UNICEF Data
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.
UNICEF Data publishes 25 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Basemap API, Code List API, Codelist API, and 22 more. Tagged areas include Children, Child Welfare, Global Health, Statistics, and SDG.
The UNICEF Data catalog on APIs.io includes 3 JSON-LD contexts and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
UNICEF Data’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, support, and 16 more developer resources.
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APIs 26
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
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,...
UNICEF Data Basemap API
The Basemap API from UNICEF Data — 2 operation(s) for basemap.
UNICEF Data Code List API
The Code List API from UNICEF Data — 3 operation(s) for code list.
UNICEF Data Codelist API
The Codelist API from UNICEF Data — 4 operation(s) for codelist.
UNICEF Data CollectionProcess API
The CollectionProcess API from UNICEF Data — 1 operation(s) for collectionprocess.
UNICEF Data Context layer API
The Context layer API from UNICEF Data — 6 operation(s) for context layer.
UNICEF Data Country API
The Country API from UNICEF Data — 3 operation(s) for country.
UNICEF Data Custodian API
The Custodian API from UNICEF Data — 1 operation(s) for custodian.
UNICEF Data Dashboard API
The Dashboard API from UNICEF Data — 5 operation(s) for dashboard.
UNICEF Data Data Browser API
The Data Browser API from UNICEF Data — 1 operation(s) for data browser.
UNICEF Data DataSource API
The DataSource API from UNICEF Data — 1 operation(s) for datasource.
UNICEF Data Group API
The Group API from UNICEF Data — 2 operation(s) for group.
UNICEF Data HowMany API
The HowMany API from UNICEF Data — 2 operation(s) for howmany.
UNICEF Data Indicator API
The Indicator API from UNICEF Data — 10 operation(s) for indicator.
UNICEF Data IndicatorClassification API
The IndicatorClassification API from UNICEF Data — 1 operation(s) for indicatorclassification.
UNICEF Data Language API
The Language API from UNICEF Data — 1 operation(s) for language.
UNICEF Data Reference datasets API
The Reference datasets API from UNICEF Data — 8 operation(s) for reference datasets.
UNICEF Data Region API
The Region API from UNICEF Data — 4 operation(s) for region.
UNICEF Data Related table API
The Related table API from UNICEF Data — 2 operation(s) for related table.
UNICEF Data Related table data API
The Related table data API from UNICEF Data — 3 operation(s) for related table data.
UNICEF Data Sector API
The Sector API from UNICEF Data — 4 operation(s) for sector.
UNICEF Data StrategicPlan API
The StrategicPlan API from UNICEF Data — 6 operation(s) for strategicplan.
UNICEF Data Style API
The Style API from UNICEF Data — 2 operation(s) for style.
UNICEF Data Tag API
The Tag API from UNICEF Data — 1 operation(s) for tag.
UNICEF Data User API
The User API from UNICEF Data — 2 operation(s) for user.
UNICEF Data YearAssignmentMethod API
The YearAssignmentMethod API from UNICEF Data — 1 operation(s) for yearassignmentmethod.
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Open Collections 26
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
API Collection
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Code List API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Codelist API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap CollectionProcess API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Context layer API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Country API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Custodian API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Dashboard API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Data Browser API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap DataSource API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Group API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap HowMany API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Indicator API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap IndicatorClassification API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Language API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Reference datasets API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Region API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Related table API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Related table data API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Sector API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap StrategicPlan API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Style API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap Tag API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap User API
OPEN COLLECTIONGeoSight Basemap YearAssignmentMethod API
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Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Unicef Data Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Unicef Data Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 3
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Spectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
UNICEF Data API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 2
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
UNICEF GeoSight API Schemas
JSON SCHEMAUNICEF Reference Data Manager API Schemas
JSON SCHEMAExamples 1
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Security Posture 2
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Documentation 3
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Agent Surfaces 1
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Design & Contract 3
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Build 1
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Access & Security 2
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Operate 2
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Commercial 3
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Company 3
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Other 2
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