electricsheepafrica/africa-total-debt-service-percentage-of-exports-of-goods-services-and-primary-income

Africa Total Debt Service Percentage of Exports of Goods Services and Primary Income Dataset

Overview

This dataset contains total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) data for African countries from the World Bank Economy & Growth indicators.

Data Details

• Indicator Code: DT.TDS.DECT.EX.ZS
• Description: Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)
• Geographic Coverage: 54 African countries
• Time Period: 1960-2024
• Data Points: 3,185 observations
• Coverage: 90.74% of possible country-year combinations

File Formats

Main Dataset (Africa-Total-Debt-Service-Percentage-of-Exports-of-Goods-Services-and-Primary-Income.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

Data Quality

Coverage Statistics

• Total Observations: 3,185
• Possible Observations: 3,510
• Coverage Rate: 90.74%

Countries with No Data

5 countries have no observations: Equatorial Guinea (GNQ), Libya (LBY), Namibia (NAM), South Sudan (SSD), Seychelles (SYC)

Usage Examples

Python

import pandas as pd

# Load main dataset
df = pd.read_csv('Africa-Total-Debt-Service-Percentage-of-Exports-of-Goods-Services-and-Primary-Income.csv', index_col=[0, 1])

R

# Load main dataset
df <- read.csv('Africa-Total-Debt-Service-Percentage-of-Exports-of-Goods-Services-and-Primary-Income.csv', row.names=c(1,2))

Source

World Bank Open Data - Economy & Growth

• Original File: API_DT.TDS.DECT.EX.ZS_DS2_en_excel_v2_552929.xls
• Processed: 2025-09-04

License

This dataset is derived from World Bank Open Data and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.