2002 Regional Totals for Central Africa

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

2002 Summary Totals for Central Africa

Data Category	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative
Aerial or Ground Total Counts	1,989	0	0	0
Direct Sample Counts and Reliable Dung Counts	10,542	3,393	3,393	0
Other Dung Counts	0	28,870	6,687	0
Informed Guesses	3,919	0	54,398	15,378
Other Guesses	0	0	0	67,185
Total	16,450	32,263	64,477	82,563

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
Cameroon	2,006	3,058	9,017	3,160	173,765	8	29	.09	1
Central African Republic	2,977	1,600	2,420	390	217,708	11	29	.18	1
Chad	1,989	0	2,000	550	263,973	13	16	.07	1
Congo	431	18,222	6,572	2,300	248,361	12	5	.04	1
Democratic Republic of Congo	7,667	2,631	34,996	17,554	912,105	44	93	.15	1
Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	300	15,257	1	5	.00	3
Gabon	0	8,132	14,712	58,309	229,594	11	79	.08	1
Totals	16,450	32,263	64,477	82,563	2,060,763	42	58	.15	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.