WHO Health Indicators for Lao PDR, 2026 Update

Lao People's Democratic Republic health data from the World Health Organization's Global Health Observatory portal, covering categories such as air pollution, child mortality, disease prevalence, nutrition, and universal health coverage. The dataset was last updated on March 16, 2026, and is provided in CSV format. It aggregates over 30 categories of health metrics relevant to monitoring Sustainable Development Goals.

Use Cases

• Modeling disease burden and risk factors based on noncommunicable and communicable disease indicators
• Analyzing health system performance based on health financing and workforce metrics
• Tracking environmental health impacts based on air pollution and WASH (water, sanitation, hygiene) data
• Assessing maternal and child health outcomes based on mortality and immunization coverage indicators

Strengths

• Data sourced from the authoritative World Health Organization Global Health Observatory
• Covers over 30 distinct health indicator categories as listed in the description
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-03 16:24:22.676056

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

World Health Organization

Collection Method

Aggregated from the WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO) data portal

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-16 16:24:22.676056

Geography

Lao People's Democratic Republic