WHO Health Indicators for Suriname, 2026 Update

A 2026-updated dataset from the World Health Organization's Global Health Observatory, containing health indicators for Suriname. The data covers categories such as air pollution, child mortality, disease prevalence, health financing, immunization, nutrition, and SDG targets. It is provided in CSV format via the HDX platform.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking national health outcomes against WHO categories like child mortality and life expectancy.
• Analyzing trends in noncommunicable and communicable diseases such as HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis.
• Assessing health system resources and coverage based on indicators for health financing and workforce.
• Monitoring progress towards SDG Target 3.8 on universal health coverage (UHC).
• Investigating environmental health factors from data on air pollution and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH).

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative World Health Organization (WHO).
• Covers a wide range of health topics, from over 30 categories listed in the description.
• Last updated on 2026-03-16, indicating recent data compilation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• 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

Temporal coverage is not explicitly stated in the input.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-16 16:54:58.650848.

Geography

Suriname