1995 Continental Totals for Africa

All Years for Africa:2016 — 2013 — 2007 — 2002 — 1998 — 1995

1995 Summary Totals for Africa

Data Category	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative
Aerial or Ground Total Counts	31,901	0	0	0
Aerial or Ground Sample Counts	253,342	21,557	21,557	0
Dung Counts	0	79,731	20,432	0
Informed Guesses, Undocumented Aerial or Dung Surveys and GIS Extrapolations	990	0	122,086	2,252
Other Guesses and Other Extrapolations	0	0	0	27,330
Total	286,233	101,288	164,075	29,582

No changes between current and previous report.

Elephant Estimates

Region	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative	Range Area (km²)	% of Continental Range	% of Range Assessed	IQI¹	PFS²
Central Africa	7,320	81,657	128,648	7,594	2,769,550	48	57	.22	1
Eastern Africa	90,482	16,707	20,000	1,084	1,075,362	19	31	.26	2
Southern Africa	170,837	16,382	27,113	15,350	1,725,798	30	50	.41	2
West Africa	2,760	1,376	5,035	5,554	227,088	4	49	.14	3
Totals	286,233	101,288	164,075	29,582	5,797,798	100	50	.33

¹IQI: Information Quality Index: This index quantifies overall data quality at the regional level based on the precision of estimates and the proportion of assessed elephant range (i.e. range for which estimates are available). The IQI ranges from zero (no reliable information) to one (perfect information).

²PFS: Priority for Future Surveys, ranked from 1 to 5 (highest to lowest). Based on the precision of estimates and the proportion of national range accounted for by the site in question, PFS is a measure of the importance and urgency for future population surveys. All areas of unassessed range have a priority of 1. See Introduction for details on how the PFS is derived.