Useful sources about Africa

Comprehensive oil and gas data for upstream, downstream, gas utilisation and others from the Department of Petroleum Resources' statistics portal.

Data graphs on Nigeria's crude oil production at current levels in 2018 and backdated to 2014. The data, sourced from the Energy Information Administration, can be downloaded in CSV format.

Statistics on the import of petroleum products for 2017, from the National Bureau of Statistics.

A baseline study of the share of people in Nigeria who have access to safe water and sanitation facilities, updated in 2013. It is available in PDF from the Federal Ministry of Water Resources.

A World Bank affiliated project, the Africa Power Mining database shows existing and planned mines across the continent by mineral, ore grade and project size. It synthesises existing data from annual reports, mining news sites, the US Geological Survey and others.

The State of Mining in Africa is a synthesised desktop-based report looking at investment trends and challenges on the continent. It includes royalty tax rates by country.