Current WDI dataset
The World Bank Data Catalog is the authoritative metadata surface for WDI and its licensing information.
Open World Bank catalog →Current production status: verified REAL population-revision evidence is published from compatible WDI archive vintages, and the Internet Use vertical publishes CURRENT_VERIFIED same-year observations for
IT.NET.USER.ZS. Demo fixtures are not preferred discovery evidence. Real-GDP revision publishing remains blocked where release-specific methodology comparability is not established.Primary source: World Development Indicators
The World Bank's World Development Indicators (WDI) is the first production source for the engine.
WDI Database Archives
World Bank DataBank exposes historical WDI releases used to reconstruct what a series said at different publication dates.
Open WDI archives →Reuse & attribution
Published evidence retains source attribution and licensing metadata in the human page and machine-readable evidence payloads.
View WDI licensing metadata →Machine-readable access
Agents, search systems and researchers can use the same verified records that power the human pages. Preferred discovery excludes DEMO and incomplete evidence.
Revision evidence index
Collection-level index of provenance-gated REAL revision evidence with stable human, JSON and CSV endpoints.
Open evidence index JSON →AI discovery manifest
Structured manifest joining preferred REAL revision evidence with CURRENT_VERIFIED Internet Use observations and their citation-ready endpoints.
Open AI index JSON →Open llms.txt →
Internet Use dataset
Same-year IT.NET.USER.ZS observations with explicit source, observation year, retrieval date and scope limits.
Open Internet Use CSV →
Open country machine index →
Why archive comparison is fail-closed
Matching series codes alone do not prove that two historical releases are methodologically comparable. Base years, valuation conventions, definitions and other metadata can change across releases. A revision is published only when the specific pair passes comparability checks.
| Gate | Required before a revision is published |
|---|---|
| Dataset identity | Same official source family and known release/vintage |
| Series semantics | Indicator definition, unit and relevant valuation/base-year semantics compatible |
| Geography | Same country/entity identity, not merely a matching display label |
| Observation period | Same year/period and frequency |
| Provenance | Source URL, vintage date and import manifest retained |
| Transformation | Calculation reproducible from preserved raw/normalized values |
Evidence promotion ladder
1
Imported
A release or current observation is ingested with a stable official source reference and retained provenance.
2
Validated
Revision products pass pair-specific comparability checks; current-indicator products pass same-year, entity, unit and source checks.
3
Published
The discovery receives a stable human page plus JSON/CSV and machine-discovery metadata. Anything incomplete remains blocked from preferred discovery.