Equal Access To Power Index for 54 African Countries, 1789–2025

1789–2025 data for the Equal Access To Power Index across 54 African countries, comprising 7,261 observations. The dataset is sourced from Our World in Data and repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa. It provides a long-term perspective on political power distribution metrics for the continent.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term trends in political power distribution based on the index values.
• Comparing governance metrics across different African countries over time.
• Building predictive models for political stability or development outcomes based on historical index data.

Strengths

• 7,261 observations provide a substantial data volume for analysis.
• Covers a long temporal range from 1789 to 2025.
• Includes data for 54 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.
• Data may reflect temporal or source bias inherent to the original compilation.

Provenance

Source

Our World in Data

Time Range

1789–2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 21:05:40; freshness should be verified.

Geography

54 African countries