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latestOpenAPI 3.1.0Proprietary2026-08-031,5423,1505.5 MB
Economics

Health - life expectancy, mortality, vaccination

Health indicators curated by Our World in Data from WHO, UN WPP, UNICEF, Human Mortality Database, and national statistical offices. Returns a long-form country-year series for the requested slug. Available slugs include life-expectancy, child-mortality, infant-mortality, maternal-mortality, healthy-life-expectancy-at-birth, global-vaccination-coverage. Data is published under CC BY 4.0 by OWID; the response envelope includes the dual attribution block naming the primary upstream source. Default window is last 20 years for cross-country pulls; pass country, start_year, end_year to widen or narrow the slice.

get/api/v1/owid/health

Query parameters

slugstring

OWID chart slug for a health indicator (see /owid/catalog?theme=health).

OWID chart slug for a health indicator (see /owid/catalog?theme=health).

countrystring nullable

Filter by country. Accepts ISO3 (USA) or a ~/,/+-joined multi-country key (USAGBRDEU). OWID expects the English country name on the front-end; ISO3 via the filtered CSV is translated on our side.

Filter by country. Accepts ISO3 (USA) or a ~/,/+-joined multi-country key (USAGBRDEU). OWID expects the English country name on the front-end; ISO3 via the filtered CSV is translated on our side.

start_yearinteger nullable

Inclusive start year (integer). Defaults to 2005 for unfiltered cross-country pulls.

Inclusive start year (integer). Defaults to 2005 for unfiltered cross-country pulls.

end_yearinteger nullable

Inclusive end year. Defaults to the latest year available.

Inclusive end year. Defaults to the latest year available.

Response

Country-year observations plus indicator metadata and the CC BY 4.0 dual-attribution block (OWID + original upstream source).

Example response

{
  "meta": {
    "endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
    "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
    "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
    "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
    "source": "sugra_crypto",
    "attribution": "Short interest and Reg SHO daily short volume data is owned by and sourced from FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).",
    "fallback_chain": [
      "sugra_crypto",
      "sugra_finance"
    ]
  }
}