UNICEF Data

aid: unicef-data
name: UNICEF Data
description: 'UNICEF Data is the official open data platform of the United Nations Children''s Fund, providing programmatic
  access to global child welfare statistics, health and nutrition indicators, education data, child protection metrics, MICS
  (Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey) results, and SDG indicators for children across countries worldwide. The primary API
  is an SDMX REST web service exposing UNICEF''s Data Warehouse, which contains 748+ indicators organized into thematic dataflows
  covering demography, maternal and child health, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, WASH, education, and gender. All data is freely accessible
  without authentication, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO.

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created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Children
- Child Welfare
- Global Health
- Statistics
- SDG
- MICS
- Education
- Nutrition
- SDMX
- Open Data
- United Nations
- UNICEF
apis:
- 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.

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  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
- name: UNICEF Reference Data Manager API
  description: 'The UNICEF Reference Data Manager (RDM) API provides structured access to UNICEF''s reference data including
    geographic hierarchies, organizational units, and classification codes used across UNICEF programmes. Documented via a
    Swagger/OpenAPI interface at rdmapi.unicef.org.

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  humanURL: https://rdmapi.unicef.org/
  baseURL: https://rdmapi.unicef.org/api/
  tags:
  - Reference Data
  - Geographic
  - Classifications
  - Organizational
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rdmapi.unicef.org/api/doc/index.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://rdmapi.unicef.org/swagger/v1/swagger.json
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/unicef-reference-data-manager-openapi.json
- name: UNICEF GeoSight API
  description: 'GeoSight is UNICEF''s geospatial data platform for visualizing and analyzing humanitarian and development
    indicators by geography. The REST API provides access to geospatial indicator data layers, context layers, and dashboards.
    Requires Django-based authentication for write operations; read access to public datasets is available without credentials.

    '
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  humanURL: https://geosight.unicef.org/
  baseURL: https://geosight.unicef.org/api/v1/
  tags:
  - Geospatial
  - GIS
  - Humanitarian
  - Indicators
  - Maps
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://geosight.unicef.org/en-us/api/v1/docs/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://geosight.unicef.org/en-us/api/v1/docs/?format=openapi
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/unicef-geosight-openapi.json
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://data.unicef.org
- type: Documentation
  url: https://data.unicef.org/sdmx-api-documentation/
- type: OpenData
  url: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/unicef
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unicef/
- type: Blog
  url: https://data.unicef.org/blog/
- type: Support
  url: mailto:data@unicef.org
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/unicefdata
- type: License
  url: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/unicef-data-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/unicef-data-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/unicef-data-finops.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/unicef-data-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/unicef-rdm-context.jsonld
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/unicef-geosight-context.jsonld
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/unicef-geosight-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/unicef-rdm-schema.json
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com