>>16773128
https://x.com/Scientific_Bird/status/1936873038407979254
>Africa's Poor Numbers – new long post published! In this piece, I critically examine the quality and availability of data in Africa. I argue that much African data is highly unreliable. In particular, I look at economic data, criminal justice data, and population data. I'm by no means the first to sound alarm about African data quality. It has previously been called "Africa's statistical tragedy". Similarly, a well-known book "Poor Numbers" critically examines Africa's developmental statistics. There's a lack of proper birth registration, death registration, lack of recent censuses, and much more. This chart illustrates a composite measure of statistical capacity across the world. As is evident, Africa is the region with the lowest average score.
https://x.com/realhumanschwab/status/1958170542961254507
>Just learned African population data is so poor that *no one can judge the degree of inaccuracy*. Meaning that the real population could be... any number. There are no useful estimates. Could be half the reported number or 10%, anyone speaking confidently on the matter is lying. It's literally anyone's guess, a complete Mystery Zone.
https://x.com/Bought82068482/status/1960733904807322061
>Stats are fake congo hasn't done a national census since 1990. Most African countries i don't even know how many citizens they have.
https://x.com/Eldenofthering/status/1958225110101553295
>In many African countries, government revenue is handed out based on population sizes, so incentives for states/towns to inflate population numbers.