ITU

ITU UMC API

Universal and Meaningful Connectivity targets and scores.

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Operations 5

GET /umc/dashboard/all Get the Universal and Meaningful Connectivity dashboard #
GET /umc/topic/all List UMC topics #
GET /umc/macro/all List UMC macro categories #
GET /umc/target/all List UMC target bands #
GET /umc/bycountryid/{countryID} Get UMC scores for one country #

Documentation

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https://datahub.itu.int/
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APIReference
https://datahub.itu.int/data
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Documentation
https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/
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https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Technology/Pages/EmergingTechnologiesPages/api.aspx
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APIReference
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Technology/Pages/EmergingTechnologiesPages/api.aspx
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Documentation
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Technology/Pages/InteractiveTransmissionMaps.aspx

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/itu/refs/heads/main/openapi/itu-umc-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

itu-umc-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ITU DataHub UMC API
  version: '2'
  summary: Undocumented public JSON API behind the ITU DataHub ICT statistics portal.
  description: ITU publishes **no** OpenAPI, no reference documentation, and no terms of programmatic use for this API.
  contact:
    name: ITU ICT Data & Analytics Division
    email: indicators@itu.int
    url: https://datahub.itu.int/
  license:
    name: ITU Terms of Use
    url: https://www.itu.int/en/about/Pages/terms-of-use.aspx
  x-apievangelist-provenance:
    method: derived
    derived_from: live anonymous HTTP probes + the public DataHub client bundle
    probed: '2026-07-26'
    provider_published_spec: false
    note: Derived by API Evangelist from observed responses. ITU has not published, reviewed, or endorsed this description.
servers:
- url: https://api.datahub.itu.int/v2
  description: Production (AWS API Gateway + CloudFront). Anonymous.
tags:
- name: UMC
  description: Universal and Meaningful Connectivity targets and scores.
paths:
  /umc/dashboard/all:
    get:
      operationId: getUmcDashboard
      tags:
      - UMC
      summary: Get the Universal and Meaningful Connectivity dashboard
      description: Returns every UMC indicator with its target definition — the target name, description, minimum and maximum target values, units, source, and the topic and macro it rolls into.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The UMC indicator and target definitions.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/UmcIndicator'
  /umc/topic/all:
    get:
      operationId: listUmcTopics
      tags:
      - UMC
      summary: List UMC topics
      description: Returns the six UMC topics — People, Homes, Businesses, Affordability, Schools, Infrastructure.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The topic list.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/UmcTopic'
              examples:
                topics:
                  value:
                  - topicID: 1
                    label: People
                  - topicID: 2
                    label: Homes
                  - topicID: 3
                    label: Businesses
                  - topicID: 4
                    label: Affordability
                  - topicID: 5
                    label: Schools
                  - topicID: 6
                    label: Infrastructure
  /umc/macro/all:
    get:
      operationId: listUmcMacros
      tags:
      - UMC
      summary: List UMC macro categories
      description: Returns the two UMC macro categories — Universal connectivity and Meaningful connectivity.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The macro list.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/UmcMacro'
              examples:
                macros:
                  value:
                  - macroID: 1
                    label: Universal connectivity
                  - macroID: 2
                    label: Meaningful connectivity
  /umc/target/all:
    get:
      operationId: listUmcTargets
      tags:
      - UMC
      summary: List UMC target bands
      description: Returns the UMC scoring bands used to colour the dashboard — No data, Limited, Satisfactory, Advanced, Target met — with the numeric range each band covers.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The target bands.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/UmcTarget'
              examples:
                bands:
                  value:
                  - targetID: 0
                    min: -1
                    max: -1
                    label: No data
                  - targetID: 1
                    min: 0
                    max: 50
                    label: Limited
                  - targetID: 2
                    min: 50
                    max: 75
                    label: Satisfactory
                  - targetID: 3
                    min: 75
                    max: 95
                    label: Advanced
                  - targetID: 4
                    min: 95
                    max: 100
                    label: Target met
  /umc/bycountryid/{countryID}:
    get:
      operationId: getUmcByCountry
      tags:
      - UMC
      summary: Get UMC scores for one country
      description: Returns every UMC indicator scored for a single country, keyed by the ITU `CountryID`, with the observed value alongside the target definition it is measured against.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/countryID'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The country's UMC scores.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/UmcCountryScore'
components:
  schemas:
    UmcCountryScore:
      type: object
      properties:
        codeID:
          type: integer
        code:
          type: string
        label:
          type: string
        units:
          type: string
        source:
          type: string
        archive:
          type: boolean
        topicID:
          type: integer
        topicTarget:
          type: string
        macroID:
          type: integer
        macroTarget:
          type: string
        targetName:
          type: string
        targetDesc:
          type: string
        targetMinValue:
          type: number
        targetMaxValue:
          type: number
        rawMinValue:
          type: number
        rawMaxValue:
          type: number
        answer:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
    UmcTarget:
      type: object
      properties:
        targetID:
          type: integer
        min:
          type: number
        max:
          type: number
        label:
          type: string
    UmcIndicator:
      type: object
      properties:
        codeID:
          type: integer
        code:
          type: string
        label:
          type: string
        indicatorLabel:
          type: string
        codeDesc:
          type: string
        units:
          type: string
        source:
          type: string
        archive:
          type: boolean
        topicID:
          type: integer
        macroID:
          type: integer
        targetName:
          type: string
        targetDesc:
          type: string
        targetMinValue:
          type: number
        targetMaxValue:
          type: number
        createDate:
          type: integer
          description: Epoch milliseconds.
        updateDate:
          type: integer
          description: Epoch milliseconds.
    UmcTopic:
      type: object
      properties:
        topicID:
          type: integer
        label:
          type: string
    UmcMacro:
      type: object
      properties:
        macroID:
          type: integer
        label:
          type: string
  parameters:
    countryID:
      name: countryID
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The ITU numeric country identifier, from `listCountries`.
      schema:
        type: integer
      example: 244
externalDocs:
  description: ITU DataHub portal (the only human surface for this API)
  url: https://datahub.itu.int/