Library Guides: African Studies: Data & Statistics

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Colonial Africa in Official Statistics, 1821-1953

Blue Books and other archival material from 13 British colonies and protectorates.

African Statistical Yearbook 2019
Integrated African Health Observatory
From the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa.
Atlas of African Health Statistics 2018
AEHN Data & Research
Primary data sets from the African Economic History Network.
Africa Human Development Report 2020
UNDP report.
UNDP Social Assistance in Africa
Data platform from the United Nations Development Programme in Africa.
Africa Development Indicators
From the World Bank.
African Development Bank Group Statistics
African Economic Outlook
Publication from the AfDB.
The OECD and Africa
Statistics from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
ECA Data & Statistics Publications
From the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

International Historical Statistics

International Historical Statistics; updated to 2010 wherever possible, it provides key economic and social indicators for the last 260 years. You may download in pdf and excel formats.

Websites of a few UN affiliates.

UNDP Human Development Data
UNICEF Data
Monitoring the situation of children and women.
UNHCR Data
Data sources from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Migration Data Portal
International Organization for Migration (IOM) data.
UNAIDS Data
UNFPA Data
United Nations Population Fund data.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization data.

Find census reports and statistical publications here, at CRL, and elsewhere. For example:

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