Link collection - A Guide to Africa on the Internet

Statistics

• AFRISTAT

  Economic, social and environmental statistics from 19 Member states, mainly Francophone Africa. (In French)  

  
  http://www.afristat.org/

• GeoHive - Global statistics

  The main kind of data is on the population of regions, countries, provinces and cities, statistics on economic factors like wealth, infrastructure; statistics on natural phenomena.

  
  http://www.geohive.com/

• Infonation

  View and compare country statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.

  
  http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/

• SESRIC Statistics & databases

  Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries; socio-economic statistics of the member states.  

  
  http://www.sesric.org/

• UN Statistics Division - National Statistical Offices

  Links to national statistical offices. 

  
  http://unstats.un.org/

• NationMaster.com

  A compilation of data from the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD, generates maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics.

  
  http://www.nationmaster.com/

• Statistics Algeria

  The National Office of Statistics of Algeria. Algerian population, social, and economic statistics.

  
  http://www.ons.dz/

• Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD) - Senegal

  General information and statistics on Senegal. (In French)

  
  http://www.ansd.sn/

• Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)

  The central statistical office of Uganda, conducts censuses and surveys which yield a wide range of economic, social and demographic statistics.

  
  http://www.ubos.org/

• Institut National de la Statistique - Tunisia

  Economic and social statistics of Tunisia. (In French)

  
  http://www.ins.nat.tn/

• Central Statistics Office - Mauritius

  The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is responsible for all official statistical data relating to the economic and social activities of Mauritius.

  
  http://statsmauritius.gov.mu/

• National Statistics Bureau (NSB) - Seychelles

  Most of the statistics on Seychelles are published by the Bureau in its annual report but certain other government department and public sector agencies do also publish their own statistics.

  
  http://www.nsb.gov.sc/

• National Bureau of Statistics Tanzania (NBS)

  The Central Statistical Office of Tanzania conducts Censuses and Surveys which yield a wide range of economic, social and demographic statistics.

  
  http://www.tanzania.go.tz/

• Central Bureau of Statistics - Namibia

  Producer and coordinator of official statistics in Namibia.

  
  http://www.npc.gov.na/

• Instituto Nacional de Estatística - Mozambique

  Social and economic statistics on Mozambique. (In Portuguese/English)

  
  http://www.ine.gov.mz/

• Statistics Cameroon

  Institut National de la Statistique du Cameroun. (In French) 

  
  http://www.statistics-cameroon.org/

• Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

  Demographic and vital statistics; economic and financial statistics; labour statistics; prices and social statistics.

  
  http://www.statssa.gov.za/

• International IDEA: Voter Turnout

  A comprehensive global collection of political participation statistics. Voter turnout figures for national presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945 are presented country by country.

  
  http://www.idea.int/

• World Health Organisation (WHO) - Regional Office for Africa

  Information about the organization's work as well as the AFRO’s Global Health Atlas that brings together for analysis and comparison standardized data and statistics for diseases at country, regional, and global levels.

  
  http://www.afro.who.int/

• Country Analysis Briefs (CABs) : Africa

  An overview of policy-independent data, forecasts, and analyses on energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment. Provided by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), a statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Energy.

  
  http://www.eia.doe.gov/

• Poverty in Africa

  Includes monitoring and measuring poverty, as well as the Household Survey Bank provided by the World Bank Group.

  
  http://www4.worldbank.org/

• The World Bank : North Africa

  Country specific information, data and statistics, information about development topics, regional initiatives and projects and programs for North Africa. 

  
  http://go.worldbank.org/

• United Nations (UN)

  Works for peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance, as well as promotes respect for human rights, protects the environment, fights disease and reduces poverty.

  
  http://www.un.org/

• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Africa

  The UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.

  
  http://www.undp.org/

• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

  The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide.

  
  http://www.unhcr.org/

• United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

  Provides food aid projects that help the weak and poor, including people made homeless by natural disasters, returning refugees, HIV/AIDS orphans and jobless mothers.

  
  http://www.wfp.org/

• National Bank of Ethiopia
  
  http://www.nbe.gov.et/

• The International Labour Organization (ILO)

