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license: gpl
language:
- en
tags:
- population
- africa
- biology
- urban
- climate
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
---
# Africa: Urban population (% of total population)
## Dataset summary
- This dataset provides values for "Urban population (% of total population)" across African countries, standardized and made ML-ready.
- Geographic scope: 54 African countries.
- Temporal coverage: 1960–2024 (annual).
- Units: As defined by the World Bank indicator.
## Source & licensing
- Source: World Bank – World Development Indicators (WDI), Indicator code: `SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS`.
- License: World Bank Open Data terms. Users are responsible for compliance with the World Bank Data Terms of Use.
## Intended uses
- Cross-country analyses and visualization related to urban development and environmental indicators.
- As an input feature for ML models in development, urbanization, and environmental domains.
- Educational and exploratory data analysis.
Use with caution for early years and countries with imputed values.
## Processing summary
Missing values in the pivot were handled via:
- Linear interpolation along years (`limit_direction="both"`)
- Forward fill
- Backward fill
Countries with no observations across all years remain entirely NaN.
## Coverage and data quality notes
- Earliest non-missing observation (across all countries): 1960.
- Countries with no observations (all NaN in pivot):
- (none). |