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Terms & disclaimer
Use the data freely, credit its providers, and understand what it is and isn’t. Last revised 2026.07.
Data licences & attribution
All data belongs to its original providers and is reused here under each source’s own licence — most commonly CC BY. If you reuse it, credit both worldgovdata and the underlying provider, and honour any share-alike, non-commercial or no-derivatives terms that source attaches. Every provider’s licence is named and linked on the sources page.
Provided as-is
Figures are standardised from third-party statistics and may carry errors, gaps or later revisions from the publisher. Nothing here is offered with any warranty of accuracy, completeness or fitness for a particular purpose. Check the original source before relying on a value for a decision.
Not affiliated
worldgovdata is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or speaking for the World Bank, the United Nations, the OECD or any other institution whose data it standardises. Provider names and marks belong to their owners.
Downloads & reuse
There is no public API yet. Every ranking page offers the full series as a CSV or JSON download, with the source and its licence carried alongside the numbers. Please cache what you take rather than re-fetching in a loop, and keep provider attribution intact in anything you build on top of it.
Changes
These terms, the indicator catalogue and the source list change as data is added and as providers update their own licences. Material changes are noted with a new revision date at the top of this page.
This page explains how the data may be reused. It is not legal advice and does not replace the licence each provider publishes — where the two disagree, the provider’s licence governs. Questions about reuse or attribution: get in touch.