Maddison Project GDP Data for 50 African Countries, 1–2022

50 African countries are covered in this dataset of 3,669 observations from the Maddison Project Database, repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa. The data spans from the year 1 to 2022, providing a long-term perspective on economic output. The original source is Our World in Data, published under a Creative Commons license.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term GDP growth trends across African nations based on the 1–2022 time range.
• Compare economic development trajectories between different African countries based on the 50-country coverage.
• Model historical economic shocks or transitions using the multi-millennium time series data.

Strengths

• Contains 3,669 observations, providing a substantial historical record.
• Covers a long time span from the year 1 to 2022 for longitudinal analysis.
• Includes data for 50 African countries, offering broad geographic coverage of the continent.

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 (Maddison Project Database)

Collection Method

Repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa.

Time Range

1–2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 21:44:06; freshness should be verified.

Geography

50 African countries