Useful sources about Africa

A chapter which provides information on public debt and overall debt position. A review published by the Kenyan National Treasury.

Data on monthly domestic and external public debt, published by Central Bank of Kenya.

Data on several employment indicators in Kenya including labour force participation rate, employment to population ratio, unemployment rate, total dependency ratio, age of employed population, labour underutilisation, age of employed population and working children at age 5-17, amongst others. Published in the Labour Force Basic Report of 2015-2016.

This dataset, published by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, includes the average wage earnings per employee (KSh) including annualised June earnings of employees in public and private sectors over 21 industries.

This dataset, published by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, includes the gazetted monthly basic minimum wages for the agricultural industry.

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.

The World Bank’s jobs dashboard for sub-Saharan Africa provides information on employment, labour market institutions and ease of doing business.

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.