---
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*