electricsheepafrica/africa-unicef-immunization

Immunization — Africa

Source: UNICEF Data Warehouse Theme: IM (immunization) Publisher: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Coverage: 54 African countries · 1980–2024 · 18,872 rows Indicators: 18

About

The UNICEF Data Warehouse consolidates child-focused indicators across UNICEF collaborators (WHO, World Bank, JMP, UIS, MICS-derived aggregates, etc.). This dataset contains the immunization theme filtered to all 54 African countries (ISO3-coded), repackaged in ML-ready Parquet by Electric Sheep Africa.

Schema

Column	Type
REF_AREA	string
Geographic area	string
INDICATOR	string
Indicator	string
SEX	string
Sex	string
TIME_PERIOD	int64
OBS_VALUE	int64
UNIT_MULTIPLIER	int64
Unit multiplier	string
UNIT_MEASURE	string
Unit of measure	string
OBS_STATUS	string
Observation Status	string
OBS_FOOTNOTE	string
DATA_SOURCE	string
AGE	string
Current age	string

Key columns

• REF_AREA — ISO3 country code
• INDICATOR — UNICEF indicator code (see data.unicef.org for definitions)
• TIME_PERIOD — year of observation
• OBS_VALUE — indicator value
• SEX, AGE, RESIDENCE, WEALTH_QUINTILE — disaggregation dimensions where available
• DATA_SOURCE — survey / administrative source

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-unicef-immunization")
df = ds["train"].to_pandas()

License

CC BY 4.0 — UNICEF open data with attribution. Always cite UNICEF + the DATA_SOURCE/CUSTODIAN/SOURCE_LINK columns embedded in each row for the original survey provider.