---
license: cc-by-sa-4.0
language:
- en
task_categories:
- tabular-regression
- time-series-forecasting
multilinguality: multilingual
size_categories:
- n<1K
tags:
- tabular
- africa
- open-data
- official-statistics
- mauritius
- mdpa
- economics
- environment-and-natural-resources
- coal
- diesel
- gasolene
- kerosene
- lpg
- fuel-oil
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-00000-of-00001.parquet
pretty_name: "Average price of petroleum products and coal used as energy sources 2010 to 2019 - Fuel Oil | Africa (MDPA)"
---

# Average price of petroleum products and coal used as energy sources 2010 to 2019 - Fuel Oil | Africa (MDPA)

**10 rows** - **1 Africa country/area** - **2010-2019** - **1 indicator** - *Engineered by [Electric Sheep Africa](https://huggingface.co/electricsheepafrica)*

![rows](https://img.shields.io/badge/rows-10-blue)
![countries](https://img.shields.io/badge/countries-1-green)
![period](https://img.shields.io/badge/period-2010--2019-orange)
![indicators](https://img.shields.io/badge/indicators-1-purple)
![license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-cc--by--sa--4.0-lightgrey)

## TL;DR

This dataset contains **10 rows** from **MDPA**, covering **Average price of petroleum products and coal used as energy sources 2010 to 2019 - Fuel Oil**. It is published as ML-ready Parquet with consistent Hugging Face metadata, source provenance, and analysis-friendly loading examples.

## What This Dataset Measures

Economic datasets help analysts examine production, prices, public finance, trade flows, market conditions, and macroeconomic change.

Source-provided context: Dataset shows the Average retail price (Rupees) of petroleum products and wholesale price of coal used as energy sources from 2010 to 2019

## How To Read This Dataset

- **One row means:** one indicator observation for one geography, time period, and optional source dimensions.
- **Primary geography column:** `country_iso3`.
- **Best time column:** `year`.
- **Time coverage basis:** year.
- **Recommended join keys:** `country_iso3`, `year`, `indicator_id`.

## Coverage

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---:|
| Rows | 10 |
| Countries/areas | 1 |
| First period | 2010 |
| Last period | 2019 |
| Indicators | 1 |
| Columns | 15 |
| Source format | CSV |

## Geographic Coverage

Top areas shown below, sorted by row count when available:

| Area | Rows | First year | Last year | Name |
|------|-----:|-----------:|----------:|------|
| `MUS` | 10 | 2010 | 2019 | `Mauritius` |

## Indicators, Variables, Or Resource Contents

- `average-price-of-petroleum-products-and-coal-used-as-energy-sources-2010-1bb0b280` - Average price of petroleum products and coal used as energy sources 2010 to 2019 - Fuel Oil(source_units_unspecified)

## Schema

| Column | Type | Description | Example |
|--------|------|-------------|---------|
| `indicator_id` | `string` | Stable source or Electric Sheep Africa indicator identifier. | `average-price-of-petroleum-products-and-coal-used-as-energy-sources-2...` |
| `indicator_name` | `string` | Human-readable indicator name. | `Average price of petroleum products and coal used as energy sources 2...` |
| `country_iso3` | `string` | ISO3 country or area code. | `MUS` |
| `country_name` | `string` | Country or area name. | `Mauritius` |
| `year` | `int64` | Observation year. | `2010` |
| `value` | `double` | Numeric observation value. | `16.14` |
| `unit` | `string` | Measurement unit, when supplied by the source. | `source_units_unspecified` |
| `source_provider` | `string` | Publishing organization. | `MDPA` |
| `source_dataset` | `string` | Source dataset or package title. | `Average price of petroleum products and coal used as energy sources 2...` |
| `source_resource` | `string` | Source resource title, table name, or file name. | `Average-price-Rupees-of-petroleum-products-and-coal-used-as-energy-so...` |
| `source_package_id` | `string` | Source package identifier. | `12e316b2-8703-4f39-8c12-b173afbaa7cb` |
| `source_resource_id` | `string` | Source resource identifier. | `7621a953-14cf-43e5-8f8d-799c0562a194` |
| `source_url` | `string` | Original source URL or download URL. | `https://data.govmu.org/dataset/12e316b2-8703-4f39-8c12-b173afbaa7cb/r...` |
| `license_id` | `string` | Source license identifier. | `CC-BY-SA-4.0` |
| `retrieved_at` | `string` | UTC source retrieval timestamp from the Electric Sheep Africa pipeline. | `2026-07-16T18:12:36Z` |

