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Showing 24 of 207 indicators — the full catalogue is listed belowCatalogue as of 17 Oct 2026
IndicatorCoverageTrendLatestUpdated
Adolescent Fertility RateHealthBirths per 1,000 women ages 15-19./v1/indicators/adolescent_fertility_per_100054 of 54 · all reported202415 Oct 202615 Oct 2026Agricultural Land (% of Land)AgricultureShare of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, or under permanent pasture./v1/indicators/agricultural_land_pct54 of 54 · all reported202415 Oct 202615 Oct 2026Birth RateDemographicsLive births per 1,000 people per year./v1/indicators/crude_birth_rate_per_100054 of 54 · 0 rep · 54 mod20267 Mar 20267 Mar 2026Cattle StockAgricultureNumber of live cattle (FAOSTAT)./v1/indicators/cattle_stock_head54 of 54 · all reported20243 Oct 20263 Oct 2026Child StuntingChild WelfareShare of children under 5 who are stunted (low height-for-age), a marker of chronic undernutrition./v1/indicators/stunting_under5_pct54 of 54 · 0 rep · 54 mod202415 Aug 202615 Aug 2026Clean Cooking AccessEnergyShare of the population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for cooking./v1/indicators/access_to_clean_fuels_pct54 of 54 · all reported202415 Oct 202615 Oct 2026Control of CorruptionGovernanceWorld Bank Worldwide Governance Indicator for control of corruption, from −2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong)./v1/indicators/control_of_corruption_estimate54 of 54 · all reported202515 Oct 202615 Oct 2026Corruption Perceptions IndexGovernanceTransparency International's index of perceived public-sector corruption on a 0-100 scale (higher is cleaner)./v1/indicators/corruption_perceptions_index54 of 54 · all reported202419 Jun 202619 Jun 2026Death RateDemographicsDeaths per 1,000 people per year./v1/indicators/crude_death_rate_per_100054 of 54 · 0 rep · 54 mod20267 Mar 20267 Mar 2026Diabetes PrevalenceHealthShare of the population ages 20-79 with type 1 or type 2 diabetes./v1/indicators/diabetes_prevalence_pct54 of 54 · all reported202415 Oct 202615 Oct 2026DTP3 ImmunizationHealthShare of children ages 12-23 months immunized with three doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine./v1/indicators/dtp3_immunization_pct54 of 54 · all reported20258 Aug 20268 Aug 2026Electoral Democracy IndexGovernanceV-Dem electoral democracy (polyarchy) index on a 0-1 scale (higher is more democratic)./v1/indicators/electoral_democracy_index54 of 54 · 0 rep · 54 mod202519 Jun 202619 Jun 2026Electricity AccessInfrastructureShare of the population with access to electricity./v1/indicators/electricity_access_pct54 of 54 · all reported202415 Oct 202615 Oct 2026Export Concentration IndexTradeUNCTAD Herfindahl-Hirschmann index of how concentrated exports are in a few products (lower is less concentrated)./v1/indicators/export_concentration_index54 of 54 · 17 rep · 37 mod202519 Aug 202619 Aug 2026Export Diversification IndexTradeUNCTAD index of how far a country's export mix differs from the world structure (lower is more diversified)./v1/indicators/export_diversification_index54 of 54 · 17 rep · 37 mod202519 Aug 202619 Aug 2026Fertility RateDemographicsBirths per woman over a lifetime at current rates./v1/indicators/fertility_rate_births_per_woman54 of 54 · all reported202415 Oct 202615 Oct 2026Food Production IndexAgricultureFood production index (2014-2016 = 100) covering edible, nutritious crops and livestock./v1/indicators/food_production_index54 of 54 · all reported202415 Oct 202615 Oct 2026Forest AreaClimateForest area as a share of total land area./v1/indicators/forest_area_pct_land54 of 54 · all reported202415 Oct 202615 Oct 2026Government EffectivenessGovernanceWorld Bank Worldwide Governance Indicator for government effectiveness, from −2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong)./v1/indicators/government_effectiveness_estimate54 of 54 · all reported202515 Oct 202615 Oct 2026Health Spending (% of GDP)HealthCurrent health expenditure as a share of GDP./v1/indicators/health_expenditure_pct_gdp54 of 54 · all reported202315 Oct 202615 Oct 2026Health Spending per CapitaHealthCurrent health expenditure per person, in current US dollars./v1/indicators/health_expenditure_per_capita_usd54 of 54 · all reported202315 Oct 202615 Oct 2026Human Development IndexDevelopmentUNDP composite index of life expectancy, education and income on a 0-1 scale (higher is better)./v1/indicators/human_development_index54 of 54 · 0 rep · 54 mod202326 Jun 202626 Jun 2026Infant MortalityHealthInfant deaths before age one per 1,000 live births./v1/indicators/infant_mortality_rate54 of 54 · all reported202415 Oct 202615 Oct 2026Liberal Democracy IndexGovernanceV-Dem liberal democracy index — electoral democracy plus liberal checks and protections — on a 0-1 scale./v1/indicators/liberal_democracy_index54 of 54 · 0 rep · 54 mod202519 Jun 202619 Jun 2026
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All 207 indicators, by topic

Each indicator has a page ranking every country that carries it, with the history, the sources and the API request.

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All 54 countries, by region

Each country page lists every indicator held for it, with the government record and the sources.

Southern Africa

  • Botswana16 of 16 core datasets · to 2026
  • Eswatini16 of 16 core datasets · to 2026
  • Lesotho15 of 16 core datasets · to 2026
  • Namibia16 of 16 core datasets · to 2026
  • South Africa16 of 16 core datasets · to 2026
  • Zambia16 of 16 core datasets · to 2026
  • Zimbabwe16 of 16 core datasets · to 2026