Africa Supply and Use Tables (ASUT) Database

The Africa Supply and Use Tables Database is supported by the research initiative "<a href="https://grp.cepr.org/steg" target="_blank">Structural Transformation and Economic Growth</a>" (STEG/CEPR). Any errors or omissions are entirely the responsibility of the <a href="https://www.rug.nl/ggdc/" target="_blank">GGDC</a> (Groningen Growth and Development Centre)
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<b>When using these data (for whatever purpose), please make the following reference:</b>
Mensah, E. B., and G. J. de Vries (2024). "The Role of Exports for Income and Job Creation in Sub-Saharan African Countries: New Evidence using the Africa Supply and Use Tables Database" GGDC research memorandum 197, <a href="https://doi.org/10.34894/QYFI1U" target="_blank">DOI: 10.34894/QYFI1U</a>.
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<h3>User information</h3>
<p>The ASUT includes the following data:</p>
<b>Countries</b>
<ul>
<li>Cameroon</li>
<li>Ethiopia</li>
<li>Ghana</li>
<li>Kenya</li>
<li>Mauritius</li>
<li>Nigeria</li>
<li>Rwanda</li>
<li>Senegal</li>
<li>Tanzania</li>
<li>South Africa</li>
<li>Zambia</li>
</ul>

<b>Variables</b>
<ul>
<li>Supply table in basic prices (SUP)</li>
<li>Use table in basic prices (USE_bas)</li>
</ul>

<b>Sectors</b>
<ul>
<li>Agriculture, ISIC Rev. 4 code: A</li>
<li>Mining, ISIC Rev. 4 code: B</li>
<li>Food, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C10t12</li>
<li>Textiles, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C13t15</li>
<li>Wood, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C16t18</li>
<li>Fuel, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C19t22</li>
<li>Metals, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C23t25</li>
<li>Electronics, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C26t27</li>
<li>Machinery, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C28</li>
<li>Transportation equipment, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C29t30</li>
<li>Other manufacturing, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C31t33</li>
<li>Utilities, ISIC Rev. 4 code: DtE</li>
<li>Construction, ISIC Rev. 4 code: F</li>
<li>Trade, ISIC Rev. 4 code: GnI</li>
<li>Transport, ISIC Rev. 4 code: H</li>
<li>Business services, ISIC Rev. 4 code: JnMN</li>
<li>Financial services, ISIC Rev. 4 code: K</li>
<li>Real estate, ISIC Rev. 4 code: L</li>
<li>Public administration, ISIC Rev. 4 code: OtQ</li>
<li>Other services, ISIC Rev. 4 code: RtU</li>

</ul>

<b>Other Variables</b>
<ul>
<li>Household consumption, Code: xCONS_h</li>
<li>Government consumption, Code: xCONS_g</li>
<li>Gross fixed capital formation, Code: xGFCF</li>
<li>Changes in inventories, Code: xINV</li>
<li>Exports, Code: xX</li>
<li>Imports, Code: xM</li>
<li>Total Supply at Basic Prices, Code: xSUP_bas</li>
<li>Trade and Transport Margins, Code: xMRG</li>
<li>Taxes less Subsidies on products, Code: xTXSP</li>
<li>Total Supply at Purchaser Prices, Code: xSUP_pur</li>
<li>Intermediate Inputs, Code: xII</li>
<li>Value Added, Code: xVA</li>
<li>Gross Output, Code: xGO</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>ISO countrycode, Code: cnt</li>
<li>Domestic or imported, Code: Dom_Imp</li>

</ul>

<b>Time period</b>
The dataset covers tables from 1990 to 2019.