  ILO, a UN specialized agency, seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. Online information resources such as full text documents and labour statistics.

  
  http://www.ilo.org/

• STATcompiler

  Custom tables based on hundreds of demographic and health indicators across more than 70 countries. Customize tables to view indicators by background characteristics, over time, and across countries.

  
  http://statcompiler.com/

• Ministère des Finances et de la Privatisation (MFP) du Maroc

  Internet portal of the MFP with economic and financial statistics. (In French/Arabic) 

  
  http://portail.finances.gov.ma/

• Instituto Nacional de Estatística de Cabo Verde

  Social and economic statistics on Cape Verde, including demography, transport, tourisme, health, education, agriculture, trade, and national accounts. (In Portuguese)

  
  http://www.ine.cv/

• Afrobarometer - Africa Public Opinion Research

  Afrobarometer is an independent, nonpartisan research project that measures the social, political and economic atmosphere in Africa. Incl. full text documents for downloading.

  
  http://www.afrobarometer.org/

• Africa Data Dissemination Service

  Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) is an information system designed to identify problems in the food supply system that potentially lead to famine, flood, or other food-insecure conditions, in sub-Saharan Africa.

  
  http://earlywarning.usgs.gov/

• The Central Bank of Sudan
  
  http://www.cbos.gov.sd/

• Haut-Commissariat au Plan - Morocco

  A portal with different information on Morocco incl. statistics, the economic situation, and demography. (In French/Arabic)

  
  http://www.hcp.ma/

• Malikunnafoni

  A gateway that holds a database and numeral statistical documents and reports within socio-economics from different regions in Mali. (In French)

  
  http://www.malikunnafoni.com/

• Statistics Benin

  Institut National de la Statistique et de l´Analyse Economique offers statistical data from Benin. (In French) 

  
  http://www.insae-bj.org/

• Statistics Chad

  Institut National de la Statistique, des Etudes Economiques et Demographiques offers statistical data from Chad. (In French)

  
  http://www.inseed-tchad.org/

• Statistics Congo

  Centre National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (CNSEE) offers statistical data from Congo. (In French)

  
  http://www.cnsee.org/

• Statistics Côte d'Ivoire

  Institut National de la Statistique (INS) offers statistical data from Côte d'Ivoire. (In French)

  
  http://www.ins.ci/

• Statistics Ghana

  Ghana Statistical Service.

  
  http://www.statsghana.gov.gh/

• Statistics Guinea

  Direction Nationale de la Statistique offers statistical data from Guinea. (In French)

  
  http://www.stat-guinee.org/

• Statistics Guinea-Bissau

  Instituto Nacional de Estatística of Guinea-Bissau. (In Portuguese)

  
  http://www.stat-guinebissau.com/

• Statistics Niger

  Institut National de la Statistique offers statistical data from Niger. (In French)

  
  http://www.stat-niger.org/

• Statistics São Tomé and Príncipe

  Instituto Nacional de Estatística offers statistical data from São Tomé and Príncipe. (In Portuguese)

  
  http://www.ine.st/

• Statistics Senegal

  Minìstere de l`Economie et des Finances offers statistical data from Senegal. (In French)

  
  http://www.finances.gouv.sn/

• Statistics Togo

  Direction Générale de la Statistique et de la Comptabilité Nationale offers statistical data from Togo. (In French)

  
  http://www.stat-togo.org/

• UN Statistics Division - International statistics

  Links to international statistics.

  
  http://unstats.un.org/

• UN Statistics Division - Statistical databases

  Free access to selected global data sets. Links to national and international statistics.

  
  http://unstats.un.org/

• Statistics Nigeria

  National Bureau of Statistics offers statistical information relating to the social and economic activities as well as conditions of the inhabitants of Nigeria.

  
  http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/

• Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)

  KNBS is a government department mandated by law to collect, analyze and disseminate socio-economic statistics needed for planning and policy formulation in Kenya.

  
  http://www.knbs.or.ke/

• Africa Internet Usage and Population Statistics

  Statistics of African internet usage incl. country specific information, and the latest telecoms and broadband in Africa reports. Provided by Internet World Stats.

  
  http://www.internetworldstats.com/

• AfricanEconomicOutlook.org

  An evolution of African Economic Outlook report produced by the African Development Bank, the OECD Development Centre, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and others. The website provides comprehensive and comparable data and analysis of 47 African economies.

  
  http://www.africaneconomicoutlook.org/

• Statistics Djibouti

  Statistical data from Djibouti, 

  
  http://www.ministere-finances.dj/

• Statistics Burundi

  l'Institut de Statistiques et d'Etudes Economiques du Burundi offers statisticsl data. (In French)

  
  http://burundistats.org/

• The OECD and Africa

  The OECD and Africa is an information gateway to events, publications, statistics, maps and much more Africa-related work produced across the OECD. 

  
  http://www.oecd.org/

• FAO CountrySTAT - Country statistics

  A web-based information technology system for food and agriculture statistics at the national and subnational levels provided by FAO.

  
  http://www.fao.org/

• International programme on the elimination of child labour (IPEC) - Africa

  IPEC's work to eliminate child labour is an important facet of the ILO's Decent Work Agenda. Offers child labour statistics.

  
  http://www.ilo.org/

• Statistics of the Human Development Report (HDR) by UNDP

  Access statistical data from the Human Development Report (HDR) by UNDP, incl. helpful information about the human development index (HDI) and other indices, links to other background materials, data resources and on-going debates and discussions on human development statistics.

  
  http://hdr.undp.org/

• Childinfo.org - Monitoring the situation for children and women

  This website contains UNICEF’s statistical information.

  
  http://www.childinfo.org/

• The World Bank : Africa

  Country specific information, data and statistics, information about development topics, regional initiatives and projects and programs for Africa south of the Sahara.

  http://go.worldbank.org/VJ7PSXVTP0

  

• Statistics - Burkina Faso

  Institut national de la statistique et de la démographie (INSD) offers statistical data on Burkina Faso. (In French)

  
  http://www.insd.bf/

• Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBOS)

  GBOS offers statistical data on Gambia, such as, national accounts, Gaminfo, GNADA, Statbase and more.

  
  http://www.gbos.gm/

• National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) - Rwanda

  NISR offers economic, social and demographic statistics of Rwanda.

  
  http://statistics.gov.rw/

• Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL)

  Official statistics from Sierra Leone.

  
  http://www.statistics.sl/

• Joint External Debt Hub (JEDH)

  A free online database that offers easy, timely, and frequent access to one data set that brings together 30 series that are currently compiled and published by the contributing international agencies (BIS - IMF - OECD- World Bank) on components of countries' external debt and selected foreign assets. 

  
  http://www.jedh.org/

• Women in Informal Employment : Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)

  A global research-policy network that seeks to improve the status of the working poor, especially women, in the informal economy. Most activities fall under global markets, organization and representation, social protection, statistics or urban policies. http://wiego.org/

  

• The World Bank - countries and regions

  A gateway to official documents of African countries. Choose a country and then publications.

  
  http://go.worldbank.org/

• Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP)

  PRSPs are prepared by the member countries; a process involving domestic stakeholders as well as external development partners, incl. the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. PRSPs describe the country's macroeconomic, structural and social policies and programs promote broad-based growth and reduce poverty, as well as associated external financing needs and major sources of financing.

  
  http://www.imf.org/

• Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)

  The DHS program provides data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition. Country specific surveys

  
  http://www.measuredhs.com/

• Bulletins de Données Conjoncturelles des Etats membres d'AFRISTAT

  Statistics and indicators for the market of the members states of AFRISTAT. (In French)

  
  http://www.afristat.org/

• Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MoFEP) - Ghana

  The Ministry of Finance exists to ensure macro-economics stability for promotion of sustainable economic growth and development of Ghana and her people.

  
  http://www.mofep.gov.gh/

• Ministry of Finance (MoF) - Egypt

  The Egyptian Ministry of Finance plans, prepares and manages the Government of Egypt’s budget and public debt.

  
  http://www.mof.gov.eg/

• Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Trade and Industry

  The Ministry of Trade and Industry of Egypt offers information on legislation and statstitics.

  
  http://www.mfti.gov.eg/

• Statistics Sudan

  Central Bureau of Statistics offers statistical data from Sudan.

