Useful sources about Africa

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics database provides cross-nation comparable data on education. This includes data on adult and child literacy in Africa.

The interactive UNESCO eAtlas for literacy maps literacy levels across the world. It allows the user to customise maps, charts and ranking tables for indicators covering youth, adult and elderly populations. Indicators are disaggregated by sex to better evaluate gender inequalities.

This World Bank database uses UNESCO data to provide details of school enrolment by country. It has a databank tool for online visualisation and allows users to download raw data.

The World Bank’s education database provides data on indicators such as government spending on education in each African country.

A 2014 annual report by UNICEF’s Schools for Africa initiative examines some of the education outcomes the campaign achieved in improving African education standards.

The Africa Electricity Grids explorer is an interactive World Bank tool that maps African countries’ electrification rates according to both planned and existing lines.

World Bank data on electrification rates by country population, as well as sources of energy generation including nuclear, renewables and coal.

The Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database provides electrification rates per national population and sources of energy generation, including nuclear, renewables and coal. It is an initiative undertaken by the World Bank, the International Energy Agency and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.

The Nuclear Energy Agency's Nuclear Energy Data is an annual collation of statistics and country reports on nuclear power in all NEA member countries. Where available it includes government projections, fuel cycles and current nuclear production.