Methodology

Every metric on GeoReality is sourced from an authoritative international institution or established index. We don't invent values, we don't fill gaps with estimates, and we don't hand-edit numbers to make a country look better or worse. If a country's data is missing, it shows as missing.

The data covers six broad categories:

• Economy — GDP, income, prices, employment, and trade indicators from international development institutions
• Society — health, education, demographics, and equality measures
• Safety & governance — peace, rule of law, press freedom, and democracy indices
• Quality of life — cost of living, healthcare access, and standard-of-living measures
• Digital & environment — internet infrastructure, emissions, renewable energy, and innovation indices
• Climate — temperature, precipitation, and sunshine derived from established reanalysis datasets

Source attribution

Each metric on a country profile carries its own source attribution. Hover or tap any number on a country profile to see where that specific value comes from.

Refresh schedule

Most macro indicators (economy, society, governance) are refreshed annually as their underlying institutions release new editions. Climate normals are updated on a five-year rolling window. Cost-of-living and quality-of-life indices are refreshed annually. Visa-free travel data is refreshed when major changes occur.

What we don't do

We don't blend, average, or normalise data across sources to produce composite scores that don't exist in the underlying datasets. We don't interpolate missing years. We don't fill in “estimated” values where the source dataset has none. The trade-off is honest: occasional gaps, consistently verifiable numbers.

Corrections

If you spot a number that looks wrong on a country profile, please flag it via the contact details on the About page. We re-verify against the underlying source and correct quickly.