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license: gpl
language:
- en
tags:
- climate
- energy
- import
- africa
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
---
# Africa: Energy imports, net (% of energy use)

## Dataset summary
- This dataset provides values for "Energy imports, net (% of energy use)" 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: `EG.IMP.CONS.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 trade, logistics, and economic indicators.
- As an input feature for ML models in trade, development, and economic 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): 1990.
- Countries with no observations (all NaN in pivot):
  - Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, The, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia.