README.md

---
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"
- "energy"
- "environment-and-natural-resources"
- "commercial"
- "domestic"
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-00000-of-00001.parquet
pretty_name: "Sales of Electricity by Type of Tariff Group in Mauritius | Africa (MDPA)"
---

# Sales of Electricity by Type of Tariff Group in Mauritius | Africa (MDPA)

**750 rows** - **1 Africa country/area** - **1990-2019** - **1 indicator** - *Engineered by [Electric Sheep Africa](https://huggingface.co/electricsheepafrica)*

![rows](https://img.shields.io/badge/rows-750-blue)
![countries](https://img.shields.io/badge/countries-1-green)
![period](https://img.shields.io/badge/period-1990--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 **750 rows** from **MDPA**, covering **Sales of Electricity by Type of Tariff Group in Mauritius**. It is published as ML-ready Parquet with consistent Hugging Face metadata, source provenance, and analysis-friendly loading examples.

## What This Dataset Measures

Energy datasets help analysts study supply, demand, prices, generation, access, and the infrastructure behind economic activity.

Source-provided context: Sales of Electricity by Type of Tariff Group for the year 1990 to 2019 in Mauritius

## 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 | 750 |
| Countries/areas | 1 |
| First period | 1990 |
| Last period | 2019 |
| Indicators | 1 |
| Columns | 20 |
| Source format | XLSX |

## Geographic Coverage

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

| Area | Rows | First year | Last year | Name |
|------|-----:|-----------:|----------:|------|
| `MU` | 750 | 1990 | 2019 | `Mauritius` |

## Indicators, Variables, Or Resource Contents

- `sales-of-electricity-by-type-of-tariff-group-in-mauritius-cd104b94` - Sales of Electricity by Type of Tariff Group in Mauritius(source_units_unspecified)

## Schema

| Column | Type | Description | Example |
|--------|------|-------------|---------|
| `indicator_id` | `string` | Stable source or Electric Sheep Africa indicator identifier. | `sales-of-electricity-by-type-of-tariff-group-in-mauritius-cd104b94` |
| `indicator_name` | `string` | Human-readable indicator name. | `Sales of Electricity by Type of Tariff Group in Mauritius` |
| `country_iso3` | `string` | ISO3 country or area code. | `MU` |
| `source_sheet` | `string` | Source column from the original resource. | `T10` |
| `country_name` | `string` | Country or area name. | `Mauritius` |
| `year` | `int64` | Observation year. | `1990` |
| `value` | `double` | Numeric observation value. | `201878.0` |
| `unit` | `string` | Measurement unit, when supplied by the source. | `source_units_unspecified` |
| `dimension_tariff_group` | `string` | Source dimension retained during long-form normalization. | `Domestic` |
| `source_period_start_year` | `int64` | Start year inferred from source metadata. | `1990` |
| `source_period_end_year` | `int64` | End year inferred from source metadata. | `2019` |
| `source_period_label` | `dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>` | Source column from the original resource. | `1990-2019` |
| `source_provider` | `dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>` | Publishing organization. | `MDPA` |
| `source_dataset` | `dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>` | Source dataset or package title. | `Sales of Electricity by Type of Tariff Group in Mauritius` |
| `source_resource` | `dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>` | Source resource title, table name, or file name. | `Source-Sales-of-Electricity-by-Type-of-Tariff-Group-for-the-year-1990...` |
| `source_package_id` | `dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>` | Source package identifier. | `81555bf5-8418-4c3e-9e6e-588f86f3ddcd` |
| `source_resource_id` | `dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>` | Source resource identifier. | `ab03aff6-8af3-40d3-a721-f6944633641b` |
| `source_url` | `dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>` | Original source URL or download URL. | `https://data.govmu.org/dataset/81555bf5-8418-4c3e-9e6e-588f86f3ddcd/r...` |
| `license_id` | `dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>` | Source license identifier. | `CC-BY-SA-4.0` |
| `retrieved_at` | `dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>` | UTC source retrieval timestamp from the Electric Sheep Africa pipeline. | `2026-08-08T16:26:20Z` |

## Usage

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-sales-of-electricity-by-type-of-tariff-group-in-mauritius-cd104b94")
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"] == "MU"]
```

### 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/sales-electricity-type-tariff-group-mauritius)
- **Publisher:** MDPA
- **Portal:** [https://data.govmu.org](https://data.govmu.org)
- **Resource:** [Source-Sales-of-Electricity-by-Type-of-Tariff-Group-for-the-year-1990-2019.xlsx](https://data.govmu.org/dataset/81555bf5-8418-4c3e-9e6e-588f86f3ddcd/resource/ab03aff6-8af3-40d3-a721-f6944633641b/download/source-sales-of-electricity-by-type-of-tariff-group-for-the-year-1990-2019.xlsx)
- **License:** [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- **Retrieved/generated:** `2026-08-08T17:11:31Z`
- **Hugging Face repo:** [electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-sales-of-electricity-by-type-of-tariff-group-in-mauritius-cd104b94](https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-sales-of-electricity-by-type-of-tariff-group-in-mauritius-cd104b94)

## 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

- Track supply or price trends
- Compare energy sources
- Join with population, industry, or emissions 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_sales_of_electricity_by_type_of_tariff_group_in_mauritius_cd104_2019,
  title        = {Sales of Electricity by Type of Tariff Group in Mauritius | Africa (MDPA)},
  author       = {MDPA},
  year         = {2019},
  url          = {https://data.govmu.org/dataset/sales-electricity-type-tariff-group-mauritius},
  publisher    = {Hugging Face Datasets, engineered by Electric Sheep Africa},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-sales-of-electricity-by-type-of-tariff-group-in-mauritius-cd104b94}}
}
```

## 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/sales-electricity-type-tariff-group-mauritius