Datasets:

EPI-Eval
/

owid-mpox

pretty_name: OWID Mpox — global daily compiled
license: cc-by-4.0
size_categories:
  - 10K<n<100K
tags:
  - cadence-daily
  - geo-global
  - surveillance-notifiable
  - pathogen-mpox
  - tier-3
  - availability-open
schema_version: '0.1'
source_id: owid-mpox
source_url: https://github.com/owid/monkeypox
manifest_section: §9.2
surveillance_category: notifiable
pathogens:
  - mpox
availability: open
availability_notes: null
access_type: github
tier: 3
cadence: daily
geography_levels:
  - global
  - national
geography_countries:
  - multiple
gold_standard_for: []
vintaged_version_of: null
succeeds: null
derived_from: []
value_columns:
  - name: new_cases
    unit: cases/day
    value_type: incident
    description: New confirmed mpox cases per day per country (OWID compilation)
    aggregation: sum
  - name: new_deaths
    unit: deaths/day
    value_type: incident
    description: New confirmed mpox deaths per day
    aggregation: sum
  - name: total_cases
    unit: cases (cumulative)
    value_type: cumulative
    description: Cumulative confirmed mpox cases since 2022 outbreak start
    aggregation: max
  - name: total_deaths
    unit: deaths (cumulative)
    value_type: cumulative
    description: Cumulative confirmed mpox deaths
    aggregation: max
notes:
  extra_columns:
    - column: location_name
      description: OWID's English country / aggregate name. `location_id` is canonical.
  interpretation_caveats:
    - column: new_cases
      caveat: >
        Many countries publish weekly bulletins; OWID assigns each report to a
        single

        day, so day-of-week effects are artefactual. Smooth before any
        analytical use.
  general: >
    Compiled by OWID from WHO situation reports + national bulletins. 2022
    outbreak

    onwards. Per-million columns are dropped — recoverable from kept absolute
    counts +

    a population join.
extra:
  source_columns_omitted: 6 per-million / smoothed columns dropped
computed:
  last_ingested: '2026-04-26T12:49:13Z'
  row_count: 153975
  time_coverage:
    - start: '2022-05-01'
      end: '2026-03-31'
  geography_unit_count: 143
  observed_cadence_days: 1
  missing_gaps: []
  data_hash: 0663d5443bb217b0

OWID Mpox — global daily compiled

Compiled by OWID from WHO situation reports + national bulletins. 2022 outbreak onwards. Per-million columns are dropped — recoverable from kept absolute counts + a population join.

Source: https://github.com/owid/monkeypox

Coverage

Time: 2022-05-01 → 2026-03-31
Cadence: daily (observed median spacing: 1 days)
Geography levels: global, national — 143 unique location IDs
Countries: multiple
Pathogens: mpox
Surveillance category: notifiable
Rows: 153,975

Columns

Column	Unit	value_type	Aggregation	Description
`new_cases`	cases/day	`incident`	`sum`	New confirmed mpox cases per day per country (OWID compilation)
`new_deaths`	deaths/day	`incident`	`sum`	New confirmed mpox deaths per day
`total_cases`	cases (cumulative)	`cumulative`	`max`	Cumulative confirmed mpox cases since 2022 outbreak start
`total_deaths`	deaths (cumulative)	`cumulative`	`max`	Cumulative confirmed mpox deaths

Additional data columns

location_name — OWID's English country / aggregate name. location_id is canonical.

Interpretation caveats

Things that may differ from how other sources define a similar measure. If you're combining this dataset with another, read these first.

new_cases — Many countries publish weekly bulletins; OWID assigns each report to a single day, so day-of-week effects are artefactual. Smooth before any analytical use.

Access

Availability: open
Access type: github
License: cc-by-4.0
Tier: 3

Schema version 0.1 · Last ingested 2026-04-26T12:49:13Z · source_id: owid-mpox · Manifest section §9.2