In terms of area what are the two largest countries in sub Saharan Africa
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This regional snapshot covers the 25 Sub-Saharan African countries assessed in the fourth edition of the Barometer. Four new countries have been added since the third edition of the Barometer: Cote d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Swaziland and Togo. Show 1 Governments are too dependent on third-parties for creating and sustaining open data initiatives. 2 Only two countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya and South Africa, rank in the top 50. 3 Only two out of 375 datasets in our regional analysis are truly open. General regional highlights and findingsAfrica lags behind other regions in the implementation and impact of open data. No sub-Saharan African country is in the top 30. Only one country, Kenya, ranks in the top 40, while there are seven countries in the bottom ten. Kenya climbed seven places and remains the regional champion, ranking 35th globally. Ghana jumped 11 places , yet it is still recovering from a big drop in the previous edition. Other countries such as Tanzania or Burkina Faso have also improved, especially in implementation. Regional RankingGlobal RankScoreCountryReadinessImplementationImpact3540 Open Data Barometer 4th edition - Regional ranking How’s the region performing against the rest of the world?ReadinessSome countries such as Tanzania, Kenya and Burkina Faso improved on open data initiatives, policies, civil society engagement and support for innovation. In other countries such as Nigeria, Mozambique and Mauritius, three main areas are stagnating: funding for open data initiatives to ensure sustainability, proper data management and right to information reforms. ImplementationRwanda and DR Congo each have one fully open dataset. Significant improvements have been made by Ghana, Tanzania and Burkina Faso. Even regional champions still score low on openness of datasets, with all countries lacking fully open data. Nigeria’s health and education datasets are no longer fully open. ImpactMost countries are improving in political impact, demonstrated by projects such as the Municipal Money budget initiative on fiscal transparency in South Africa. The majority of countries show little to no impact in other areas such as inclusion or economy. Country Profiles Nigeria is well positioned to be an open data leader in Africa. Yet it appears to be sliding backward given that its education and health data is no longer fully open due to a lack of open licenses. However, the country has begun to see a few strong, civil society-led initiatives emerge. These include Your BudgIT, created on the principle that every citizen should have access to and understand public budgets. In addition, Tracka, a tool used to collaborate, track and give feedback on government projects, helps to disseminate budget and expenditure-related data published by government. One study in Kenya looked at the impact of open data within grassroots communities, focussing on the delivery of services related to health, water and education. The findings revealed that the low quality of available data limits its use. Another example is the Hunger Safety Net Program that has designed a fully interactive dashboard to display information on cash transfers to support vulnerable and poor people in Kenya. The initiative has the potential to improve inter-agency data sharing, leading to greater efficiency. Tanzania has increased its scores for civil society engagement (+5) and support for innovation (+3). It has also improved in accountability impact (+2) and economic impact (+1). The country's Big Results Now (BRN) programme that includes its Open Data Portal, provides three open data dashboards on water, health and education. The combination of the BRN programme and the uptick in available data on the National Bureau of Statistics website shows Tanzania’s progress in collecting and disseminating government data. What is the largest country in subThe Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), about the size of Western Europe, is the largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Is Africa the 2 biggest country?On the other hand, Seychelles is the smallest country on the continent, with an area of only 460 square kilometers. Overall, Africa's total area exceeds 30 million square kilometers, being the second largest continent in the world after Asia.
What are the 3 largest economies in subIn nominal terms, Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa, followed by South Africa and Egypt. These three together account for almost half of the African economy.
What is the size of subLandforms Ecologically separated from North Africa by the sweeping and sparsely populated Sahara Desert, the sub-Saharan mainland consists of four vast and distinct regions: Central Africa, East Africa, West Africa, and Southern Africa. Together, they constitute an area of 9.4 million square miles.
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