Our World in Data CSV download URLs

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Short answer. Append .csv to any grapher chart URL: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-population-in-extreme-poverty.csv. Add .metadata.json for sources and units.

Details

  • Columns: Entity, Code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, blank for regions), Year, then the indicators.
  • Filter in the URL: ?country=USA~DEU, ?time=2000..2023, ?csvType=filtered.
  • The chart's page lists the upstream source (World Bank PIP, IHME, WHO); cite both OWID and the source.
  • Bulk: OWID publishes its ETL catalog and a Python package (owid-catalog).

Pitfalls

  • Region rows ("World", "Europe") have no code; filter by Code for countries.
  • Some series are OWID-derived (smoothed, interpolated); the metadata says so.

Sources