Useful sources about Africa

The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project collects and maps disaggregated data on reported political violence and protests, including dates, actors, types of violence, locations and fatalities.

The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute’s library aims to contribute to the global sharing of criminal justice information. It includes publications, reports and other electronic resources on crime and justice, as well as an international criminology directory. It was established in 1969.

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s database gives statistics on police, data, criminal justice and prisons across the world and in Africa.

Informality and Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa forms part of a research paper series from the University of Cape Town's Development Policy Research Unit. It undertakes a regional evidence synthesis examining literature and case studies from the sub-Saharan Africa region on income, inequality and inclusive growth.

The World Bank's World Integrated Trade Solution publishes economic data on exports, imports, products, tariffs, GDP and other development indicators in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) provides comparative data on student learning in reading. It is conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. It has assessed reading comprehension in over 60 countries since 2001.

UNICEF provides aggregated data on primary and secondary education including the out-of-school population of boys and girls for the years 2000 to 2015.

The Our World in Data (OWID) portal presents empirical research and data on living conditions across the world. It provides a good overview of the state of education globally and in comparison with African countries, specifically regarding attendance and enrolment.

This UNESCO report from 2016 contains key results of a regional survey on factors affecting the quality of education in Africa. It looks at school resources and the learning environment across the continent.