African Countries API

Choose Africa API endpoints for country lists, reference records, profiles, and country signals.

Use country endpoints to build a selector, fetch reference fields, or request a summary for one country. Choose the response your page needs:

Task	Endpoint
List or filter countries	`/v1/countries`
Fetch a country's reference record	`/v1/countries/{country_code}`
Request a country profile	`/v1/countries/{country_code}/profile`
Inspect available country signals	`/v1/countries/{country_code}/signals`

Country routes require an API key. Start with Quickstart if you have not set up authentication.

Example: List Countries In A Region

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/countries" \
  -G \
  -d "region=west" \
  -d "sort=name" \
  -d "paginate=true" \
  -d "per_page=10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

region=west filters the list to West Africa; pagination limits this response to ten records.

Example: Get A Country Profile

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/countries/ke/profile" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

The profile groups country information in one response. See Countries for its fields.

Example: Get Current Country Signals

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/countries/ke/signals" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

Signals group available observations from several topics. Fields and observation dates vary by country and source; check Coverage before building around a particular signal.

For a particular metric or a time series, use /v1/data with an explicit metric key and country filter.