Latest source-dated evidence
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What the available evidence suggests
Consumption-based CO₂ per person is far below the global average. Expression pressure is above the global aggregate. UNICEF and ILO report a 22% child-labour prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024, but that cannot be assigned to North Africa or used as a continent-wide value.
The most important limitation
The homicide average based on four of 54 countries is displayed as a coverage warning, not a regional estimate. Different definitions of Africa also affect comparisons.
Coverage determines whether a number travels
The latest-year homicide figure is based on four of the 54 countries in the site’s regional group: about 7.4% of those countries. Presenting its 6.90 value as the homicide rate for all Africa would give the estimate a geographical reach it does not have. The number of covered countries is not the proportion of Africa’s population covered.
The 22% child-labour context applies to Sub-Saharan Africa, whereas this page’s group covers Africa. Those boundaries differ, and the child-labour estimate must not be silently reassigned to the entire group. A useful regional briefing would publish the contributing country list, years and missing members before it describes any trend or compares this sample with another region.
Interpretation added 13 September 2026 using the dated snapshot above and, where named, the linked country profiles. Calculations are illustrative comparisons of those published values; underlying observations have not been refreshed in this edit.
How to read this profile
- Compare values only when units and definitions match.
- Keep the observation year beside every claim.
- Treat expert-coded expression data differently from administrative death statistics.
- Read consumption-based carbon in its original physical unit, independently of the other indicators.
- Never convert missing data into zero.
Source map
| Signal | Source | Interpretation boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Suicide mortality | WHO via World Bank | Modelled population rate; reporting quality varies |
| Intentional homicide | UNODC via World Bank | Reported criminal homicide; coverage varies |
| Expression pressure | V-Dem via OWID | Expert-coded index transformed as (1 − value) × 100 |
| Child labour | ILO and UNICEF | Global and regional estimates cannot fill every country gap |
| Consumption CO₂ | Global Carbon Budget via OWID | Tonnes per person; interpreted separately |
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