African statistics

   The most polluted cities in Africa is way to show the adverse effects of industrialization, urbanization and ever increasing population in Africa. Asian countries like China, India are known to have very highest level of pollution  in the world, but over the years, the level of pollution in African cities is growing exponentially.                                                     A WHO report in may 2016 showed that more than 80 percent of people living in urban areas are exposed to air pollution. According to the report 98 percent of cities living in low and middle income countries with more than 100,000 inhabitants do not meet WHO air quality guidelines. In the past two years, the guideline now covers more than 3000 cities. One of the most harmful pollutants is the PM10,it is found in soots, smoke and dusts. The report also says ...

 The best country to be born in Africa index tries to highlight the everyday challenges facing Africans. It attempts to measure which country will provide the opportunities for a healthy, safe and prosperous life in the years ahead. The economic intelligence unit every year tries to determine the best country to be born in annually through its where to be born index.    The economic intelligence unit for analyzing this,  is based on result of linking life satisfaction surveys to to the objective determinants of quality of life across countries. The criteria involves using so many variables to determine the quality of life. The include life expectancy,  job security, state of political freedoms, GDP per capita. The survey involved more than 70 countries in the world and each country receives a rating  between 10 and 0 depending on the quality of life the can provide.                        ...

  The happiest and saddest countries in Africa is way to determine sustainable development and solutions network by the United nations World happiness report. The global world happiness report was a way to measure the level of happiness around the world. The aim was to help government fashion out ways to help guide economic and political policies, determine the state of happiness around the world, causes of happiness,misery and also policy implications of government around the world.   The report was first published in 2012 and the report is now released annually. The method for collecting data involves the use of variables like real GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy,  freedom to make life choices, generosity and perceptions of corrections. 150 countries and more than 30 African countries were included in the survey and each country was ranked on a scale of 10 very happy and 0 for least Happy.   Stanstats took the liberty of analysing th...

  African countries have been heavily featured on the list of most corrupt countries in the world according to transparency international's corruption perceptions index. Every year since 1995,Transparency International and the United nations releases it's corruption perception index which tries to survey and explain corruption and abuse of office by civil servants and government officials. The CPI currently ranks 178 in the world and more than 30 African countries.  According to survey, the countries seen as most corrupt is African countries, Middle East and Asian countries. The survey shows that corruption continues to linger at the core of African countries.   The method for calculating the corruption perception index used 13 surveys which includes business opinion polls or performance assessments from a group of analysts and ranks the countries 100 for least corrupt and 0 for most corrupt.  Stanstats decided to take a look at the African countries which ha...

The list of most expensive cities in Africa tries to show or reflect the cost of living in Africa in today's world.    According to Mercer and ECA international survey of most expensive cities in the world for expat workers, emerging economies are heavily featured in the list compared to developed economies. This trend is caused by the impact of foreign direct investment which has caused the emerging economies to adjust.            According to Mercer's president, he attributed this to a volatile market and stunted economic growth in the world.  In Africa to be precise, many factors have contributed to the rising cost of living for expat workers. They include monetary value, consumer confidence, investment interest rates, exchange rate of country's currency and housing cost.  The survey involved close to 207 countries in the world combined  but we decided to focus on  African cities.  African cities in ECA and Mercer...

2016 is going to be  a challenging year for the African economy and world economy at large according to  IMF and world Bank figures. Based on IMF projections and World Bank's global economic prospects, African economies experienced a marginal decline in growth for  two years running compared to the previous years  due to the slump in oil prices which affected oil producing countries in Africa like Nigeria, Algeria, Angola etc.        According to IMF and world economic forum, growth in Africa is expected to be around 5 percent on average basis while foreign direct investment is expected to grow at a slower pace compared to the previous years.   Moreover, the growth for this year is slightly bigger than that of last year which stood around 42 percent on average.  The growth for this year and last year has shown that African economy is slowly moving from Agricultural and raw material based economy to service based economy. For example,...

    The list of richest African footballers tries to explain and appreciate the success African footballers have enjoyed in the last decade, thanks to the increasing popularity of the game and huge investment. The number of African players plying their trade in Europe has increased over the course of Last decade due to the lucrative opportunity of playing in Europe  and this has contributed to the increase in wages and salaries for African players in Europe. Moreover, this trend has led to significant reduction in wages of African players plying their trade in Africa due to weak investments in African leagues. No African player plying his trade in Africa made the list.  Nine out of ten players on the list has either played in the Premier League or is currently playing in the Premier League and most of them have played for clubs that have one the Champions League at least once in Europe. From the analysis, it was deduced that wage difference in Europe also affe...

The list contains the networth of African artist both old and new. The list puts into account the amount each artist has accumulated in his or her career. The list is made up of both male and female artists and of course the list is dominated by male musician except for few notable female musician who has managed to break the glass ceiling in recent years in Africa's music industry.      However, the list is also dominated by Anglophone countries and other notable exceptions from francophone countries. Based on country, many of the artists are from Nigeria, Ghana is represented by one artist, South Africa is represented by two artist, Senegal has one artist and so does Democratic Republic of Congo.       Statistical analysis for obtaining this data helped to highlight the problem facing African music artist compared to their  counterparts abroad. It shows that African artist are not properly compensated for their work because of the menace of pira...