electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-fixed-line-telephone-republic-of-mauritius-2000-to-2018-bd3c5add

Fixed Line Telephone Republic of Mauritius 2000 to 2018 | Africa (MDPA)

40 rows - 1 Africa country/area - 2000-2018 - source table - Engineered by Electric Sheep Africa

TL;DR

This dataset contains 40 rows from MDPA, covering Fixed Line Telephone Republic of Mauritius 2000 to 2018. It is published as ML-ready Parquet with consistent Hugging Face metadata, source provenance, and analysis-friendly loading examples.

What This Dataset Measures

Official statistics datasets help analysts inspect public data as published by governments, national statistical systems, and regional data portals.

Source-provided context: Fixed-line telephone, Republic of Mauritius, 2000 to 2018

How To Read This Dataset

• One row means: one source record from the original tabular resource, with Electric Sheep Africa provenance columns added where available.
• Primary geography column: country_iso3.
• Best time column: not detected.
• Time coverage basis: source metadata.
• Recommended join keys: country_iso3 where available plus source-specific keys.

Coverage

Dimension	Value
Rows	40
Countries/areas	1
First period	2000
Last period	2018
Indicators	0
Columns	39
Source format	XLS

Geographic Coverage

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

Area	Rows	First year	Last year	Name
MU	40	2000	2018	Mauritius

Indicators, Variables, Or Resource Contents

• This repo preserves one source tabular resource with its usable columns kept together.

Schema

Column	Type	Description	Example
source_record_id	string	Stable row identifier assigned during Electric Sheep Africa engineering.	a0bb76f3-7c7d-412f-b50a-8629e2c54319:notes:0
country_iso3	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	ISO3 country or area code.	MU
country_name	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Country or area name.	Mauritius
source_sheet	string	Source column from the original resource.	Notes
a_concepts	string	Source column from the original resource.	``
column_2	string	Source column from the original resource.	ICT Sector
definitions	string	Source column from the original resource.	The definition of the ICT sector is according to the recommendations ...
source_period_start_year	int64	Start year inferred from source metadata.	2000
source_period_end_year	int64	End year inferred from source metadata.	2018
source_period_label	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Source column from the original resource.	2000-2018
source_provider	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Publishing organization.	MDPA
source_dataset	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Source dataset or package title.	Fixed-line telephone, Republic of Mauritius, 2000 to 2018
source_resource	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Source resource title, table name, or file name.	Source_Fixed_Line_Telephone_Republic_of_Mauritius_2000-2018.xls
source_package_id	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Source package identifier.	6ce4954a-04a0-4ae5-99bb-aaa6b88fc71b
source_resource_id	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Source resource identifier.	a0bb76f3-7c7d-412f-b50a-8629e2c54319
source_url	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Original source URL or download URL.	https://data.govmu.org/dataset/6ce4954a-04a0-4ae5-99bb-aaa6b88fc71b/r...
license_id	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	Source license identifier.	CC-BY-SA-4.0
retrieved_at	dictionary<values=string, indices=int8, ordered=0>	UTC source retrieval timestamp from the Electric Sheep Africa pipeline.	2026-08-08T16:26:20Z
volume_of_calls_from_fixed_telephone	string	Source column from the original resource.	``
million_minutes	string	Source column from the original resource.	``
na	string	Source column from the original resource.	``
na_2	string	Source column from the original resource.	``
na_3	string	Source column from the original resource.	``
na_4	string	Source column from the original resource.	``
na_5	string	Source column from the original resource.	``
d_1440_1	string	Source column from the original resource.	``
d_1391_2	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
d_1309_8	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
d_1205_5	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
d_1099_2	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
d_1042	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
d_980_7	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
d_911_2	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
d_904_3	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
d_876_2	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
d_875_7	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
d_832_1	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
d_781_2	double	Source column from the original resource.	``
d_721_9	double	Source column from the original resource.	``

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-fixed-line-telephone-republic-of-mauritius-2000-to-2018-bd3c5add")
df = ds["train"].to_pandas()
print(df.head())

Inspect Columns

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

Filter By Geography

if "country_iso3" in df.columns:
    sample = df[df["country_iso3"] == "MU"]

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

• No canonical year/date column was detected in the packaged table; use source metadata and domain context for temporal interpretation.
• 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: MDPA
• Publisher: MDPA
• Portal: https://data.govmu.org
• Resource: Source_Fixed_Line_Telephone_Republic_of_Mauritius_2000-2018.xls
• License: CC BY-SA 4.0
• Retrieved/generated: 2026-08-08T16:36:27Z
• Hugging Face repo: electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-fixed-line-telephone-republic-of-mauritius-2000-to-2018-bd3c5add

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

• Profile the distribution of values
• Compare categories or geographies
• Join with complementary public datasets
• Check missingness before modeling
• Use country_iso3 as the safest geography join key when present

Citation

@misc{electric_sheep_africa_africa_mauritius_fixed_line_telephone_republic_of_mauritius_2000_to_2018_bd3c5ad_2018,
  title        = {Fixed Line Telephone Republic of Mauritius 2000 to 2018 | Africa (MDPA)},
  author       = {MDPA},
  year         = {2018},
  url          = {https://data.govmu.org/dataset/fixed-line-telephone-republic-mauritius-2000-2018},
  publisher    = {Hugging Face Datasets, engineered by Electric Sheep Africa},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-mauritius-fixed-line-telephone-republic-of-mauritius-2000-to-2018-bd3c5add}}
}

License

Released under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Original data is published by MDPA. 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://data.govmu.org/dataset/fixed-line-telephone-republic-mauritius-2000-2018