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Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
48.814759
PERCENT
2,012
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
79.428458
PERCENT
2,001
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
46.031695
PERCENT
2,013
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
68.296204
PERCENT
2,005
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
76.645395
PERCENT
2,002
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
51.597822
PERCENT
2,011
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
26.55025
PERCENT
2,020
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
73.862331
PERCENT
2,003
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
71.079268
PERCENT
2,004
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
32.116377
PERCENT
2,018
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
37.682504
PERCENT
2,016
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
87.93121
PERCENT
2,021
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
87.88175
PERCENT
2,022
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
62.730077
PERCENT
2,007
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
54.380886
PERCENT
2,010
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
43.248631
PERCENT
2,014
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
29.333313
PERCENT
2,019
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22
11
11.1
2001-11-01T00:00:00
854
Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa
65.51314
PERCENT
2,006
(a) UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database
(a) Proportion of urban population living in slums or informal settlements. The estimates are based on the global methodology on household deprivations where the inhabitants suffer one or more of the following ‘household deprivations’: Lack of access to improved water services, Lack of access to improved sanitation fac...
HDX
2026-04-22

Africa Settlements Burkina Faso | Africa (Electric Sheep Africa metadata inventory)

Size category: n<1K - Formats: parquet - Sector: other_unclassified - Engineered by Electric Sheep Africa

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TL;DR

This dataset is part of the Electric Sheep Africa catalog on Hugging Face. It is indexed for African data discovery with standardized metadata, loading guidance, provenance notes, and analyst-oriented context.

What This Dataset Covers

Public datasets help analysts inspect structured evidence, build reproducible workflows, and compare patterns across domains.

The current Hugging Face metadata does not include a long source description, so users should inspect the files and upstream references before high-stakes use.

Dataset Profile

Field Value
Hugging Face repo electricsheepafrica/africa-settlements-burkina-faso
Sector other_unclassified
Topic tags other_unclassified
Modalities tabular, text
Formats parquet
Size category n<1K
Countries Burkina Faso
ISO3 coverage BFA
Last modified on HF 2026-04-22 03:16:33+00:00
Inventory snapshot 2026-07-16T16:00:34Z

How To Read This Dataset

  • Start from the repository files and the dataset viewer when available.
  • Treat the README context as a fast orientation layer; confirm variable definitions and units in the data files before modeling.
  • Use explicit country columns when present. When geography is only implied by the title or source metadata, document that assumption in downstream analysis.
  • Preserve missing values until you have a defensible imputation rule.

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-settlements-burkina-faso")
print(ds)

split_name = next(iter(ds))
table = ds[split_name]
print(table.features)
print(table[:3])

Convert To Pandas When Tabular

from datasets import Dataset

first_split = ds[next(iter(ds))]
if isinstance(first_split, Dataset):
    df = first_split.to_pandas()
    print(df.head())

Data Quality Notes

  • This card was standardized from the Electric Sheep Africa Hugging Face metadata inventory.
  • Exact schema, row counts, and source files should be inspected in the repository data files.
  • Metadata gaps from the inventory: sector, upstream_publisher, license, language, description.
  • Do not infer policy meaning from labels alone; confirm definitions, units, and methods in the source material.

Source And Provenance

Suggested Analyses

  • Inspect schema and missingness before modeling.
  • Profile variables by geography, time, and subgroup columns where present.
  • Join with other Electric Sheep Africa datasets using explicit country, year, and indicator fields when available.
  • Build reproducible notebooks that cite both the original source context and the Electric Sheep Africa Hugging Face repo.

Citation

@misc{electric_sheep_africa_africa_settlements_burkina_faso_2026,
  title        = {Africa Settlements Burkina Faso | Africa (Electric Sheep Africa metadata inventory)},
  author       = {Public dataset metadata},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-settlements-burkina-faso},
  publisher    = {Hugging Face Datasets, engineered by Electric Sheep Africa},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-settlements-burkina-faso}}
}

License

Released under Source-specific or other license.

Original source rights remain with the original publisher or data provider. Electric Sheep Africa engineering standardizes discovery metadata, documentation, and usage guidance for analysis on Hugging Face.

About Electric Sheep Africa

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


Provenance: metadata-backed README standardized 2026-08-12 by the Electric Sheep Africa README system. Inventory source: catalog/esa_metadata_inventory/master_metadata.jsonl.

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