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africa-synth-urbanization-housing-tenure-security-africa-all

country string	city string	year int64	tenure_type string	security_score float64	has_title_deed bool	has_formal_lease bool	proof_of_occupancy bool	registration_status string	years_in_tenure int64	eviction_risk_pct float64	perceived_security string	willingness_to_invest float64	tenure_type_detail string	landlord_relationship string	rent_control_applicable bool
Mozambique	Maputo	2,024	informal	0.38	false	false	true	registered	23	62	secure	0.85	informal	community	false
Rwanda	Kigali	2,021	rental	0.557	false	true	true	registered	5	44.3	very_secure	0.88	informal	community	false
South Africa	Johannesburg	2,024	informal	0.189	false	false	true	none	3	81.1	insecure	0.83	customary	private	false
Nigeria	Ibadan	2,020	customary	0.383	false	false	true	registered	17	61.7	very_insecure	0.66	informal	family	false
Malawi	Blantyre	2,019	informal	0.254	false	false	false	registered	11	74.6	secure	0.58	communal	family	false
Morocco	Casablanca	2,021	informal	0.166	false	false	true	pending	17	83.4	insecure	0.87	customary	community	true
Egypt	Cairo	2,024	informal	0.264	false	false	false	registered	7	73.6	very_insecure	0.74	formal	government	true
Algeria	Algiers	2,020	rental	0.447	true	true	true	registered	3	55.3	secure	0.58	customary	community	false
Rwanda	Kigali	2,022	owner_occupied	0.841	true	true	true	pending	23	15.9	very_secure	0.83	informal	community	false
Uganda	Kampala	2,025	informal	0.29	false	false	false	none	5	71	very_insecure	0.89	informal	private	false
Egypt	Alexandria	2,021	owner_occupied	0.855	true	false	true	registered	3	14.5	very_insecure	0.18	informal	family	false
Uganda	Kampala	2,022	owner_occupied	0.701	true	false	true	registered	17	29.9	very_insecure	0.53	formal	community	false
South Africa	Johannesburg	2,019	owner_occupied	0.837	true	true	true	registered	6	16.3	very_secure	0.65	informal	community	true
Uganda	Kampala	2,021	rental	0.663	true	false	true	none	23	33.7	very_secure	0.63	formal	community	false
Algeria	Algiers	2,021	informal	0.2	false	false	true	registered	2	80	insecure	0.58	customary	community	true
South Africa	Cape Town	2,018	informal	0.323	true	false	true	pending	20	67.7	insecure	0.32	informal	community	false
Mozambique	Maputo	2,023	informal	0.236	false	false	true	none	7	76.4	secure	0.89	informal	private	false
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	2,018	rental	0.47	false	true	true	pending	9	53	very_secure	0.18	informal	family	false
Malawi	Lilongwe	2,025	informal	0.265	false	true	false	none	20	73.5	secure	0.33	informal	government	true
Malawi	Lilongwe	2,018	owner_occupied	0.784	true	true	false	pending	20	21.6	very_insecure	0.27	informal	community	false
Uganda	Kampala	2,018	rental	0.595	true	true	true	pending	20	40.5	insecure	0.35	formal	family	false
Nigeria	Lagos	2,022	informal	0.187	false	true	true	pending	21	81.3	insecure	0.31	communal	community	false
Rwanda	Kigali	2,021	customary	0.593	false	false	true	pending	6	40.7	insecure	0.79	customary	community	true
Nigeria	Ibadan	2,023	informal	0.203	true	false	true	none	7	79.7	secure	0.64	formal	government	false
Rwanda	Kigali	2,023	informal	0.25	true	false	true	pending	23	75	secure	0.87	informal	family	true
Kenya	Kisumu	2,021	owner_occupied	0.851	true	true	false	none	10	14.9	very_secure	0.48	informal	community	false
Kenya	Kisumu	2,023	informal	0.339	false	false	false	pending	12	66.1	very_secure	0.56	customary	private	false
Ghana	Kumasi	2,025	customary	0.547	false	false	true	registered	23	45.3	insecure	0.46	informal	private	false
Morocco	Rabat	2,025	rental	0.573	false	true	false	none	7	42.7	very_secure	0.39	informal	community	false
Egypt	Alexandria	2,018	owner_occupied	0.824	true	true	true	registered	2	17.6	secure	0.63	communal	private	false
Morocco	Casablanca	2,020	rental	0.489	false	false	true	none	4	51.1	very_insecure	0.13	communal	family	false
Nigeria	Lagos	2,020	informal	0.256	false	true	true	none	19	74.4	secure	0.39	customary	family	false
Mozambique	Beira	2,021	informal	0.344	false	false	false	registered	4	65.6	secure	0.17	customary	family	true
Malawi	Lilongwe	2,020	rental	0.503	true	false	true	registered	23	49.7	insecure	0.46	communal	community	false
Nigeria	Kano	2,018	informal	0.355	false	false	true	registered	5	64.5	very_secure	0.15	informal	community	false
Ethiopia	Dire Dawa	2,023	rental	0.47	true	false	true	none	2	53	insecure	0.75	formal	government	true
Uganda	Kampala	2,023	informal	0.296	false	false	true	none	11	70.4	very_secure	0.5	formal	community	true
Rwanda	Kigali	2,023	informal	0.165	false	false	true	registered	21	83.5	very_secure	0.28	communal	government	false
Morocco	Rabat	2,024	informal	0.206	false	false	false	pending	8	79.4	very_secure	0.48	informal	government	false
Ghana	Accra	2,021	owner_occupied	0.772	true	true	true	registered	3	22.8	very_secure	0.27	formal	government	false
Algeria	Algiers	2,019	informal	0.25	false	false	false	none	22	75	very_insecure	0.12	informal	family	true
Nigeria	Lagos	2,018	informal	0.195	false	false	false	registered	18	80.5	secure	0.65	communal	family	false
Rwanda	Kigali	2,021	informal	0.191	false	false	true	none	3	80.9	very_secure	0.16	informal	government	false
Ethiopia	Dire Dawa	2,022	informal	0.163	false	false	true	registered	9	83.7	insecure	0.13	communal	private	true
Zambia	Lusaka	2,025	owner_occupied	0.796	true	false	true	registered	1	20.4	very_secure	0.69	informal	community	false
South Africa	Cape Town	2,020	rental	0.69	true	false	true	none	18	31	secure	0.54	customary	community	true
Ghana	Accra	2,023	rental	0.615	false	true	false	registered	5	38.5	very_secure	0.82	communal	community	false
Zambia	Lusaka	2,021	rental	0.436	false	true	true	none	18	56.4	insecure	0.66	formal	government	true
Mozambique	Maputo	2,022	informal	0.27	false	false	true	none	5	73	very_insecure	0.26	informal	private	false
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	2,020	informal	0.26	false	false	false	registered	4	74	secure	0.22	communal	family	false
Nigeria	Ibadan	2,025	rental	0.493	true	false	false	registered	15	50.7	very_insecure	0.58	customary	family	false
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	2,021	informal	0.237	true	true	true	none	24	76.3	very_insecure	0.22	formal	government	false
Rwanda	Kigali	2,023	informal	0.247	true	false	false	pending	21	75.3	secure	0.71	informal	family	false
Rwanda	Kigali	2,019	informal	0.32	true	false	true	registered	24	68	very_secure	0.54	customary	community	false
Zambia	Lusaka	2,024	rental	0.624	true	true	true	registered	3	37.6	very_secure	0.63	informal	government	false
Egypt	Alexandria	2,023	informal	0.269	false	false	true	registered	13	73.1	secure	0.36	communal	private	true
Zambia	Lusaka	2,024	rental	0.468	true	false	true	pending	21	53.2	very_secure	0.63	formal	private	true
Mozambique	Beira	2,023	informal	0.29	false	false	true	pending	7	71	secure	0.65	communal	family	false
Kenya	Kisumu	2,025	rental	0.509	false	true	true	registered	19	49.1	insecure	0.47	communal	community	false
Nigeria	Ibadan	2,024	customary	0.449	false	false	true	registered	11	55.1	very_secure	0.67	communal	private	false
Morocco	Rabat	2,025	owner_occupied	0.859	false	true	true	registered	18	14.1	very_secure	0.14	formal	family	false
Rwanda	Kigali	2,022	informal	0.161	false	true	true	none	14	83.9	secure	0.87	customary	government	false
Egypt	Alexandria	2,024	informal	0.23	false	false	false	registered	13	77	very_secure	0.83	informal	government	true
Senegal	Dakar	2,022	informal	0.24	false	false	true	registered	14	76	secure	0.84	informal	family	false
Egypt	Cairo	2,023	informal	0.358	false	false	true	registered	2	64.2	very_secure	0.69	informal	private	false
Mozambique	Maputo	2,025	informal	0.354	false	false	true	pending	20	64.6	insecure	0.74	informal	private	true
Nigeria	Kano	2,024	informal	0.168	false	false	true	registered	22	83.2	very_secure	0.45	informal	government	false
Ghana	Accra	2,024	informal	0.344	false	false	false	registered	7	65.6	secure	0.43	customary	community	false
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	2,023	informal	0.264	false	false	true	registered	1	73.6	very_insecure	0.82	communal	private	false
Uganda	Kampala	2,020	informal	0.234	true	true	false	none	9	76.6	insecure	0.16	informal	community	false
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	2,018	informal	0.324	false	false	false	none	4	67.6	insecure	0.79	informal	family	false
South Africa	Cape Town	2,018	rental	0.489	true	false	true	registered	22	51.1	very_insecure	0.25	formal	community	false
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	2,025	informal	0.309	false	true	true	pending	18	69.1	very_insecure	0.29	communal	government	true
Zambia	Lusaka	2,019	informal	0.156	false	false	true	registered	9	84.4	secure	0.63	communal	community	false
Algeria	Algiers	2,022	informal	0.159	false	false	true	pending	2	84.1	secure	0.13	communal	government	false
Ghana	Accra	2,025	owner_occupied	0.775	false	true	true	pending	19	22.5	insecure	0.2	customary	community	false
Mozambique	Beira	2,020	informal	0.19	true	true	false	pending	18	81	very_insecure	0.22	formal	government	false
South Africa	Cape Town	2,020	informal	0.167	false	false	true	none	18	83.3	very_insecure	0.21	informal	private	false
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	2,020	informal	0.262	false	false	false	none	9	73.8	very_secure	0.89	communal	private	true
Uganda	Kampala	2,023	informal	0.276	false	false	true	pending	8	72.4	very_insecure	0.44	customary	community	false
Uganda	Kampala	2,018	owner_occupied	0.87	true	false	true	none	14	13	very_insecure	0.36	communal	community	false
Zambia	Lusaka	2,019	owner_occupied	0.764	true	true	true	pending	16	23.6	very_secure	0.1	informal	community	false
Kenya	Nairobi	2,021	informal	0.253	false	false	true	registered	15	74.7	very_secure	0.61	customary	private	true
Mozambique	Maputo	2,024	rental	0.548	true	false	true	none	8	45.2	insecure	0.83	communal	government	false
Ghana	Kumasi	2,022	informal	0.25	false	false	true	none	21	75	insecure	0.88	customary	private	false
Nigeria	Ibadan	2,025	owner_occupied	0.846	true	false	false	none	5	15.4	very_secure	0.82	communal	private	false
Egypt	Alexandria	2,020	informal	0.358	false	true	true	registered	13	64.2	very_secure	0.53	informal	government	false
Algeria	Algiers	2,024	informal	0.352	false	false	true	none	13	64.8	insecure	0.53	formal	community	false
Ethiopia	Dire Dawa	2,025	informal	0.223	false	false	true	pending	22	77.7	very_insecure	0.13	formal	private	false
Uganda	Kampala	2,022	informal	0.175	false	false	true	registered	15	82.5	very_secure	0.4	customary	family	false
Mozambique	Maputo	2,018	customary	0.484	true	false	true	registered	20	51.6	very_insecure	0.57	customary	family	false
Zambia	Lusaka	2,020	informal	0.235	false	false	false	registered	19	76.5	very_insecure	0.28	formal	government	false
Kenya	Mombasa	2,025	informal	0.298	false	false	true	pending	1	70.2	very_secure	0.19	formal	community	false
Rwanda	Kigali	2,018	informal	0.165	false	true	true	registered	24	83.5	secure	0.25	formal	family	false
Rwanda	Kigali	2,018	customary	0.319	false	false	true	pending	13	68.1	very_secure	0.23	informal	family	false
Malawi	Lilongwe	2,025	informal	0.38	true	false	true	pending	14	62	secure	0.87	customary	family	true
Rwanda	Kigali	2,022	informal	0.353	false	false	true	registered	14	64.7	very_secure	0.14	communal	community	false
Rwanda	Kigali	2,020	owner_occupied	0.848	true	true	true	registered	21	15.2	very_secure	0.79	formal	family	false
Mozambique	Maputo	2,019	informal	0.195	false	true	true	none	19	80.5	secure	0.6	customary	community	true
Malawi	Lilongwe	2,018	rental	0.407	false	true	true	pending	2	59.3	very_insecure	0.77	formal	family	false