  
  http://www.cbs.gov.sd/

• Federal Ministry of Health - Sudan

  Information from the Sudanese Ministry of health, incl. statistics.

  
  http://fmoh.gov.sd/

• INSTAT - Madagascar

  Institut National de la Statistique. Social and economic statistics of Madagascar. (In French)

  
  http://www.instat.mg/

• Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) - Egypt

  Arab republic of Egypt, Ministry of Communications and Information technology provides information on ICT.

  
  http://mcit.gov.eg/

• Arab republic of Egypt Ministry of Economic development

  The Egyptian Ministry of Economic Development offers development plans and statistics.

  
  http://www.mop.gov.eg/

• The World Bank Data

  The Bank Group offers free access to more than 2,000 financial, business, health, economic and human development statistics via a website, The World Bank Data.

  
  http://data.worldbank.org/

• Saint Helena Government

  Information from and about Saint Helena Government incl. official documents.

  
  http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/

• Institut National de la statistique Côte d'Ivoire

  Website of the national statistical bureau in Côte d'Ivoire. (In French)

  
  http://www.ins.ci/

• Central Statistics Office of Botswana

  A Government Department in the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning and provides economic and social statistics.

  
  http://www.cso.gov.bw/

• Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) - Egypt

  The official source of Egypt for provision of data, statistics, and reports.

  
  http://www.capmas.gov.eg/

• National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) - South Sudan

  The Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Statistics and Evaluation (SSCCSE) is the official statistical agency of the Government of Southern Sudan. It is mandated to collect, analyse and disseminate all official economic, social and demographic statistics.

  
  http://ssnbs.org/

• Central Statistical Authority (CSA) - Ethiopia

  CSA is responsible for the statistical result of different sectors. The website offers countrywide statistical information, including Surveys and Census study site, dynamic consumer price database, National Data Archive, Ethioinfo and more.

  
  http://www.csa.gov.et/

• Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances du Budget et de la Privatisation - Gabon

  Accord de confirmation entre la republique gabonaise et le fond monetaire international. (In French)

  
  http://www.finances.gouv.ga/

• HIV/AIDS Survey Indicators Database

  The HIV/AIDS Survey Indicators Database provides a source of information on HIV/AIDS indicators derived from sample surveys. The database allows the user to produce tables for specific countries by select background characteristics, as well as country reports.

  
  http://hivdata.measuredhs.com/

• Lesotho Bureau of Statistics

  Statistical information on the Lesotho, including statistics on agriculture and environment, economic, education, labour, population, social, tourism, transport and communication. 

  
  http://www.bos.gov.ls/

• Open Data - Kenya

  Open Kenya. Transparent Africa

  This site from Kenya makes public government data accessible. High quality national census data, government expenditure, parliamentary proceedings and public service locations and more.

  
  http://opendata.go.ke/

• Statistics Rwanda

  Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning offers statistical data from Rwanda.

  
  http://www.minecofin.gov.rw/

• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

  An international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity.

  
  http://www.unfpa.org/

• The Egyptian Investment Portal

  The Egyptian Ministry of Investment was established in 2004, with a mandate to reform the investment climate in Egypt, further develop non-bank financial services, and introduce a comprehensive Asset Management Program to State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs).

  
  http://www.investment.gov.eg/

• Statistics Zambia

  Central Statistical Office for Zambia.

  
  http://www.zamstats.gov.zm/

• Ministère des Affaires Economiques et du Dévelopment - Mauritania

  The website of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Development of Mauritania contains the activities of the department and economic and social information. (In French / Arabic)

  
  http://www.economie.gov.mr/

• Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online (MBS)

  The MBS Online presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries. It contains data on a variety of subjects illustrating important economic trends and developments. The Monthly Bulletin of Statistics has been published by the United Nations Statistics Division and previously by the League of Nations.

  
  http://unstats.un.org/

• National Statistical Office of Malawi

  Statistical information on Malawi, including economic information on consumer prices, transport and trade plus demographics .

  
  http://www.nso.malawi.net/

• Office Nationale de la Statistique - Mauritania

  General information on Mauritania, statistical tables and publications. (In French) 

  
  http://www.ons.mr/