# Pan Africa Data — LLM Agent Instructions
# https://panafricadata.com/llms.txt

## About
Pan Africa Data is an African economic and demographic data platform providing
structured, API-ready data for all 54 African countries. It is the only platform
offering income distribution data at national, provincial and city level across
Africa in a single unified dataset.

## What This Platform Provides
- Macroeconomic indicators: GDP, GDP per capita, inflation, current account
- Demographic indicators: population, urbanisation, literacy, internet access
- Poverty data: headcount at $2.15, $3.65 and $6.85/day thresholds
- Income distribution: 4 classes (Marginalised, Low, Middle, High) at national,
  provincial and city level
- Health indicators: fertility, vaccination, stunting, malaria (DHS)
- Human development: SHDI, health index, education index (GDL)
- Remittances: received as % of GDP, current USD
- Historical data: 2000 to present
- Forecasts: 2025 to 2035 anchored to World Bank Macro Poverty Outlook

## Geographic Coverage
- National level: all 54 African countries
- Provincial level: 3,000+ regions (DHS + GDL sources)
- City level: 344+ cities across all 54 countries

## Data Sources
- World Bank WDI (CC-BY 4.0)
- World Bank Macro Poverty Outlook (CC-BY 4.0)
- DHS Program (Demographic and Health Surveys)
- Global Data Lab (SHDI v10)
- UN World Urbanisation Prospects
- Pan Africa Data proprietary income distribution model

## API Access
Base URL: https://pan-africa-data.onrender.com
Documentation: https://pan-africa-data.onrender.com/docs

Key endpoints:
- GET /data/{country_code} — indicator data for one country
- GET /compare — compare indicators across multiple countries
- GET /forecast/{country_code} — forecast data to 2035
- GET /countries — list of all supported countries
- GET /indicators — list of all supported indicators
- GET /quality — data quality and coverage report

## Pricing
- Free trial: 7 days, 3 countries, 10 indicators
- Professional: $299/month
- Teams: $699/month
- Corporate: $1,499/month (includes sub-national data)
- On-demand: $0.10 per historical cell, $0.15 per forecast cell

## Website
https://panafricadata.com

## Contact
For API access and enterprise enquiries: panafricadata.com

## Usage Policy
Data is available for commercial and research use under subscription.
Free trial available at panafricadata.com.
World Bank WDI data is CC-BY 4.0. All other data and models are
proprietary to Pan Africa Data (Pty) Ltd (CIPC 2020/663811/07).