Panel Dataset on Energy Transition, Digitalisation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa (2000-2023)

This dataset contains a country-year panel for Sub-Saharan Africa covering the period 2000-2023, assembled for research on energy transition, digitalisation, and greenhouse gas emissions. It combines indicators of energy intensity, electricity access, renewable energy use, digital connectivity, economic development, and population dynamics in a format suitable for panel-data analysis and replication. The main file, SSA_energy_digital_emissions_panel_2000_2023.csv, provides the processed analytical dataset. The companion Excel file documents the dataset structure and includes variable descriptions, country code mapping, and the full missingness and interpolation report. A key feature of the dataset is its alignment with the study’s empirical design. Greenhouse gas emissions are retained through 2023, whereas all non-GHG variables are restricted to end in 2021. Missing observations were treated within country using linear interpolation and extrapolation in Stata’s ipolate, epolate, after which the 2021 cutoff for non-GHG variables was re-imposed. The Excel documentation file reports missingness before and after processing, both overall and by year and country, together with an imputation audit for transparency. Files included: SSA_energy_digital_emissions_panel_2000_2023.csv Companion Excel file: dataset summary, variable notes, country codes, and missingness report Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI)