COVID-19 Dataset by Our World in Data

March 23, 2026 · View on GitHub

Caution

This repository has been archived and is no longer maintained

The data in this repository was last updated on 19 August 2024 (see announcement).

Where to get latest COVID-19 data:

CSV: catalog.ourworldindata.org/garden/covid/latest/compact/compact.csv
Documentation & metadata: docs.owid.io/projects/etl/api/covid/
All OWID data: https://ourworldindata.org/search via the ETL

For programmatic access to any OWID dataset, see our data access documentation.

COVID-19 Dataset by Our World in Data

Project structure

The project contains two independent directories:

public/data: Contains the final datasets. This is for people interested in consuming the data and understanding all the caveats about it and its metrics.
scripts: Contains all the code and intermediate files to produce the final dataset. This is for people interested in contributing to the project or better understanding our internal technical processes.

Documentation

If you are interested in the final dataset file, refer to this document. If you want to learn more about our processes, refer to our technical documentation.

Contribute

Thanks for considering contributing to this project! A good place to start is our contribution guideline.