2002 Regional Totals for Southern Africa

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

2002 Summary Totals for Southern Africa

Data Category	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative
Aerial or Ground Total Counts	16,125	0	0	0
Direct Sample Counts and Reliable Dung Counts	230,135	23,722	23,722	0
Informed Guesses	332	0	2,376	231
Other Guesses	0	0	0	7,277
Total	246,592	23,722	26,098	7,508

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	36	0	150	60	658,620	39	5	.01	1
Botswana	100,629	21,237	21,237	0	99,099	6	100	.85	2
Malawi	647	1,569	1,649	20	7,939	0	82	.47	3
Mozambique	11,647	2,786	3,073	6,902	415,906	25	73	.43	1
Namibia	7,769	1,872	1,872	0	147,349	9	64	.54	2
South Africa	14,071	0	855	0	29,356	2	100	.94	3
Swaziland	39	0	0	0	187	0	100	1.00	5
Zambia	12,457	6,961	7,631	235	208,072	12	54	.38	2
Zimbabwe	81,555	7,039	7,373	291	113,602	7	68	.63	2
Totals	246,592	23,722	26,098	7,508	1,680,130	34	45	.40	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.