Useful sources about Africa

The Debt Management Office's figures for actual external debt service payments in the fourth quarter of 2017, in US dollars.

An African Development Bank country report that highlights macroeconomic developments, domestic resource mobilisation through tax compliance and broadening the tax base and national economic policy in Nigeria. It was published in 2015.

Nigeria's gross domestic product report for the first quarter of 2018, published by the National Bureau of Statistics.

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.