| --- |
| 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* |
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