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Index Measurement
Baseline Edition 2026

Measurement: Africa 2026

Index results by country and ADM level, data releases, method changes, coverage and gaps. This edition is in preparation: its frame is set and shared with the other five desks, and The Global Risks Index (NXS-GRX) writes its chapters from its own mandate. Nothing on these pages is a finding yet.

Chapter 6, the readings The GCRI edition for Africa Contribute to this edition

Desk: Index Measurement
Publisher of record: The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), for NXS-GRX
Collection: Reports Collection 2026
Status: In preparation; not released

ReportsGRX · REG-AFR

Index Measurement

Africa 2026

Index results by country and ADM level, data releases, method changes, coverage and gaps.

Baseline Edition 2026NR-GRX-REG-AFR-2026-BASELINE, reservedThe Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)

Chapters8the frame shared by all six desks

Readings seeded0chapter 6, from the GCRI edition

Released0until the desk releases it

Desks with this subject3of 6, by remit

01 · Contents

Eight chapters in the shared frame.

The same eight-chapter frame on every desk, so a reader can move across desks and the Collection can align them chapter by chapter. Each chapter title comes from this desk’s mandate.

1
Chapter 1. What is measured
The indicators, hazards and indices in scope, with their definitions and sources.
Frame: The question · In preparation
2
Chapter 2. Results
The index results of the edition, each with its scale, interval, class and source; empty is not zero.
Frame: Findings · In preparation
3
Chapter 3. Results by system and ADM level
Results by system and by administrative level, from the country (ADM0) to ADM1 and ADM2 where boundaries are licensed.
Frame: By system and sector · In preparation
4
Chapter 4. Coverage and data gaps
Where data is missing, dated or withheld, by country, ADM level and indicator.
Frame: Risk and capability · In preparation
5
Chapter 5. Sensitivity
How results move when weights, sources or methods change under stated assumptions.
Frame: Scenario · In preparation
6
Chapter 6. Readings from the other desks
Readings from the other desks: cross-references to their editions for the same scope, not copies of them.
Frame: Readings · In preparation
7
Chapter 7. Data agenda
The sources, releases and method changes the next cycle takes up.
Frame: Agenda · In preparation
8
Chapter 8. Method and release notes
The method of the edition, the data releases it uses and every change since the last release.
Frame: In depth · In preparation

Annex A (methodology), Annex B (data), Annex C (references and record), the complete edition for print and the citation forms are added at release, in the same form as every edition.

02 · Now

What exists today.

The evidence on Africa sits today in the GCRI Systems Evidence edition, a draft in stewardship review. This edition cross-references it chapter by chapter and does not copy it.

GCRI Systems Evidence

Africa 2026

12 findings, 52 sources; drafted, in stewardship review.

GRX reading

No reading recorded yet

The GCRI edition prints no reading by this desk; chapter 6 lists the other desks’ editions.

Subject collection

Africa 2026

Every desk edition for this subject, compiled by GCRI Canada for the Collection.

03 · This desk

What Index Measurement reports on Africa.

The Index desk reads an edition for measurement: what is measured, results by system and ADM level, coverage, sensitivity and the method that produced them.

The Index desk deposits results, data releases and method and release notes, each with the checksum of the data behind it.

If you supply a dataset or maintain an indicator, send the release, the licence and the indicator codes. The desk will say which values it can reproduce.

04 · Six desks

Every desk’s edition for Africa.

Desk	Edition	State	Identifier
Index Measurement	Measurement: Africa 2026	In preparation	NR-GRX-REG-AFR-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
GCRI Systems Evidence	Systems Evidence: Africa 2026	Drafted, in stewardship review	NR-REGIONAL-AFR-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
GRF Public Deliberation	Public Deliberation: Africa 2026	In preparation	NR-GRF-REG-AFR-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
GRA Capital Readiness	Outside this desk’s remit	Not in remit
Standards Progress	Outside this desk’s remit	Not in remit
Academy Capability	Outside this desk’s remit	Not in remit

05 · Downloads

The print edition of the evidence on Africa.

This desk’s edition is in preparation and has no print of its own until release. The evidence it cross-references is in the GCRI Systems Evidence edition for Africa: its designed PDF (A4 or US Letter), its data and its citation files are here, from this site’s library.

Draft, not yet releasedThe print and files of the GCRI edition this desk’s edition cross-references. Review copies until release; the DOI is issued at deposit.

Print
- PDF, A4
  The GCRI Systems Evidence print edition for this subject, A4: cover, imprint, contents with page numbers, every chapter and annex.
  PDF110 pages922 KBTagged, with bookmarks
  SHA-256 76ef3eafbaf2674813722d441434a847652a745309e98b674038290bac6287ea
  Download: PDF, A4
- PDF, US Letter
  The GCRI Systems Evidence print edition for this subject, US Letter: cover, imprint, contents with page numbers, every chapter and annex.
  PDF116 pages933 KBTagged, with bookmarks
  SHA-256 2444ec38a596a54aefb811831fd34c3ff3faa460a5d86370ba8aebade78ab02e
  Download: PDF, US Letter
Web edition
- Complete edition, one page
  Every chapter and annex at one address, with running heads when printed from the browser
  HTML
  Open: Complete edition, one page
- Edition home
  Key messages, contents, citation and the readings of each desk
  HTML
  Open: Edition home
Data bundle
- Indicators, CSV
  20 indicators with unit, year, status and source
  NR-REGIONAL-AFR-2026-BASELINE-indicators.csv1 KB
  SHA-256 ca43920f5215706afa619f791d969ac3b434514eb760e9a6eb698b5698ea139b
  Download: Indicators, CSV
- Indicators, JSON
  The same indicators with the edition’s identity and licence
  NR-REGIONAL-AFR-2026-BASELINE-indicators.json2 KB
  SHA-256 02e298d237b1536ef588285bd9ca753337a1a449e7990af3bd8b12e33a96a8be
  Download: Indicators, JSON
- Findings, CSV
  12 findings with status, evidence-quality level and references
  NR-REGIONAL-AFR-2026-BASELINE-findings.csv3 KB
  SHA-256 818968170edd08183d6ed8e8a494abd4a104a6b8b39adc48490ad69bbad888d1
  Download: Findings, CSV
Citation files
- Citation, BibTeX
  For LaTeX and reference managers
  NR-REGIONAL-AFR-2026-BASELINE.bib1 KB
  SHA-256 8435bd5847ce8a16672c39d7f5536faf29f9e1d9ba58432688d1bc58a81f8f5f
  Download: Citation, BibTeX
- Citation, RIS
  For Zotero, EndNote and Mendeley
  NR-REGIONAL-AFR-2026-BASELINE.ris1 KB
  SHA-256 584caf8b4133a0b112554967978756a1a050a9073185cf9cb88c17a9857a6fb9
  Download: Citation, RIS
- Citation, CITATION.cff
  Citation File Format 1.2.0, for GitHub, Zenodo and software catalogues
  NR-REGIONAL-AFR-2026-BASELINE.cff1 KB
  SHA-256 9004e15af56a778a4034e411b98a3b3f965f78482b87da32fc482727e316693c
  Download: Citation, CITATION.cff

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06 · Cite

Cite this report.

Reserved identifier: NR-GRX-REG-AFR-2026-BASELINE
Part of: NR-COL-2026-BASELINE
DOI: Not yet deposited
Until release: Cite the GCRI Systems Evidence edition, Africa 2026, which prints this desk’s reading in its chapter 6. Cite the GCRI edition

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Measurement: the index results by country and ADM level, the data releases they come from, method changes, coverage and the gaps in the data. No index value is published until an edition is released from a governed evidence cut.

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