What do you want to understand?
Health & disease
8 indicators
Disease prevalence, mortality, vaccination, health systems
Population & births
5 indicators
Demographics, fertility, migration, life expectancy
Economy & resources
3 indicators
GDP, employment, trade, natural resources
Education
3 indicators
Literacy, enrollment, attainment, gender parity
Environment & climate
5 indicators
Temperature, rainfall, deforestation, emissions
Society & gender
3 indicators
Gender parity, governance, civil liberties, inequality
Download the full catalogue.
Every indicator we track, every African country, every year — in a single file. About 47,312 rows across 27 indicators and 54 countries. Free for any non-commercial use; license is per-indicator (mostly CC BY 4.0).
Where the numbers come from.
We don't collect data ourselves — we collect, harmonise, and re-publish from the institutions that do. Every indicator includes its source, license, and methodology.
Open Data — economic, social, health (1,400+ indicators).
Global Health Observatory — disease, mortality, health systems.
Child & women's indicators — mortality, vaccination, FGM.
World Population Prospects — demographics & projections.
Education statistics — literacy, enrollment, attainment.
Institute for Health Metrics — Global Burden of Disease.
African Development Bank — regional economic data.
Food & Agriculture Organization — land use, food security.
Behind every number is a place.
Data tells you Kenya's life expectancy. Tourism shows you Kenya itself — the people, the parks, the ports. Both halves of the same continent.