The World Prison Brief’s database provides data on the number of prisons, ministries responsible, prison population rates, pre-trial detainees and female prisoners for each African country.
The International Monetary Fund’s regional economic outlook report from October 2017 gives an overview of Africa’s economic recovery, referencing indicators such as debt and growth.
The World Bank’s international debt statistics unit provides data on developing countries' public external debt. It includes key debt ratios and the composition of external debt stocks and flows per country.
IMF's regional economic data for African investment and growth
The International Monetary Fund’s October 2017 regional economic outlook report gives an overview of Africa’s economic recovery, referencing indicators such as debt and growth.
IMF databank consolidating all surveys, reports and fiscal monitoring by country
The International Monetary Fund’s official data portal is a comprehensive economic databank providing a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators, in Africa and the world. Country data can be sorted alphabetically and includes GDP, inflation rates, population figures, consumer prices and more.
The International Monetary Fund’s direction of trade statistics provides the value of exports and imports disaggregated by countries’ primary trading partners. It covers both IMF member states and non-member states. The most recent data is for 1 March 2017.
The World Bank's TCdata360 initiative aggregates trade and competitiveness indicators from 25 sources in and outside the bank. It visualises the data and allows users to compare by country over time, download raw data and view data in maps, charts and reports.
International comparable data on education and literacy in Africa
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics database provides cross-nation comparable data on education. This includes data on adult and child literacy in Africa.