Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker API
Uncovering government action around the world
This API is best for providing insight into government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic around the world.
Developers should use this API because it allows them to analyse and understand the responses that countries around the world have to the COVID-19 pandemic in more depth. The API contains data on the policy decisions made, how countries’ trajectories change with different interventions, and how this changes overtime – accessible, visualised and interactively compared across countries. Using this API developers are able to build insights, data visualizations, maps, and other products that document government responses to the pandemic.
Key features
- Trajectory tracking
- cross-country comparisons
- data visualisations
- and searchable record of policy decisions.
Potential use cases
- Covid Tracker App: Create a mobile application that allows people to keep track of their local government response to the crisis.
- Country Comparison Tool: Create a tool to compare the different government responses of countries to the pandemic on a variety of topics.
- Covid Tracker Publication: Create a publication to track the government's response and the efficacy of it nationwide.
Using the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker API, we were able to uncover in detail the different policies and interventions used around the world to counteract the effects of the pandemic. This allowed us to better understand how different governments responded and helped inform our own policies and decisions.
Related Technologies
- COVID-19 Government Response Chart
- COVID-19 Government Response Database
- World Coronavirus Data
- European Union's Open Data Portal
- etc.