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World Health Organization API: Get country health statistics

Gets the latest WHO value of a health statistic for a country, with sex-specific values, the regional value for the same year, and up to 10 years of history.

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.

Country, requiredcountry

Country name, for example Brazil.

Brazil

Indicator, requiredindicator

Health statistic in plain words, for example infant mortality.

infant mortality

Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "unit": "deaths per 1,000 live births",  "region": "Americas",  "country": "Brazil",  "indicator": "Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1000 live births)",  "male_value": 13.608203825,  "latest_year": 2024,  "source_link": "https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/MDG_0000000001?%24filter=SpatialDim+eq+%27BRA%27&%24orderby=TimeDim+desc",  "female_value": 10.841855023,  "region_value": 10.911642148,  "both_sexes_value": 12.260427311,  "historical_values": [    {      "year": 2024,      "value": 12.260427311    },    {      "year": 2023,      "value": 12.430646999    },    {      "year": 2022,      "value": 12.568670991    }  ],  "who_indicator_code": "MDG_0000000001"}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
who.int/get_country_health_statistics
Returns
country, indicator, unit, latest year, both sexes/male/female values, region and regional value, history, source link

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