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+ Education + Political stability
+ Environment + Social dynamics
+ FDI + Trade

6. Sample Data Output
Indicator: Telephone lines (Per 100 people)
Data provider: World Bank Group: World Development Indicators
Unit type: Telephone lines (Per 100 people)
Description: From the World Development Indicators. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines
that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that
have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels and fixed
wireless subscribers are included. Data has been rounded to three decimal places.
Telephone lines (Per 100 people)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Algeria 5.553 5.848 5.987 6.301 7.432 7.573 8.234 8.743 8.591 7.081 7.886 8.101 8.397 7.983
Gambia 2.71 2.765 2.935 3.113 3.089 3.063 3.124 3.184 3.097 2.975 2.902 2.908 3.584 3.471
Ghana 1.129 1.268 1.39 1.434 1.504 1.504 1.624 1.671 0.623 1.129 1.145 1.147 1.123 1.044
Mozambique 0.469 0.465 0.452 0.39 0.368 0.314 0.326 0.352 0.344 0.353 0.367 0.358 0.35 0.3
South Africa 11.064 10.82 10.646 10.476 10.311 10.15 9.994 9.842 9.698 9.566 9.448 9.344 9.252 9.163

7. Telephone lines (Per 100 people)
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Telephonelines(Per100people)
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8. Sample Data Output
Indicator: Population coverage of mobile cellular telephony (%)
Data provider: World Bank Group: World Development Indicators
Unit type: Percentage
Description: From the African Development Indicators. Percentage of population covered by
mobile cellular telephony refers to the percentage of a country’s inhabitants that live within areas
served by a mobile cellular signal, irrespective of whether or not they choose to use it. Data has
been rounded to two decimal places. (Citation: International Telecommunication Union).
Population coverage of mobile cellular telephony (%)
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Egypt 92 92 99,6 99,6 99,7 99,7 99,7
Ghana 59 65,3 68 73 75 77 84,9
Kenya 62 65 77 83 84,5 89 89,1
Nigeria 58 60 83 90 90 90
Senegal 85 83 85 86 87 90 90
Zimbabwe 70 72 75 75 41 61 72,4

10. Sample Data Output
Indicator: Inward foreign direct investment flows
Data provider: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNCTAD Statistics
Unit type: USD, millions
Description: From UNCTAD Statistics. The annual inward flows of foreign direct investment,
expressed in million current prices. FDI inflows comprise capital provided (either directly or
through other related enterprises) by a foreign direct investor to a FDI enterprise, or capital
received by a foreign direct investor from a FDI enterprise. FDI includes the three following
components: equity capital, reinvested earnings and intra-company loans.
Inward foreign direct investment flows
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Egypt 1235,4 509,9 646,9 237,4 2157,4 5375,6 10042,8 11578,1 9494,6 6711,6 6385,6 -482,7 6880,7 5553
Ghana 114,9 89,3 58,9 110,02 139,27 192,94 434,5 855,38 1220,41 2897 2527,35 3222,25 3293,43 3226,33
Kenya 110,905 5,303 27,619 81,74 46,064 21,212 50,675 729,052 95,583 114,968 178,064 335,25 258,608 514,387
Mozambique 139,296 255,416 347,585 336,699 244,704 107,9 153,7 427,4 591,6 892,503 1017,916 2662,806 5629,41 5935,125
Nigeria 1309,665 1277,421 2040,182 2171,39 2127,086 4978,26 4897,811 6086,73 8248,6 8649,527 6098,961 8914,89 7127,38 5609
Senegal 62,938 31,942 78,053 52,495 77,028 44,588 220,32 297,427 397,633 320,033 266,108 338,219 276,175 298,257
Zimbabwe 23,2 3,8 25,9 3,8 8,7 102,8 40 68,9 51,6 105 165,9 387 399,5 400

12. Sample Data Output
Indicator: Health and primary education
Data provider: World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report
Unit type: Rating 1 to 7
Description: From the Global Competitiveness Report. A measure of the health and basic
education levels of the population, based on: Business impact of malaria; Malaria cases;
Business impact of tuberculosis; Tuberculosis cases; Business impact of HIV/AIDS; HIV
prevalence; Infant mortality; Life expectancy; Quality of primary education; Primary education
enrolment (1 = low levels of health and primary education; 7 = high levels of health and primary
education). Data rounded to two decimal places.
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Algeria 6.11 5.44 5.34 5.28 5.56 5.5 5.37 5.4 5.61
Ethiopia 3.46 3.58 3.79 3.78 4.37 4.5 4.56 4.67 4.82
Kenya 4.72 4.26 4.43 4.26 4.36 4.46 4.58 4.52 4.55
Nigeria 3.57 3.55 3.59 2.96 3 3.28 3.2 3.04 2.97
South Africa 4.86 3.96 3.84 3.6 4.06 3.96 3.93 3.89 3.96
Tunisia 6.42 6.13 6.09 5.95 6.23 6.09 5.98 6

13. Health and primary education
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Rating1to7
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Ethiopia
Kenya
Nigeria
South
Africa
Tunisia

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