Challenges Surrounding Data Availability For Area Of Interest

Hi guys,

Ive been teaching myself data science, specifically geospatial data analysis, and am conducting research for personal purposes on a country in the Global South, but I’ve realised that the country I’m looking into lacks comprehensive datasets as opposed to the UK (where I’m based).

Any advice on how I can work around this issue? Are there open source websites with decent datasets available? Along the same vein, are there any other countries other than the UK with a sizeable collection of complete and up-to-date datasets?

Open to any and all advice.