A recently revised and expanded statistical reference book that presents data from 53 African countries, giving more than 300 indicators of development. The indicators are grouped into 15 chapters; background data, national accounts, prices and exchange rates, money and banking, the external sector, external debt and related flows, government finance, agriculture, industry, labour force and employment, public enterprises, aid flows, social indicators, environmental indicators and household welfare indicators. Each chapter includes a brief introduction on the nature of the data and their limitations, followed by technical notes that define the indicators and identify specific sources.