Food Supply and Life Expectancy in Africa, 1947–2023

Africa's food supply and life expectancy data across 54 countries from 1947 to 2023. The dataset contains 4,010 observations originally sourced from Our World in Data. It was repackaged and published by Electric Sheep Africa.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between food supply and life expectancy based on the core variables described.
• Analyzing temporal trends in public health indicators across Africa from 1947 to 2023.
• Conducting comparative studies of nutrition and longevity among the 54 African countries included.

Strengths

• Contains 4,010 observations, providing a substantial sample for analysis.
• Covers a long time range from 1947 to 2023, enabling longitudinal study.
• Includes data from 54 African countries, offering broad geographic coverage.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Our World in Data

Time Range

1947–2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 21:32:12; freshness should be verified.

Geography

54 countries in Africa