Selected African Statistics Sources
Indexes
Individual Countries
General
Social Indicators, Demography, Labor, Women
Trade and Production
Historical Statistics
INDEXES
Lexis Nexis Statistical. Online. Includes Index to International
Statistics: A Guide to Statistical Publications of International
Intergovernmental Organizations (IIS). 1983-. Monthly, quarterly,
annual, and multi-year cumulations. 016.31 IN3 DOCUMENTS. See
microfiche collection for most of the IIS publications indexed
from 1993 onwards.
Westfall, Gloria. Guide to Official Publications of Foreign
Countries. 1997. Q.011.53 G941 1997 DOCUMENTS and Z7164.G7
G9464 1997 LAW
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
Africa South of the Sahara. 316 Af8 AFRICANA,
REFERENCE
See statistical section for each country.
Country Profile, annual and Country Report,
quarterly. Online.
Published by The Economist Intelligence Unit, London.
UIUC Online Catalog . Check under the name of the country as a subject:
[Country]-Statistics.
Middle East and North Africa. 315.6 M584 AFRICANA, REFERENCE,
UNDERGRAD Ref.
See statistical section for each country.
Statistical Abstracts. Current volumes in AFRICANA.
GENERAL
Note: Locations below are for latest editions; older editions
usually in STACKS.
African Development Indicators. With CD-ROM. Irregular.
330.960021 Af83 BEL
African Development Report. Q.330.96 Af8322 AFRICANA
Published by African Development Bank.
African Statistical Yearbook. 330.96 UN35S1 Several volumes.
AFRICANA
Published by the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa. Generally
at least several years late.
Morrison, Donald George, et al. Black Africa: A Comparative
Handbook. 1989. Q.309.167 B561 1989 AFRICANA, REFERENCE, Stacks
Good discussion of methodologies, but not up-to-date. Includes
187 tables.
Notes d'Information et Statistiques. 1965-2003. Monthly. 330.9661
B22N STACKS
Published by Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest.
Statistical Yearbook. 310 UN3S DOCUMENTS
United Nations statistics.
World Economic Outlook. Semi-annual. 330.904 W893 BEL and Online
IMF statistics for industrial, oil exporting and non-oil countries;
five-year scenarios.
SOCIAL INDICATORS, DEMOGRAPHY, LABOR, WOMEN
Demographic Yearbook. UN.ST/ESA/STAT/Ser.R DOCUMENTS and Q.312 D396 REFERENCE
U.N. statistics on population, births, marriages, divorce,
migration, plus a special topic each year.
Human Development Report 1990-. UNDP/S30 DOCUMENTS, Online
SIPRI Yearbook of World Armaments and Disarmament 1989/1969-. 341.67 St6 EDUCATION-ARMS Control, STACKS
Statistical Yearbook. 370 UN3S ACES Ref.
Unesco statistics on population, education, science and technology,
culture and communications.
Survey of Economic and Social Conditions in Africa.
UN.E/ECA/SER.2B STACKS
Published by the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa.
World Development Report. Annual. 338.9 W893 ACES Ref, Online
Much quoted report from the World Bank.
Wistat: Women's Indicators and Statistics Database CD-ROM.
DOCUMENTS
World Labour Report. Annual. Q.331.1 W8932 BEL
A statistical annex of 50 tables and 10 graphs presents international
data on the structure of the economically active population,
income distribution in select countries and the cost of social
security.
World Military and Social Expenditures. 1974-. Annual.
336.39 Si9W REFERENCE, EDUCATION-ARMS CONTROL
TRADE AND PRODUCTION
Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook. 382 IN875d a1a
BEL
FAO Production Yearbook. 338.1 P9451 REFERENCE, BEL,
ACES Ref. Stats.
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics.
Annual. UN.TD/82a DOCUMENTS
International Trade Statistics Yearbook. UN.ST/ESA/STAT/SER.G1
DOCUMENTS
v.1 by country, v.2 by commodity.
UNCTAD Commodity Yearbook. UNTD/S5a DOCUMENTS
HISTORICAL STATISTICS
African Statistics on Microfiche MFICHE 316 AF83 REFERENCE
Annual Reports on the Colonies. Published by the Great
Britain Colonial Office.
Index, 1889-1939, MFICHE 325.341 G798A
Basutoland, 1890-1938, MFICHE 316.861 G798A
Bechuanaland, 1889-1938, MFICHE 316.81 G7982A
Gambia, 1890-1938, MFICHE 316.651 G798A
Gold Coast, 1895-1939, MFICHE 325.342 G792AG
Kenya, 1904-1938, MFICHE 325.342 G792AK
Nigeria, 1897-1938, MFICHE 325.342 G792AN
Northern Rhodesia, 1924-1938, MFICHE 325.342 G792AR
Nyasaland, 1904-1938, MFICHE 354.689709 G798
Swaziland, 1906-1938, MFICHE 316.834 G7982A
Uganda, 1904-1938, MFICHE 316.761 G798A
Annual Statement of the Trade of the U.K. 1871-1969.
382 G792 STACKS. 1970-1975 382.G7921 STACKS
Published by the Great Britain Customs and Excise Dept. Statistical
Office. Vols. 1 and 3: Summaries of import-export trade; vol.
2: Detailed statistics of trade articles; vol.4: Summaries of
trade with individual countries.
The Commonwealth and the Sterling Area; Statistical Abstract.
1850-1967. 310 G79 STACKS
Published by the Great Britain Board of Trade. Scattered volumes
1855-1907, 1934, 1957-64, up to 1966-67. Two tables on direction
of trade and commodity by country.
Commonwealth Trade. 1950-1970. 382 C739c ACES
Tables summarize current import-export data as well as previous
four years.
Current National Statistical Compendium. MFICHE 310
C93 REFERENCE
Microfiche of the statistical yearbooks of 42 African countries.
Individual yearbooks are not separately cataloged.
Digest of Colonial Statistics, 1952-1962. 325.342 G792d
STACKS
Published by the Great Britain Colonial Office. Value of imports/exports;
direction of trade; primary products; industrial production;
wholesale commodity prices; cost of living and retail price
indexes.
Report of the Trade and Commercial Prospects in...
Published by the Great Britain Dept. of Overseas Trade. Title
varies.
British East Africa, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland,
1921-1953, MFICHE 330.9676 G79r; also printed copy, incomplete
STACKS
Nigeria, 1957 330.9669 G79r STACKS
British West Africa (includes Cameroons,) 1936/37,
1949 330.966 G79r STACKS
French West Africa (includes Cameroons), 1931-1936
330.966 G79e STACKS
Hanson, John R. Trade in Transition: Exports from the Third
World, 1840-1900. 382.6091724H198t BEL . Appendices
include detailed data for specific African countries.
Mitchell, B. R. Abstract of British Historical Statistics.
1962. 314.2 M69A BEL, REFERENCE
Covers overseas trade from 1710-1822; official values of trade,
selected years 1700-1798; and values at current prices of overseas
trade, 1805-1938.
Mitchell, B. R. International Historical Statistics: Africa,
Asia and Oceania, 1750-1993. 1998. 315 M69i 1998 REFERENCE, BEL, UNDERGRADUATE
Al Kagan/Sept. 2007
University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign