Macroeconomic and Financial Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa (1998–2022)

166.9 KB panel dataset of macroeconomic and financial development indicators for Sub-Saharan African countries covering the years 1998 to 2022. The dataset was created by Temesgen Yaekob Ergano and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on June 4, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing economic growth trends across Sub-Saharan Africa based on macroeconomic indicators.
• Modeling the relationship between financial development and economic outcomes for the region.
• Conducting comparative panel data analysis of different Sub-Saharan African countries over a 25-year period.

Strengths

• Covers a 25-year time span (1998–2022), allowing for longitudinal analysis.
• Explicitly focuses on Sub-Saharan Africa, providing regional specificity.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is small (166.9 KB), suggesting a limited number of indicators or observations.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain modeling tasks.

Provenance

Source

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Time Range

1998–2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 17:22:18; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sub-Saharan African countries