The data behind the platform

AIC does not republish data under its own name. Every series carries the licence and attribution of its original provider, and each source below records its access conditions and update frequency. Coverage varies by country and year according to what the source actually publishes.

48

Catalogued sources

14

Live connectors

14

Survey series

54

Countries covered

International & multilateral

Global statistical agencies publishing comparable cross-country series.

World Bank Open Data

Live

Macroeconomic indicators, development statistics

Licence A · annual

IMF Data — JSON REST API

Macroeconomic indicators (WEO, IFS, DOTS, BOP)

Licence A · semi-annual

UN SDG Indicators Global Database

Live

Sustainable Development Goal progress indicators

Licence A · annual

IMF Primary Commodity Prices

Global commodity prices (oil, metals, food, agriculture)

Licence A · monthly

FAOSTAT

Food and agriculture statistics

Licence A · annual

WHO Global Health Observatory

Live

Health indicators for all countries

Licence A · annual

UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Education indicators

Licence A · annual

UN Comtrade

Live

International merchandise trade statistics

Licence A · annual

WTO Statistics

Trade in goods, services, and tariff data

Licence A · annual

ILO ILOSTAT Database

Live

Employment, unemployment, labour force participation by country

Licence B · annual

UNICEF MICS — Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

Live

Household survey microdata — child health, nutrition, education, well-being

Licence B · per_survey_round · registration required

Household & census microdata

Survey programmes producing household-level data for poverty, health and living standards.

Afrobarometer

Pan-African survey — democracy, governance, trust, and quality-of-life indicators

Licence A · irregular

DHS Program Microdata

Household health, nutrition, fertility, mortality survey microdata

Licence C · per_survey_round · registration required

Uganda National Panel Survey (World Bank LSMS)

Longitudinal household welfare, agriculture, consumption panel data

Licence C · biennial · registration required

World Bank Microdata Library

Household surveys, living standards measurement studies

Licence C · per_survey · registration required

IPUMS International Census Microdata

Harmonised census and survey microdata for African countries

Licence C · per_census_round · registration required

IPUMS International — Africa Census Microdata

Live

Harmonised census and survey microdata for African countries

Licence C · per_census_round · registration required

Afrobarometer Licensed Microdata

Individual-level survey responses on governance, economy, society

Licence C · per_round · registration required

UNICEF MICS — Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

Live

Household survey microdata — child health, nutrition, education, well-being

Licence B · per_survey_round · registration required

IHSN/NADA Survey Catalog

Live

National household survey metadata for African countries

Licence B · continuous

Geospatial & environment

Boundaries, climate, rainfall and earth-observation sources behind the spatial analysis.

CHIRPS Rainfall Estimates

Precipitation rasters — annual and seasonal rainfall by country

Licence A · monthly

VIIRS Day/Night Band (NASA Black Marble)

Radiance rasters proxying economic activity

Licence A · monthly

Global Carbon Project

National fossil CO₂ emissions and carbon budget components

Licence A · annual

Climate Watch

GHG emissions (CAIT), NDC targets, climate policy data

Licence A · annual

NASA POWER

Live

Surface meteorology and solar energy climatology (temperature, precipitation, solar)

Licence A · monthly

OpenStreetMap

Live

Infrastructure features (hospitals, schools, roads) by country

Licence A · weekly

Regional & national

African regional bodies and national statistical offices.

African Development Bank Data Portal

African socioeconomic statistics, infrastructure, finance

Licence B · annual

Rwanda National Institute of Statistics

National accounts, labour, trade, poverty, demographic statistics

Licence B · annual

Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics

CPI, GDP, trade, labour, poverty statistics

Licence B · quarterly

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics

GDP, CPI, labour, poverty, demographic statistics for Kenya

Licence B · annual

Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics

National accounts, trade, labour, demographic statistics for Tanzania

Licence B · annual

Statistics South Africa

CPI, GDP, QLFS, poverty, census statistics for South Africa

Licence B · quarterly

Other sources

African Public Procurement Portals (OCDS)World Bank Enterprise SurveysWorld Bank Commodity Price Data (Pink Sheet)Uganda Bureau of StatisticsClient KoboToolbox / ODK Survey DataOPHI Global MPIOur World in DataPolity5Political Terror ScaleVarieties of Democracy (V-Dem)ACLEDAidDataERA5Rwanda Open Data PortalDataCite Research Data CatalogHarvestStat Africaafrilearndata

Source health & detail →

Per-source status, licence terms and sync history.

Survey catalogue →

Household and census series with access conditions and documentation.

Browse by country →

What data exists for each of the 54 African countries.

Licensing, attribution and how uploaded microdata is handled are set out in data governance.