaator

 
Ibrahim index  Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Ibrahim Index is a comprehensive collection of quantitative data that provides an annual assessment of governance performance in every African country.

Health

 
Data by region  World Bank. Online reports offer a collection of data from the World Development Indicators (WDI). Data on agriculture, biodiversity and forests, emissions and pollution, water resources and infrastructure, environmental health and energy indicators (2000-2007) for specific countries, regions and income groups.

Ibrahim index  Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Ibrahim Index is a comprehensive collection of quantitative data that provides an annual assessment of governance performance in every African country.

Infrastructure

 
Data by region  World Bank. Online reports offer a collection of data from the World Development Indicators (WDI). Data on agriculture, biodiversity and forests, emissions and pollution, water resources and infrastructure, environmental health and energy indicators (2000-2007) for specific countries, regions and income groups.

Labour

 
African statical yearbook  African Development Bank Group. 2012 Yearbook presents a time series showing the performance of African countries for various economic and social indicators over the period 2003–2011. The exception is for the mining sector, where the timeframe is 2001 – 2009, owing to the inherent lag in compiling data for the relevant indicators.

Population

 
Africa population and datasheet 2008  PRB : Population Reference Bureau and African Population & Health Research Center. 2008 population statistics in tabulated form for Africa. In mid-2008, Africa’s population was estimated at 967 million, with about 400 million (42 percent) below age 15..

African Development Bank Group  ADBG data under Documents and Publications tab - Statistics for: Gender, Poverty and Environmental issues.

African statical yearbook  African Development Bank Group. 2012 Yearbook presents a time series showing the performance of African countries for various economic and social indicators over the period 2003–2011. The exception is for the mining sector, where the timeframe is 2001 – 2009, owing to the inherent lag in compiling data for the relevant indicators.

Population density

 
Africa population and datasheet 2008  PRB : Population Reference Bureau and African Population & Health Research Center. 2008 population statistics in tabulated form for Africa. In mid-2008, Africa’s population was estimated at 967 million, with about 400 million (42 percent) below age 15..

Population projections

 
Africa population and datasheet 2008  PRB : Population Reference Bureau and African Population & Health Research Center. 2008 population statistics in tabulated form for Africa. In mid-2008, Africa’s population was estimated at 967 million, with about 400 million (42 percent) below age 15..

Poverty

 
African Development Bank Group  ADBG data under Documents and Publications tab - Statistics for: Gender, Poverty and Environmental issues.

Social indicators

 
Ibrahim index  Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Ibrahim Index is a comprehensive collection of quantitative data that provides an annual assessment of governance performance in every African country.

Statistics - African Development Bank  African Development Bank. Africa select 'Data portal' or 'Open data for Africa'provides multiple customized tools to gather indicators, analyze them, and export them into multiple formats With the Data Portal, you can visualize Socio-Economic indicators over a period of time, gain access to presentation-ready graphics and perform comprehensive analysis on a Country and Regional level.

Standard of living

 
African statical yearbook  African Development Bank Group. 2012 Yearbook presents a time series showing the performance of African countries for various economic and social indicators over the period 2003–2011. The exception is for the mining sector, where the timeframe is 2001 – 2009, owing to the inherent lag in compiling data for the relevant indicators.

Trade

 
African statical yearbook  African Development Bank Group. 2012 Yearbook presents a time series showing the performance of African countries for various economic and social indicators over the period 2003–2011. The exception is for the mining sector, where the timeframe is 2001 – 2009, owing to the inherent lag in compiling data for the relevant indicators.

AGOA. info  African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Sub-Saharan African information and Comprehensive Trade Statistics of total and AGOA-related Trade covering all 39 AGOA-eligible countries individually and in aggregate.

COMESA member states  Common Market for Eastern & Southern Africa. (COMESA)Click on Comprehensive statistics for data.

COMESA trade statistics database  Common Market for Eastern & Southern Africa. (COMESA) free login required to access data.

European Commission bilateral relations statistics  European Commission. EC, detailed statistics for countries and regions are published in datasheets, while basic annual figures appear in the overview pages.

Water

 
Data by region  World Bank. Online reports offer a collection of data from the World Development Indicators (WDI). Data on agriculture, biodiversity and forests, emissions and pollution, water resources and infrastructure, environmental health and energy indicators (2000-2007) for specific countries, regions and income groups.

Wellbeing

 
African statical yearbook  African Development Bank Group. 2012 Yearbook presents a time series showing the performance of African countries for various economic and social indicators over the period 2003–2011. The exception is for the mining sector, where the timeframe is 2001 – 2009, owing to the inherent lag in compiling data for the relevant indicators.