International comparable data on education and literacy in 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.
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.
This database by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation comprises information on gender distribution and land rights. It provides land-related statistics disaggregated by gender as well as data on agricultural ownership. It is presented in an interactive map format.
The West Africa Land Use Dynamics project by the UN Geological Survey maps land use and land cover in the region. The website includes useful factsheets and reports.
Youth literacy rate, as the percentage of people aged 15-24 years who can comprehensively read and write provided by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.