Portal of Public Use Datasets on Sub-Saharan Africa

This data portal was created by the NBER Africa Project, co-directed by Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson, and David N. Weil, as a way to systematize public-use data on Sub-Saharan Africa. There are hundreds of datasets available on the internet but no easy way to find them, or to know at a glance what they contain.

This portal categorizes datasets with tags for easy searching. For example, if you select "Botswana" and "governance" then click search, datasets with both of those tags will appear in the results. For convenience, tags are sorted by type, source, keyword, and country.

By type: ALL types Demographic Development Governance/institutions Macroeconomics National Social indicators

By source: ALL sources Multilateral Non-profit Other Think tank

By keyword: ALL keywords accountability agricultural technology agriculture aid birth rate capacity building child labor children citizenship civil liberties civil society colonial commodities communication conditional cash transfer conflict corruption credit crisis culture currency debt decentralization democracy deworming direct investment disability diseases drugs economic economics effectiveness efficiency elections emissions employment empowerment energy enforcement entrepreneurship environment equality ethnicity exchange exchange rate expenditures external family farming fertility fertilizer finance financial markets fiscal food security foreign exchange freedom fuel G-20 gas GDP gender government finances growth harmonization harvesting health HIV/AIDS housing human development human rights immigration income indicators inequality informality information infrastructure innovation institution insurance interest rate international investment position investment climate irrigation journal knowledge labor labor force land law life expectancy literacy loans malaria management manufacturing market MDGs microfinance migration mining mobile monetary money supply mortality national accounts National Statistical Office natural resources nutrition oil peace policy political political economy political theory population poverty PPP prevention prices property prosperity provision public public awareness public goods public sector remittances reserves resource rights risks rule of law sanitation savings science securities security service delivery settlements sexual behavior SME social change social protection social security society surveillance sustainable development tariff technology trade transparency transportation tuberculosis urbanization vocational education water worker productivity

By country: ALL countries Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Rep. Cote d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia, The Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

By type: Demographic • Development • Governance/institutions • Macroeconomics • National • Social indicators

By source: Multilateral • Non-profit • Other • Think tank

By keyword: G-20 • GDP • HIV/AIDS • MDGs • National Statistical Office • PPP • SME • accountability • agricultural technology • agriculture • aid • birth rate • capacity building • child labor • children • citizenship • civil liberties • civil society • colonial • commodities • communication • conditional cash transfer • conflict • corruption • credit • crisis • culture • currency • debt • decentralization • democracy • deworming • direct investment • disability • diseases • drugs • economic • economics • effectiveness • efficiency • elections • emissions • employment • empowerment • energy • enforcement • entrepreneurship • environment • equality • ethnicity • exchange • exchange rate • expenditures • external • family • farming • fertility • fertilizer • finance • financial markets • fiscal • food security • foreign exchange • freedom • fuel • gas • gender • government finances • growth • harmonization • harvesting • health • housing • human development • human rights • immigration • income • indicators • inequality • informality • information • infrastructure • innovation • institution • insurance • interest rate • international investment position • investment climate • irrigation • journal • knowledge • labor • labor force • land • law • life expectancy • literacy • loans • malaria • management • manufacturing • market • microfinance • migration • mining • mobile • monetary • money supply • mortality • national accounts • natural resources • nutrition • oil • peace • policy • political • political economy • political theory • population • poverty • prevention • prices • property • prosperity • provision • public • public awareness • public goods • public sector • remittances • reserves • resource • rights • risks • rule of law • sanitation • savings • science • securities • security • service delivery • settlements • sexual behavior • social change • social protection • social security • society • surveillance • sustainable development • tariff • technology • trade • transparency • transportation • tuberculosis • urbanization • vocational education • water • worker productivity

By country: Angola • Benin • Botswana • Burkina Faso • Burundi • Cameroon • Cape Verde • Central African Republic • Chad • Comoros • Congo, Dem. Rep. • Congo, Rep. • Cote d'Ivoire • Djibouti • Egypt • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Gabon • Gambia, The • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Kenya • Lesotho • Liberia • Madagascar • Malawi • Mali • Mauritania • Mauritius • Mayotte • Mozambique • Namibia • Niger • Nigeria • Rwanda • Sao Tome and Principe • Senegal • Seychelles • Sierra Leone • Somalia • South Africa • South Sudan • Sudan • Swaziland • Tanzania • Togo • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe

This portal is a continuous work in progress. Suggestions of datasets to add are welcome and encouraged. Please email africa@nber.org.