Dietary Land Use Versus GDP Per Capita for 52 African Countries, 1990–2024

Africa contains 1,797 observations of dietary land use and GDP per capita data across 52 countries. The dataset spans from 1990 to 2024 and was repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa from Our World in Data. It provides a longitudinal view of the relationship between agricultural land use for food and economic output on the continent.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between economic development and agricultural land use based on GDP per capita data.
• Analyzing temporal trends in dietary land use across African nations from 1990 to 2024.
• Conducting comparative studies on food production sustainability among 52 African countries.

Strengths

• Contains 1,797 observations, providing a substantial sample for analysis.
• Covers a long time series from 1990 to 2024, enabling longitudinal study.
• Includes data for 52 African countries, offering broad geographic coverage.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific modeling tasks.

Provenance

Source

Our World in Data

Collection Method

Repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa; original collection method is not specified.

Time Range

1990–2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 20:31:33; freshness should be verified.

Geography

52 countries in Africa