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Health and demographic indicators from the DHS surveys in Guatemala, 1987-2015

Indicators from Guatemala's Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) of 1987, 1995, 1998-99 and 2014-15: fertility, family planning, maternal and child health, nutrition, mortality, HIV, education, employment, water and sanitation, women's empowerment and domestic violence, broken down by region, wealth quintile, area, age and other characteristics, from the DHS Program's public API (ICF, funded by USAID).

data points
194,820
series
194,820
Period
1987–2015
Attribution the licence asks for
The DHS Program Indicator Data API, The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program. ICF. Originally funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Available from api.dhsprogram.com.
Licence read on
Nov 8, 2026
Frequencies
One-off date: 194,820 series
Nature of the data
Estimated: 170,260 series · Published: 24,560 series
Retrieved
Nov 7, 2026
Data state
Advance Guatemala keeps the data point as the source published it: it does not compare it with other sources or apply the tolerance bands it uses for the site's verified figures.

Dimensions

How the source classifies its series, with the most frequent values first.

  • Survey

    • 2014-15
    • 1998-99
    • 1995
    • 1987
  • Topic

    • Reproductive Health
    • Family Planning
    • Child Health
    • Household Characteristics
    • HIV/AIDS
    • Education
    • Fertility
    • Marriage
  • Breakdown

    • Region
    • Wealth quintile
    • Education
    • Age (5-year groups)
    • Residence
    • Education (2 groups)
    • Total
    • Age (10-year groups)

Notes

These are sample-survey estimates, hence marked estimated; the case-count series (weighted and unweighted) show the base of each estimate. Each value belongs to a survey year, not to an annual series.

Series

Every series in the dataset. Open one to see its data points, each with its source link.