MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite
Our World in Data vs Statista — Modern Reference
How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.
Verdict
Our World in Data outscores Statista on Modern Citation Reference by 34 points (A · 90 vs C · 56).
Higher Modern Reference
Research
Our World in Data
ourworldindata.org
A·90
Rank #22 of 130 on Modern Reference
CC-BY licensed; open data + bulk downloads + APIs; widely cited in academia.
Research
Statista
statista.com
C·56
Rank #128 of 130 on Modern Reference
Hard paywall on most data + 2nd-hand nature; LLM corpus limited; engines often skip in favor of primary sources.
Global rank · Modern Reference
Why these Modern Reference scores
Our World in DataA·90
Modern Reference · 90/100
CC-BY licensed; open data + bulk downloads + APIs; widely cited in academia.
StatistaC·56
Modern Reference · 56/100
Hard paywall on most data + 2nd-hand nature; LLM corpus limited; engines often skip in favor of primary sources.
Signals behind the Modern Reference score
Our World in Data
- Creative CommonsOpen license enables broad LLM corpus inclusion.
Statista
- Paywall + secondaryMost charts paywalled; underlying data lives elsewhere.
Other dimensions for Our World in Data vs Statista
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