electricsheepafrica/africa-egypt-capmas-trade-exchange-between-egypt-and-nile-basin-countries-b150d8a7

Trade Exchange Between Egypt and Nile Basin Countries | Africa (CAPMAS Egypt Open Data)

316 rows - 1 Africa country/area - 2017-2023 - 6 indicators - Engineered by Electric Sheep Africa

TL;DR

This dataset contains 316 rows from CAPMAS Egypt Open Data, covering Trade Exchange Between Egypt and Nile Basin Countries. It is published as ML-ready Parquet with consistent Hugging Face metadata, source provenance, and analysis-friendly loading examples.

What This Dataset Measures

Economic datasets help analysts examine production, prices, public finance, trade flows, market conditions, and macroeconomic change.

This dataset covers Trade Exchange Between Egypt and Nile Basin Countries from CAPMAS Egypt Open Data. Use the source and schema sections below to confirm definitions, units, and collection methodology before sensitive analytical use.

How To Read This Dataset

• One row means: one indicator observation for one geography, time period, and optional source dimensions.
• Primary geography column: source metadata (EGY).
• Best time column: year.
• Time coverage basis: year.
• Recommended join keys: year, indicator_id, plus source-specific dimension columns.

Coverage

Dimension	Value
Rows	316
Countries/areas	1
First period	2017
Last period	2023
Indicators	6
Columns	12
Source format	PARQUET

Geographic Coverage

Top areas shown below, sorted by row count when available:

Area	Rows	First year	Last year	Name
EGY	316	2017	2023	Egypt

Indicators, Variables, Or Resource Contents

• 4737 - Total Exports and Imports of Egypt(million dollar)
• 4739 - Volume of Foreign Trade and Trade Balance between Egypt and Nile Basin Countries(million dollar)
• 4741 - Egypt's Exports to Nile Basin Countries by Commodity Groups(million dollar)
• 4740 - Egypt's Exports to Nile Basin Countries(million dollar)
• 4745 - Egypt's Imports to Nile Basin Countries by Commodity Groups(million dollar)
• 4743 - Egypt's Imports to Nile Basin Countries(million dollar)

Schema

Column	Type	Description	Example
filter_id	string	Source column from the original resource.	1063
filter_ar	string	Source column from the original resource.	الواردات
filter_en	string	Source column from the original resource.	Import
value	double	Numeric observation value.	782.9
year	int64	Observation year.	2021
quarter	null	Source column from the original resource.	``
month	null	Source column from the original resource.	``
indicator_id	string	Stable source or Electric Sheep Africa indicator identifier.	4737
indicator_name	string	Human-readable indicator name.	Total Exports and Imports of Egypt
indicator_name_ar	string	Source column from the original resource.	اجمالي صادرات وواردات مصر
unit	string	Measurement unit, when supplied by the source.	million dollar
periodicity	string	Source column from the original resource.	Annually

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-egypt-capmas-trade-exchange-between-egypt-and-nile-basin-countries-b150d8a7")
df = ds["train"].to_pandas()
print(df.head())

Inspect Columns

print(df.info())
print(df.head())

Filter By Geography

# This dataset is scoped to Egypt in source metadata.
sample = df.copy()

Time-Series Pattern

if "value" in df.columns and "year" in df.columns:
    trend = df.sort_values("year")

Pivot For Analysis

if {"indicator_id", "year", "value"}.issubset(df.columns):
    matrix = df.pivot_table(index="year", columns="indicator_id", values="value")
    print(matrix.tail())

Data Quality Notes

• Canonical time field: year.
• Missing values are preserved rather than silently imputed.
• Column names are standardized for machine use; source meanings are preserved where known.
• Always confirm source methodology, units, and collection definitions before policy, production, or redistribution-sensitive use.

Source And Provenance

• Source: CAPMAS Egypt Open Data
• Publisher: Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS), Egypt
• Portal: https://www.capmas.gov.eg
• Resource: Trade Exchange Between Egypt and Nile Basin Countries
• License: Source-specific or other license
• Retrieved/generated: 2026-08-08T13:11:11Z
• Hugging Face repo: electricsheepafrica/africa-egypt-capmas-trade-exchange-between-egypt-and-nile-basin-countries-b150d8a7

Transformations Applied

• Converted the source table to Parquet for efficient analytics and ML workflows.
• Added or preserved source provenance columns where available.
• Standardized README metadata, dataset loading configuration, schema documentation, and citation format.
• Preserved source-reported values without analytical imputation.

Suggested Analyses

• Build time-series dashboards
• Compare economic indicators
• Join with population or sector data
• Build time-series views and period-over-period comparisons
• Pivot to indicator x period matrices
• Check missingness before modeling
• Use source or repo metadata for country scope when a geography column is not present

Citation

@misc{electric_sheep_africa_africa_egypt_capmas_trade_exchange_between_egypt_and_nile_basin_countries_b150d8_2023,
  title        = {Trade Exchange Between Egypt and Nile Basin Countries | Africa (CAPMAS Egypt Open Data)},
  author       = {Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS), Egypt},
  year         = {2023},
  url          = {https://www.capmas.gov.eg},
  publisher    = {Hugging Face Datasets, engineered by Electric Sheep Africa},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-egypt-capmas-trade-exchange-between-egypt-and-nile-basin-countries-b150d8a7}}
}

License

Released under Source-specific or other license.

Original data is published by Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS), Egypt. Electric Sheep Africa engineering standardizes the data for discovery, loading, and analysis on Hugging Face. Cite both the original source and this ML-ready dataset when used.

About Electric Sheep Africa

Electric Sheep Africa publishes ML-ready African public datasets on Hugging Face.

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Provenance: README standardized 2026-08-11 by the Electric Sheep Africa README system. Source URL: https://www.capmas.gov.eg