# Our World in Data

A research publication with over 14,000 interactive charts on health, population, energy, climate, poverty and more, each with downloadable data.

- Category: World data and statistics · by Global Change Data Lab (with researchers at the University of Oxford)
- Website: https://ourworldindata.org/
- Live data: no
- Checked on the official pages: 2026-10-23

## API

- Official API: yes, docs https://docs.owid.io/projects/etl/api/
- Key needed: not stated
- Price: Free
- Base URL: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/
- Formats: csv, json, zip, png, svg

Example request:

```
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=true
```

## Data and license

- Download: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy.zip (csv, json, zip)
- License: CC BY 4.0 (https://ourworldindata.org/faqs); covers data and charts produced by OWID; third-party data and charts keep their own licenses
- Commercial use OK
- Credit required
- Can be embedded
- Quote (commercial): "Data produced by us falls under our permissive CC BY license" (https://ourworldindata.org/faqs)
- Quote (attribution): "you must credit both Our World in Data and the underlying third-party data provider" (https://ourworldindata.org/faqs)
- Quote (embed): "You can also embed our interactive charts in any website." (https://ourworldindata.org/faqs)
- Quote (third_party): "some of the charts on our site were produced by third parties and are subject to their license terms" (https://ourworldindata.org/faqs)
- Quote (api_official): "Primary API for accessing chart data and metadata." (https://docs.owid.io/projects/etl/api/)
- Quote (api_formats): "we offer direct URLs to access data in CSV format and comprehensive metadata in JSON format" (https://ourworldindata.org/faqs)
- Quote (api_status): "These APIs are under active development." (https://docs.owid.io/projects/etl/api/)

## Rules for an agent

- Append .csv, .metadata.json or .zip to any /grapher/<chart-slug> URL to get its data without a key; a 403 means the data is not redistributable.
- Credit both Our World in Data and the underlying data provider
- Check each chart's metadata for third-party license terms before reuse
- Do not modify embed iframes in a way that hides the chart from some users

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- [A country dashboard from open statistics](https://agentgid.com/resources/ideas/country-data-dashboard/agent.md)

Human page: https://agentgid.com/resources/our-world-in-data/
Source: AgentGid (agentgid.com). Facts are quoted from the site's own pages; check the license page before you ship.