MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite
Eurostat vs ONS (UK) — Modern Reference
How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.
Verdict
Eurostat outscores ONS (UK) on Modern Citation Reference by 2 points (A · 90 vs A · 88).
Higher Modern Reference
Government
Eurostat
ec.europa.eu/eurostat
A·90
Rank #28 of 130 on Modern Reference
Open API + bulk data + visual dashboards; structured metadata; multilingual.
Government
ONS (UK)
ons.gov.uk
A·88
Rank #42 of 130 on Modern Reference
Open-data API; structured datasets; bulk downloads; clear methodology pages.
Global rank · Modern Reference
Why these Modern Reference scores
EurostatA·90
Modern Reference · 90/100
Open API + bulk data + visual dashboards; structured metadata; multilingual.
ONS (UK)A·88
Modern Reference · 88/100
Open-data API; structured datasets; bulk downloads; clear methodology pages.
Signals behind the Modern Reference score
Eurostat
- Eurostat APIec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination provides full programmatic access.
ONS (UK)
- Open-data APIdeveloper.ons.gov.uk provides programmatic access to all releases.
Other dimensions for Eurostat vs ONS (UK)
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