WHO Global Health Data Tracker

Collect country-level public health statistics from the WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO) — life expectancy, infant mortality, HIV prevalence, obesity, PM2.5 air pollution, alcohol consumption, and 2,000+ more indicators across 190+ countries.

No API key required. Powered by the official WHO GHO OData API.

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Use Cases

• Public health research — download multi-decade time series for academic analysis
• Pharmaceutical market sizing — disease prevalence by country and year
• ESG & impact investing — health outcome benchmarks across emerging markets
• Policy analysis — compare health expenditure vs. outcomes across nations
• Journalism & data visualization — structured WHO data without manual CSV downloads

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Modes

Mode	Description
data	Fetch health observations for selected indicators, countries, and year range
indicators	List all available WHO indicators with codes and names
countries	List all available countries with ISO3 codes

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Key Indicators

Code	Description
WHOSIS_000001	Life expectancy at birth (years)
WHOSIS_000015	Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)
MDG_0000000026	HIV/AIDS prevalence (%)
SDGPM25	PM2.5 air pollution exposure (μg/m³)
NCD_BMI_30A	Obesity rate among adults (%)
SA_0000001462	Alcohol consumption (litres per capita)

Use mode: indicators to browse all 2,000+ indicator codes.

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Input

{
  "mode": "data",
  "indicators": ["WHOSIS_000001", "WHOSIS_000015", "NCD_BMI_30A"],
  "countries": ["KOR", "USA", "CHN", "DEU", "JPN"],
  "yearFrom": 2010,
  "yearTo": 2023
}

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	data	data, indicators, or countries
indicators	array	6 defaults	WHO indicator codes (e.g. WHOSIS_000001)
countries	array	all	ISO 3-letter country codes (e.g. KOR, USA)
yearFrom	integer	2010	Minimum year (inclusive). Set 0 for no limit.
yearTo	integer	2023	Maximum year (inclusive). Set 0 for no limit.
maxIndicators	integer	50	Max results when mode=indicators

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Output

Each record in mode: data contains:

{
  "indicator_code": "WHOSIS_000001",
  "indicator_name": "Life expectancy at birth (years)",
  "country_code": "KOR",
  "country_name": "Republic of Korea",
  "year": 2022,
  "value": 83.6,
  "value_display": "83.6 [82.8-84.4]",
  "sex": "Both sexes",
  "dim2": null,
  "dim3": null,
  "source": "WHO GHO"
}

A SUMMARY key is also saved to the Key-Value Store with record counts per indicator.

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Pricing

Event	Price
Actor start	$0.005 (once)
Per health observation returned	$0.001

A typical run fetching 6 indicators for 10 countries over 10 years returns ~600–3,000 records, costing $0.60–$3.00.

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Data Source

WHO Global Health Observatory — https://www.who.int/data/gho

Data is updated by WHO on a rolling basis. Most indicators are updated annually. Historical data goes back to the 1990s for many indicators.

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Related actors

• World Bank Data Scraper — World Bank health indicators (life expectancy, mortality) alongside WHO disease-specific data
• PubMed Medical Papers Tracker — Academic literature to contextualize WHO indicator trends with underlying research
• IMF Economic Data Tracker — GDP per capita and healthcare spending to correlate with WHO health outcomes

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