Statistics Resources: Health & Education

An annual ranking of 110 countries, according to a variety of factors including wealth, economic growth, personal wellbeing, governance, and quality of life.

Primary source for cross-nationally comparable statistics on education, science and technology, culture, and communication for more than 200 countries and territories.

The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program has collected, analyzed and disseminated accurate and representative data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition through more more that 200 surveys in over 75 countries. You must register in order to download data. The DHS Program has earned a worldwide reputation for collecting and disseminating accurate, nationally representative data on fertility, family planning, maternal and child health, gender, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and nutrition.

Key health, nutrition and population statistics gathered from a variety of international sources.

The WHO is the United Nations specialized agency for health. WHO includes the World Health Statistics database of core health indicators.

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