Useful sources about Africa

The UN's 2017 Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water report is the formal global monitoring instrument used for the sustainable development goals. It provides aggregates at national level.

A nationally representative survey that collected agricultural data from 5,000 households in Nigeria. It was done by the Nigerian General Household Survey (GHS) and implemented in collaboration with the World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) team. The findings of the report were implemented in 2015/16.

The National Survey of Agricultural Export Commodities provides data on exportable crops for policy makers, researchers and investors. The most recent survey was published in May 2013. The survey covered 14 crops including cashews, cassava and cocoa. It was jointly carried out by four federal agencies in Nigeria.

This survey by the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development provides useful demographic data such as the distribution of crop holders by gender and age as well as distribution of livestock farmers. It was published in May 2012.

Production figures for cotton, garlic, ginger, shea nuts and tea, viewable on the Nigerian Data Portal. The data is presented in an interactive timeline covering 2010 to 2011.

A daily report on Nigeria's power sector, created by the advisory team of the vice-president of Nigeria. It includes average hourly power sent out daily, constraints and peak energy hours.

Power and electricity data from the Nigeria Data Portal. It includes indicators on peak generation and energy sent out. This National Bureau of Statistics initiative allows dissemination of statistical data with various functionalities.

Research on baseline power in Nigeria including data on daily gas production and gas supplied to power plants. It was developed by the advisory power team in the office of the vice-president in conjunction with Power Africa. The 36-page document can be downloaded in PDF.

A history of Nigerian mining providing a geological overview and a breakdown of commodities by state. This 31-page investment promotion brochure was published by the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development in collaboration with Deloitte in 2016.