1998 Regional Totals for Southern Africa

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

1998 Summary Totals for Southern Africa

Data Category	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative
Aerial or Ground Total Counts	13,293	0	0	0
Aerial or Ground Sample Counts	183,533	17,057	17,057	0
Informed Guesses	19	0	5,566	20
Other Guesses	0	0	0	170
Total	196,845	17,057	22,623	190

No changes between current and previous report.

Elephant Estimates

Country	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative	Range Area (km²)	% of Regional Range	% of Range Assessed	IQI¹	PFS²
Angola	0	0	0	170	678,785	39	1	.00	1
Botswana	76,644	13,414	13,414	0	81,486	5	100	.87	2
Malawi	647	1,569	1,649	20	7,968	0	82	.47	3
Mozambique	6,898	1,946	4,496	0	467,062	27	10	.06	1
Namibia	6,263	1,421	1,421	0	145,015	8	63	.53	2
South Africa	11,905	0	0	0	25,847	1	100	1.00	3
Swaziland	39	0	0	0	188	0	100	1.00	5
Zambia	15,873	6,179	6,964	0	208,123	12	56	.43	2
Zimbabwe	63,070	8,034	10,185	0	109,563	6	61	.53	2
Totals	196,845	17,057	22,623	190	1,724,037	30	26	.23	1

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.