Africa Supply and Use Tables (ASUT) Database ASUT

The Africa Supply and Use Tables Database is supported by the research initiative "Structural Transformation a…" (STEG/CEPR). Any errors or omissions are entirely the responsibility of the GGDC (Groningen Growth and Development Centre)

When using these data (for whatever purpose), please make the following reference: Mensah, E. B., and G. J. de Vries (2024). "The Role of Exports for Income and Job Creation in Sub-Saharan African Countries: New Evidence using the Africa Supply and Use Tables Database" GGDC research memorandum 197, DOI: 10.34894/QYFI1U.

User information

The ASUT includes the following data:

Countries

• Cameroon
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Kenya
• Mauritius
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• Tanzania
• South Africa
• Zambia

Variables

• Supply table in basic prices (SUP)
• Use table in basic prices (USE_bas)

Sectors

• Agriculture, ISIC Rev. 4 code: A
• Mining, ISIC Rev. 4 code: B
• Food, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C10t12
• Textiles, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C13t15
• Wood, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C16t18
• Fuel, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C19t22
• Metals, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C23t25
• Electronics, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C26t27
• Machinery, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C28
• Transportation equipment, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C29t30
• Other manufacturing, ISIC Rev. 4 code: C31t33
• Utilities, ISIC Rev. 4 code: DtE
• Construction, ISIC Rev. 4 code: F
• Trade, ISIC Rev. 4 code: GnI
• Transport, ISIC Rev. 4 code: H
• Business services, ISIC Rev. 4 code: JnMN
• Financial services, ISIC Rev. 4 code: K
• Real estate, ISIC Rev. 4 code: L
• Public administration, ISIC Rev. 4 code: OtQ
• Other services, ISIC Rev. 4 code: RtU

Other Variables

• Household consumption, Code: xCONS_h
• Government consumption, Code: xCONS_g
• Gross fixed capital formation, Code: xGFCF
• Changes in inventories, Code: xINV
• Exports, Code: xX
• Imports, Code: xM
• Total Supply at Basic Prices, Code: xSUP_bas
• Trade and Transport Margins, Code: xMRG
• Taxes less Subsidies on products, Code: xTXSP
• Total Supply at Purchaser Prices, Code: xSUP_pur
• Intermediate Inputs, Code: xII
• Value Added, Code: xVA
• Gross Output, Code: xGO

• ISO countrycode, Code: cnt
• Domestic or imported, Code: Dom_Imp

Time period The dataset covers tables from 1990 to 2019.