Research Guides

Health Statistics

Resources on finding and utilizing health statistics.

Global Data

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Global Health Program
Data & Statistics (WHO)
Europa World Plus
Online version of the Europa World Year Book & the Europa Regional Surveys of the World series.
European Health for All Database (WHO)
Eurostat Statistics
FAOSTAT (Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Provides time-series & cross-sectional data relating to food and agriculture for some 200 countries.
Global Health Data Exchange - GHDx (Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation)
IHME's catalog of the world's health and demographic data.
Global Health Information & Resources (research guide)
Global Health Observatory (WHO)
Health Emergencies (WHO)
Health Map: Global Disease Alert Map
International Database (U.S. Census)
Millennium Development Goals: Statistics
OECD iLibrary: Statistics
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - Data
Search or browse by Topic (Health) and choose a Country.
Pan American Health Organization Data & Statistics
See also Regional Core Health Data Initiative (1995 - 2007).
U.S. AID - Demographic and Health Surveys - Data
To compare data across countries & time, see STATcompiler .
U.S. Global Health Policy (Kaiser Family Foundation)
UK Data Service
Browse health topics by themes.
UN Data
Search UN statistical databases from a single entry point.
UNICEF: Health
WHO Data Collections
A broad range of data collections related to global health & well-being.
WHO Health Emergency Dashboard
World Bank Open Data
World Health Statistics Report (WHO)
World Population Data
Choose from indicators such as health & family planning on the interactive map, data visualization, & more. From the Population Reference Bureau.

Last Updated: Nov 5, 2025 12:56 PM

Subjects: Health Sciences, Science, Social Sciences