Mental Health Survey Data for 24 African Countries in 2020

2020 survey data on feelings of anxiety, depression, and social support across 24 African countries, repackaged from Our World in Data by Electric Sheep Africa. The dataset contains 24 observations, one for each country. The source data is published under a Creative Commons license.

Use Cases

• Compare national levels of anxiety and depression across Africa based on the 2020 survey data.
• Analyze the relationship between social support (friends/family) and mental health indicators for African countries.
• Benchmark mental wellbeing metrics for specific African nations against a regional dataset.

Strengths

• Data covers 24 distinct African countries, providing a multi-national perspective.
• Temporal coverage is clearly defined as the year 2020.
• Sourced from the authoritative Our World in Data platform.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small with only 24 observations, limiting statistical power.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Our World in Data

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2020–2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 21:40:47; freshness should be verified.

Geography

24 Africa countries