metadata
license: other
language:
- en
task_categories:
- tabular-classification
- tabular-regression
multilinguality: monolingual
size_categories:
- n<1K
tags:
- tabular
- zip
- africa
- nigeria
- official-statistics
- open-data
pretty_name: Rail Transportation Data | Africa (Nigeria official open data)
Rail Transportation Data | Africa (Nigeria official open data)
34 rows - 1 Africa country - 2024-2025 - Repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa
TL;DR
This dataset packages one official ZIP resource from Nigeria as
ML-ready Parquet. The source file is the provenance boundary; all usable
indicators or tabular columns from the resource stay together in this repo.
About the source
- Source: Rail Transportation Data
- Publisher: National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria
- Resource: Rail Transport Q4 2024-Q1 2025
- Format:
ZIP - License: Other open license
- Packaging mode:
tabular_resource
Geographic coverage
1 Africa country:
| Country | Rows | First year | Last year | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
NGA |
34 | 2024 | 2025 | Nigeria |
Indicators or Resource Contents
- This source file is packaged as a normalized tabular resource.
Schema
| Column | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
source_record_id |
string |
Stable row identifier for tabular resources. | nbs-nada-150-1321:rail-transport-data-q4-2024-xlsx:0 |
country_iso3 |
string |
ISO3 country code. | NGA |
country_name |
string |
Country name. | Nigeria |
source_sheet |
string |
Workbook sheet name, when the source is a spreadsheet. | Rail_Transport_Data_Q4 2024.xlsx::Sheet2 |
d_1 |
float64 |
Source column. | 2.0 |
quantity_of_passengers_number |
string |
Source column. | Volume of Goods/Cargos (Tons) |
d_723995 |
float64 |
Source column. | 54099.0 |
d_748345 |
float64 |
Source column. | 79750.0 |
d_815262 |
float64 |
Source column. | 55630.0 |
d_602509 |
float64 |
Source column. | 10634.0 |
d_2890111 |
float64 |
Source column. | 200113.0 |
d_647055 |
float64 |
Source column. | 18484.0 |
d_108238_2236916601 |
float64 |
Source column. | 8691.1313518221 |
d_130258 |
float64 |
Source column. | 24528.0 |
d_134817_03 |
float64 |
Source column. | 35736.48 |
d_1020368_2536916601 |
float64 |
Source column. | 87439.6113518221 |
d_424460 |
float64 |
Source column. | 9071.0 |
d_565385 |
float64 |
Source column. | 27695.0 |
d_696841 |
float64 |
Source column. | 51726.0 |
d_1027772 |
float64 |
Source column. | 53946.0 |
d_2714458 |
float64 |
Source column. | 142438.0 |
d_953099 |
float64 |
Source column. | 39379.0 |
d_422393 |
float64 |
Source column. | 31197.0 |
d_500348 |
float64 |
Source column. | 33312.0 |
d_1337108 |
float64 |
Source column. | 53136.0 |
d_3212948 |
float64 |
Source column. | 157024.0 |
d_441725 |
float64 |
Source column. | 59966.0 |
d_474117 |
float64 |
Source column. | 56936.0 |
d_594348 |
float64 |
Source column. | 69003.0 |
d_672198 |
float64 |
Source column. | 119286.0 |
d_2182388 |
float64 |
Source column. | 305191.0 |
d_675293 |
float64 |
Source column. | 160650.0 |
d_689263 |
float64 |
Source column. | 143759.0 |
d_743205 |
float64 |
Source column. | 96401.0 |
d_1037113 |
float64 |
Source column. | 94750.0 |
d_3144874 |
float64 |
Source column. | 495560.0 |
d_39_54602027704335 |
float64 |
Source column. | -1.7126378357070986 |
d_54_286832153621404 |
float64 |
Source column. | -20.569052529215497 |
source_period_start_year |
Int64 |
First year inferred from source resource metadata. | 2024 |
source_period_end_year |
Int64 |
Last year inferred from source resource metadata. | 2025 |
source_period_label |
string |
Human-readable period inferred from source resource metadata. | 2024-2025 |
source_provider |
string |
Publishing organization. | National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria |
source_dataset |
string |
Source package title. | Rail Transportation Data |
source_resource |
string |
Source resource title. | Rail Transport Q4 2024-Q1 2025 |
source_package_id |
string |
CKAN package UUID. | NGA-NBS-RAIL |
source_resource_id |
string |
CKAN resource UUID. | nbs-nada-150-1321 |
source_url |
string |
Original source resource URL. | https://microdata.nigerianstat.gov.ng/index.php/catalog/150/download/132 |
license_id |
string |
Source license identifier. | other-open |
retrieved_at |
string |
UTC retrieval timestamp. | 2026-07-19T10:27:56Z |
d_929553 |
string |
Source column. | `` |
d_10_3710974599682 |
float64 |
Source column. | `` |
d_37_65180447598302 |
float64 |
Source column. | `` |
Usage
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-nigeria-rail-transportation-data-833d5dce")
df = ds["train"].to_pandas()
print(df.head())
Filter to one country
sample_country = df[df["country_iso3"] == "NGA"]
Work with indicators
if "indicator_id" in df.columns:
print(df["indicator_id"].value_counts().head())
sample = df.sort_values([c for c in ["indicator_id", "year"] if c in df.columns])
Citation
@misc{electric_sheep_africa_africa_nigeria_rail_transportation_data_833d5dce_2025,
title = {Rail Transportation Data | Africa (Nigeria official open data)},
author = {National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria},
year = {2025},
url = {https://microdata.nigerianstat.gov.ng/index.php/catalog/150/related-materials},
publisher = {HuggingFace Datasets, repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa},
howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-nigeria-rail-transportation-data-833d5dce}}
}
License
Released under Other open license.
Original data (c) National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria. When using this dataset, please cite both the original source above and the Electric Sheep Africa repackaging.
About Electric Sheep
Electric Sheep Africa is part of the Electric Sheep mission: a unified,
ML-ready data layer for Africa on Hugging Face. We pull data from authoritative
open sources, normalize the schemas, package as Parquet, and publish with
consistent dataset cards so researchers and developers can use load_dataset()
to start working in seconds.
Browse the full collection: huggingface.co/electricsheepafrica
Provenance: ingested 2026-07-19 via the Electric Sheep pipeline. Source URL: https://microdata.nigerianstat.gov.ng/index.php/catalog/150/download/1321