Our World in Data provides a dataset of external debt as a share of Gross National Income (GNI) for African nations. Electric Sheep Africa repackaged the data, which contains 1,156 observations across 49 countries from 2000 to 2023. The dataset is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in debt burden relative to national income based on the external debt to GNI ratio.
- Compare debt sustainability across different African countries based on the geographic coverage.
- Model the relationship between external debt and economic cycles based on the 24-year time series.
- Benchmark national debt levels against regional averages based on the multi-country panel data.
Strengths
- Contains 1,156 observations, providing a substantial panel for analysis.
- Covers a 24-year time range (2000–2023) for longitudinal study.
- Includes data for 49 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.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Our World in Data
- Collection Method
- Repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa from the original source.
- Time Range
- 2000–2023
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-03 21:17:39; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- 49 countries in Africa