African Development Indicators 2008/09
Africa's 200 million youth comprise 60 percent of the unemployed, according to the World Bank's flagship report on Africa. Countries must undertake key interventions to draw their youngest and brightest demographic into the labor force.
For a complete list of indicators, view the Sub-Saharan Africa Data Profile. Refer to the Africa Quick Query to customize and manage timeseries data on a wide range of topics.
Summary of World Bank projects, data and research in each African country:
Africa Development Indicators - 2008
Drawn from the World Bank Africa Database, this publication provides the most detailed collection of development data on Africa.
Africa Privatization Database
Almost 7,000 records on current investment opportunities arising from privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa countries and economies in transition.
Data on Doing Business
Provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. The Doing Business indicators are comparable across 181 economies.
Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Project Database
Data on 3,000 projects in 150 low- and middle-income countries. Leading source of PPI trends in the developing world.