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Africa Synth Urbanization Housing Tenure Security Africa All | Africa (Electric Sheep Africa metadata inventory)

Size category: 10K<n<100K - Formats: csv - Sector: governance_security - Engineered by Electric Sheep Africa

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.

Dataset context from the existing Hugging Face card: ⚠️ Synthetic dataset — Parameterized from published SSA literature, not real observations. Not suitable for empirical analysis or policy inference.

Dataset Profile

Field	Value
Hugging Face repo	`electricsheepafrica/africa-synth-urbanization-housing-tenure-security-africa-all`
Sector	governance_security
Topic tags	housing, urbanization, synthetic-data, sub-saharan-africa, tenure-security, property-rights, synthetic
Modalities	`tabular`, `text`
Formats	`csv`
Size category	`10K<n<100K`
Countries	Africa-wide or source-defined African coverage
ISO3 coverage	`not declared`
Last modified on HF	`2026-04-14 22:53:59+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-synth-urbanization-housing-tenure-security-africa-all")
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: country, upstream_publisher.
Do not infer policy meaning from labels alone; confirm definitions, units, and methods in the source material.

Source And Provenance

Source context: Electric Sheep Africa metadata inventory
Publisher/source attribution: Public dataset metadata
License: CC BY 4.0
Hugging Face URL: https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-synth-urbanization-housing-tenure-security-africa-all
Inventory retrieved at: 2026-07-16T16:00:34Z

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_synth_urbanization_housing_tenure_security_africa_all_2026,
  title        = {Africa Synth Urbanization Housing Tenure Security Africa All | Africa (Electric Sheep Africa metadata inventory)},
  author       = {Public dataset metadata},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-synth-urbanization-housing-tenure-security-africa-all},
  publisher    = {Hugging Face Datasets, engineered by Electric Sheep Africa},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-synth-urbanization-housing-tenure-security-africa-all}}
}

License

Released under CC BY 4.0.

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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