| --- |
| license: gpl |
| language: |
| - en |
| tags: |
| - africa |
| - construction |
| - industry |
| size_categories: |
| - 1K<n<10K |
| --- |
| # Africa Industry Including Construction Value Added Percentage of Gdp Dataset |
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| ## Overview |
| This dataset contains industry (including construction), value added (% of gdp) data for African countries from the World Bank Economy & Growth indicators. |
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| ## Data Details |
| - **Indicator Code**: NV.IND.TOTL.ZS |
| - **Description**: Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) |
| - **Geographic Coverage**: 54 African countries |
| - **Time Period**: 1960-2024 |
| - **Data Points**: 3,510 observations |
| - **Coverage**: 100.00% of possible country-year combinations |
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| ## File Formats |
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| ### Main Dataset (`Africa-Industry-Including-Construction-Value-Added-Percentage-of-Gdp.csv`) |
| - **Rows**: 54 countries |
| - **Columns**: 65 years (1960-2024) |
| - **Structure**: Countries as rows, years as columns |
| - **Missing Value Treatment**: Interpolation → Forward Fill → Backward Fill |
| - **Use Case**: Cross-sectional analysis, heatmaps, correlation analysis |
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| ## Data Quality |
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| ### Coverage Statistics |
| - **Total Observations**: 3,510 |
| - **Possible Observations**: 3,510 |
| - **Coverage Rate**: 100.00% |
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| ### Countries with No Data |
| 0 countries have no observations: |
| None |
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|
| ## Usage Examples |
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| ### Python |
| ```python |
| import pandas as pd |
| |
| # Load main dataset |
| df = pd.read_csv('Africa-Industry-Including-Construction-Value-Added-Percentage-of-Gdp.csv', index_col=[0, 1]) |
| ``` |
|
|
| ### R |
| ```r |
| # Load main dataset |
| df <- read.csv('Africa-Industry-Including-Construction-Value-Added-Percentage-of-Gdp.csv', row.names=c(1,2)) |
| ``` |
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| ## Source |
| World Bank Open Data - Economy & Growth |
| - **Original File**: API_NV.IND.TOTL.ZS_DS2_en_excel_v2_557244.xls |
| - **Processed**: 2025-09-04 |
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| ## License |
| This dataset is derived from World Bank Open Data and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
