UNICEF Data

UNICEF SDMX Data Warehouse API

The UNICEF SDMX REST API provides programmatic access to UNICEF's Data Warehouse Explorer, containing 748+ indicators across thematic dataflows covering child health, nutrition, maternal and newborn health, HIV/AIDS, WASH, education, child protection, demography, and gender. Data spans all UN member states and is drawn from MICS, DHS, national surveys, and administrative sources. No authentication or API key is required. Supports SDMX-JSON, SDMX-XML (v2.0 and v2.1), and CSV output formats.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://data.unicef.org/sdmx-api-documentation/

Other Resources

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Explorer
https://sdmx.data.unicef.org/webservice/data.html
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JSONLDContext
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/unicef-data/refs/heads/main/json-ld/unicef-sdmx-context.jsonld

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: UNICEF SDMX Data Warehouse API
description: 'The UNICEF SDMX REST API provides programmatic access to UNICEF''s Data Warehouse Explorer,
  containing 748+ indicators across thematic dataflows covering child health, nutrition, maternal and
  newborn health, HIV/AIDS, WASH, education, child protection, demography, and gender. Data spans all
  UN member states and is drawn from MICS, DHS, national surveys, and administrative sources. No authentication
  or API key is required. Supports SDMX-JSON, SDMX-XML (v2.0 and v2.1), and CSV output formats.

  '
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://data.unicef.org/sdmx-api-documentation/
baseURL: https://sdmx.data.unicef.org/ws/public/sdmxapi/rest/
tags:
- SDMX
- Child Health
- Nutrition
- Education
- Child Protection
- MICS
- SDG Indicators
- Open Data
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://data.unicef.org/sdmx-api-documentation/
- type: Explorer
  url: https://sdmx.data.unicef.org/webservice/data.html
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/unicef-sdmx-context.jsonld