School Travel Time Estimates for Africa by Administrative Division

African continent estimates of walking travel time for school-aged populations to OpenStreetMap-recorded schools. Population counts of male and female students are categorized into three travel time groups: under 30 minutes, 30-60 minutes, and over 60 minutes. The data is aggregated by first-level administrative divisions and was published by SDSN SDGs Today.

Use Cases

• Modeling school accessibility equity based on estimated walking travel times.
• Mapping population-level access to education infrastructure across administrative divisions.
• Analyzing gender disparities in school access using male and female student population counts.
• Identifying regions with critical infrastructure gaps where travel times exceed 60 minutes.

Strengths

• Provides continent-wide coverage for Africa.
• Data is structured into three distinct travel time categories for analysis.
• Includes separate population counts for male and female students.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

SDSN SDGs Today

Collection Method

Estimates derived from OpenStreetMap school locations and population data.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated is unknown.

Geography

African continent, aggregated by first-level administrative divisions.