2002 Continental Totals for Africa

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

2002 Summary Totals for Africa

Data Category	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative
Aerial or Ground Total Counts	41,823	0	0	0
Direct Sample Counts and Reliable Dung Counts	354,416	29,540	29,540	0
Other Dung Counts	86	29,484	6,698	0
Informed Guesses	5,742	0	63,575	18,116
Other Guesses	0	0	0	81,191
Total	402,067	59,024	99,813	99,307

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	16,450	32,263	64,477	82,563	2,060,763	42	58	.15	1
Eastern Africa	117,716	17,702	22,511	5,738	969,113	20	38	.31	2
Southern Africa	246,592	23,722	26,098	7,508	1,680,130	34	45	.40	1
West Africa	5,458	1,188	3,039	3,498	219,868	4	65	.33	3
Totals	402,067	59,024	99,813	99,307	4,929,874	100	50	.35

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.