As a result, it is easy to see why most of the successful governments, are also some of the most transparent. The information they make available to the public helps procure solutions for national and socio-economic issues.
The legitimacy of data, regardless of scale or function cannot be overstated. It is paramount that accurate data is made available to the public and primary stakeholders, in order for development to take place, particularly when it comes to public data.
World Economics, a data platform that augments official (usable) data with regular quarterly surveys, has developed the Global GDP Data Quality Ratings 2023, (Updated March 2023) to review the usefulness of official GDP data of individual countries.
