Useful sources about Africa

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.

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.

Informality and Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa forms part of a research paper series from the University of Cape Town's Development Policy Research Unit. It undertakes a regional evidence synthesis examining literature and case studies from the sub-Saharan Africa region on income, inequality and inclusive growth.