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FACTBOOK

Edition history

Publication and processing records for this independent reference edition. Dates below describe stored releases and reports; each fact retains its own observation year.

2026-10-29T20:33:53.417Z — Active publication primary-20261029-8e355c36dcfbfdd7e101952e. The reference contains 262 profiles and 4,773 essential figures. 260 entries are matched to the historical archive. The coverage ledger contains 32,627 historical fields, of which 32,627 need review.

2026-10-29T20:33:52.290Z — Latest stored processing report. Published profiles: 262; published essential figures: 4773; conflicts held for review: 1. A successful run does not independently verify every field.

2026-10-29T17:14:31.264Z — Archive comparison screen recorded. year mismatch: 413; definition mismatch: 212; shared lineage: 13; unavailable: 8; conflict: 1. These are automated screening outcomes, not independent corroboration.

Source and review notes

The 2025 archive baseline preserves historical source text and provenance. Fields marked “needs review” have not completed an independent current-source review. Mirrors and republishers sharing an upstream dataset do not count as independent evidence.

Publication and maintenance

The active publication is read from Cloudflare D1. Refreshes stage candidate observations and retain review decisions. Cloud refreshes are scheduled for the first of each month at 09:00 America/New_York. The first scheduled occurrence is November 1, 2026. That first scheduled run has not yet occurred. Earlier monthly editions are not listed unless their records are available.

Source policy and methodology

Countries & territories

Same-year values. Equal values share a rank.

Sources & method

Ranks cover available countries and territories, using the same indicator, source unit and reference year. Unrounded source values determine ties. Coverage is not a sovereign-country or complete global ranking; national definitions may differ. Missing values and other years are excluded. The information icon preserves the original number, unit and evidence.

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