1998 Continental Totals for Africa

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

1998 Summary Totals for Africa

Data Category	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative
Aerial or Ground Total Counts	33,525	0	0	0
Aerial or Ground Sample Counts	265,268	21,044	21,044	0
Dung Counts	0	35,152	4,416	0
Informed Guesses	2,940	0	35,320	10,764
Other Guesses	0	0	0	57,832
Total	301,733	56,196	60,780	68,596

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	7,322	27,104	27,613	63,469	2,772,397	48	16	.04	1
Eastern Africa	83,770	22,698	17,216	1,495	1,063,569	18	30	.26	2
Southern Africa	196,845	17,057	22,623	190	1,724,037	30	26	.23	1
West Africa	2,489	644	6,228	3,442	212,463	4	59	.14	3
Totals	301,733	56,196	60,780	68,596	5,772,466	100	23	.17

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.