africaAPI

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Transport

Use indicators and data endpoints for transport, roads, rail, shipping connectivity, and digital infrastructure.

Transport And Connectivity In Africa API

Transport and connectivity data is exposed through the shared indicator and data endpoints.

Current coverage comes from the World Bank WDI slice and lives under the infrastructure category.

  • GET /v1/indicators?category=infrastructure
  • GET /v1/data?category=infrastructure
  • GET /v1/sources/world_bank_wdi

Current Transport Metrics

  • air_transport_passengers
  • air_transport_departures
  • liner_shipping_connectivity_index
  • rail_lines_km
  • road_network_total_km
  • paved_roads_pct
  • mobile_subscriptions_per_100
  • fixed_broadband_subscriptions_per_100
  • secure_internet_servers_per_million

These are annual country-level transport and connectivity observations and fit the current observation model cleanly.

Example Queries

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/indicators?category=infrastructure&has_data=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"
curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?country_codes=eg,ke,za&metric_key=air_transport_passengers&year=2023" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"
curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?country_code=ng&metric_key=mobile_subscriptions_per_100&start_year=2018&end_year=2024" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

Indicators

Inspect available transport and connectivity metrics.

Data

Query latest values or full time series.

Countries

Use country profiles to blend transport signals with the rest of the platform.

Climate

Use indicators and data endpoints to work with emissions, air quality, forests, protected areas, renewable electricity, and water stress.

Geography

Use countries and geographies endpoints to work with location hierarchy and spatial reference data.

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Transport And Connectivity In Africa APICurrent Transport MetricsExample Queries