## Usage

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-average-price-of-petroleum-products-and-coal-used-as-energy-sour-1bb0b280")
df = ds["train"].to_pandas()
print(df.head())
```

### Inspect Columns

```python
print(df.info())
print(df.head())
```

### Filter By Geography

```python
if "country_iso3" in df.columns:
    sample = df[df["country_iso3"] == "MUS"]
```

### Time-Series Pattern

```python
if "value" in df.columns and "year" in df.columns:
    trend = df.sort_values("year")
```

### Pivot For Analysis

```python
if {"indicator_id", "year", "value"}.issubset(df.columns):
    matrix = df.pivot_table(index="year", columns="indicator_id", values="value")
    print(matrix.tail())
```

## Data Quality Notes

- Canonical time field: `year`.
- Missing values are preserved rather than silently imputed.
- Column names are standardized for machine use; source meanings are preserved where known.
- Always confirm source methodology, units, and collection definitions before policy, production, or redistribution-sensitive use.

## Source And Provenance

- **Source:** [MDPA](https://data.govmu.org/dataset/average-price-petroleum-products-and-coal-used-energy-sources)
- **Publisher:** MDPA
- **Portal:** [https://data.govmu.org](https://data.govmu.org)
- **Resource:** [Average-price-Rupees-of-petroleum-products-and-coal-used-as-energy-sources.csv](https://data.govmu.org/dataset/12e316b2-8703-4f39-8c12-b173afbaa7cb/resource/7621a953-14cf-43e5-8f8d-799c0562a194/download/average-price-rupees-of-petroleum-products-and-coal-used-as-energy-sources-2010-to-2019.csv)
- **License:** [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- **Retrieved/generated:** `2026-07-16T18:12:40Z`
- **Hugging Face repo:** [electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-average-price-of-petroleum-products-and-coal-used-as-energy-sour-1bb0b280](https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-average-price-of-petroleum-products-and-coal-used-as-energy-sour-1bb0b280)

## Transformations Applied

- Converted the source table to Parquet for efficient analytics and ML workflows.
- Added or preserved source provenance columns where available.
- Standardized README metadata, dataset loading configuration, schema documentation, and citation format.
- Preserved source-reported values without analytical imputation.

## Suggested Analyses

- Build time-series dashboards
- Compare economic indicators
- Join with population or sector data
- Build time-series views and period-over-period comparisons
- Pivot to geography x period or indicator x period matrices
- Check missingness before modeling
- Use `country_iso3` as the safest geography join key when present

## Citation

```bibtex
@misc{electric_sheep_africa_africa_mauritius_average_price_of_petroleum_products_and_coal_used_as_energy_sou_2019,
  title        = {Average price of petroleum products and coal used as energy sources 2010 to 2019 - Fuel Oil | Africa (MDPA)},
  author       = {MDPA},
  year         = {2019},
  url          = {https://data.govmu.org/dataset/average-price-petroleum-products-and-coal-used-energy-sources},
  publisher    = {Hugging Face Datasets, engineered by Electric Sheep Africa},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-average-price-of-petroleum-products-and-coal-used-as-energy-sour-1bb0b280}}
}
```

## License

Released under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

Original data is published by MDPA. Electric Sheep Africa
engineering standardizes the data for discovery, loading, and analysis on
Hugging Face. Cite both the original source and this ML-ready dataset when used.

## About Electric Sheep Africa

Electric Sheep Africa publishes ML-ready African public datasets on Hugging Face.

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Provenance: README standardized 2026-08-11 by the Electric Sheep Africa README system. Source URL: https://data.govmu.org/dataset/average-price-petroleum-products-and-coal-used-energy-sources