# 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. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by World Health Organization. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/who.int/get-country-health-statistics - Method: `who.int/get_country_health_statistics`, version 1 - Website: who.int - Returns: country, indicator, unit, latest year, both sexes/male/female values, region and regional value, history, source link - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1ยข with pay as you go); failed runs are free ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `country` | string | yes | `"Brazil"` | Country name, for example Brazil. | | `indicator` | string | yes | `"infant mortality"` | Health statistic in plain words, for example infant mortality. | ## Output From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "country": "Brazil", "indicator": "infant mortality" } ``` Its output: ```json { "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" } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"who.int/get_country_health_statistics","input":{"country":"Brazil","indicator":"infant mortality"}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - What is the latest infant mortality rate in Brazil, broken down by male and female, and how does it compare to the rest of the Americas region? - Show me the life expectancy trend for Kenya over the past decade from WHO data. - I need the most recent adult tobacco use prevalence for India, split by sex, plus the regional average for the same year. - Pull up WHO figures on maternal mortality ratio for Nigeria with a ten-year history and a link to the source. - How has the under-five mortality rate changed in Pakistan recently, and what is the Eastern Mediterranean regional value for that year? ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "country", "indicator" ], "properties": { "country": { "type": "string", "description": "Country name, for example Brazil." }, "indicator": { "type": "string", "description": "Health statistic in plain words, for example infant mortality." } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "country", "indicator", "unit", "latest_year", "both_sexes_value", "male_value", "female_value", "region", "region_value", "historical_values", "source_link", "who_indicator_code" ], "properties": { "unit": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Measurement unit in words, when specified by WHO." }, "region": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "WHO region name." }, "country": { "type": "string", "description": "WHO country name." }, "indicator": { "type": "string", "description": "Official WHO indicator name." }, "male_value": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "latest_year": { "type": "integer" }, "source_link": { "type": "string", "description": "Link to the WHO source data for this country and indicator." }, "female_value": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "region_value": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Regional value for the latest country year." }, "both_sexes_value": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "historical_values": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "year", "value" ], "properties": { "year": { "type": "integer" }, "value": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false } }, "who_indicator_code": { "type": "string", "x-fous-developer": true } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## See more - [World Health Organization API: Get WHO fact sheet](https://fous.com/methods/who.int/get-fact-sheet.md): Finds a WHO fact sheet by health topic in the WHO fact-sheet directory. 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