Data sources
98 data sources feeding the Kortex graph. Each entry shows licence, commercial status, refresh cadence, table prefixes, and the node labels populated. Status definitions and the full matrix: /licensing. Rendered live from /api/schema.
98 sources · snapshot 2026-07-08
| Source | Licence | Commercial status | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADB Projects | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | monthly |
| AidData | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | annual |
| AIS vessel positions | AIS provider terms | under review | real-time |
| Atlas of Economic Complexity | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | annual |
| Bready economy assessments | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | as-needed |
| CAIDA IODA Internet Outages | None published | excluded | real-time |
| Cambridge CBECI | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | daily |
| CISA ICS Advisories | US Public Domain | cleared | as-released |
| Climate TRACE | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | monthly |
| Copernicus CAMS | Copernicus open licence | cleared | daily |
| Correlates of War | COW terms (non-commercial, no redistribution) | excluded | as-released |
| EBRD Projects | EBRD website terms (non-commercial) | excluded | monthly |
| ECMWF ERA5 | Copernicus open licence | cleared | monthly |
| Ember | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | monthly |
| Endangered Languages Project | ELP terms (non-commercial) | excluded | as-released |
| ENTSO-E Transparency Platform | ENTSO-E Transparency licence | cleared | hourly (day-ahead prices) / daily (other) |
| ERT (Episodes of Regime Transformation) | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | annual |
| Fragile States Index | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | under review | annual |
| FRED (St. Louis Fed) | FRED API terms | under review | as-released |
| Freedom House | CC BY-NC 4.0 | under review | annual |
| GEBCO | Public Domain | cleared | annual |
| geoBoundaries | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | as-released |
| GeoNames | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | monthly |
| GLEIF | CC0 | cleared | daily |
| Global Dam Watch | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | annual |
| Global Energy Monitor | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | quarterly |
| GRanD (Global Reservoir and Dam DB) | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | as-released |
| Henley Passport Index | Henley & Partners terms (proprietary) | under review | annual |
| HIFLD (Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data) | US Public Domain | cleared | as-released |
| Hofstede Insights | Hofstede terms (research free; commercial requires permission) | under review | as-released |
| Hyperscaler datacentre registry | Kortex-curated (public announcements) | cleared | manual |
| IAEA NFCIS | IAEA terms | under review | quarterly |
| IAEA PRIS | IAEA terms (educational/research use) | under review | monthly |
| IAEA Research Reactor DB | IAEA terms | under review | annual |
| ICIJ Offshore Leaks | ODbL | cleared | as-released |
| IMF Data | IMF open data | cleared | monthly |
| IRENA | IRENA open data | cleared | annual |
| ITU ICT statistics | ITU terms | under review | annual |
| Kortex country crosswalk | derived | cleared | as-needed |
| Kortex derived analytics | derived | cleared | continuous |
| Kortex internal staging | internal | cleared | continuous |
| Kortex raster tile cache | derived | cleared | as-needed |
| Kortex TSO aggregator | derived | under review | hourly |
| Kortex Voronoi tessellations | derived | cleared | as-needed |
| Kummu et al. gridded GDP & HDI | CC0 | cleared | as-released |
| LBNL Berkeley Interconnection Queue | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | annual |
| Marine Regions EEZ | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | as-released |
| Meta Relative Wealth Index | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | as-released |
| Microsoft Global Building Footprints | ODbL | cleared | as-released |
| MITRE ATT&CK for ICS | MITRE ATT&CK Terms of Use (royalty-free, attribution) | cleared | quarterly |
| NASA FIRMS | US Public Domain | cleared | 6-hourly |
| NASA GRACE-FO | US Public Domain | cleared | monthly |
| NASA POWER | US Public Domain | cleared | monthly |
| Natural Earth coastline | Public Domain | cleared | as-released |
| NESO (National Energy System Operator, UK) | NESO terms | cleared | weekly |
| NIST National Vulnerability Database | US Public Domain | cleared | daily |
| NOAA IBTrACS | US Public Domain | cleared | as-released |
| OECD-NEA UDEPO | IAEA Nucleus Terms (attribution) | under review | annual |
| OpenAQ | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | hourly |
| OpenFlights | ODbL | cleared | as-released |
| OpenInfraMap | ODbL | cleared | weekly |
| OpenSanctions | CC BY-NC 4.0 (commercial licence available) | under review | daily |
| OurAirports | Public Domain | cleared | monthly |
| Packet Clearing House IXP directory | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 | under review | monthly |
| PeeringDB | CC BY-SA 4.0 | cleared | daily |
| PJM Interconnection | PJM terms (manual CSV access) | under review | daily |
| RE100 Members | Climate Group terms (proprietary) | excluded | as-released |
| SEC EDGAR | US Public Domain | cleared | daily |
| Sentinel-5P TROPOMI | Copernicus open licence | cleared | daily |
| SIPRI Military Expenditure | SIPRI terms (commercial use requires authorisation) | under review | annual |
| Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program | Smithsonian terms (non-commercial; PD nuance noted) | excluded | monthly |
| Southern Company Wholesale | Southern Company website terms (proprietary) | excluded | daily |
| TeleGeography Submarine Cable Map | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (historic; current terms unconfirmed) | under review | weekly |
| Transparency International CPI | CC BY-ND 4.0 | under review | annual |
| UCDP / PRIO | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | annual |
| UN Comtrade | UN Comtrade terms | under review | monthly |
| UN General Assembly voting (Voeten) | CC0 | cleared | annual |
| UN World Population Prospects | CC BY 3.0 IGO | cleared | biennial |
| UNDP Human Development Index | CC BY 3.0 IGO | cleared | annual |
| UNESCO World Heritage | UNESCO WHC syndication terms (permission required) | excluded | as-released |
| US CBECS | US Public Domain | cleared | quadrennial |
| US Census TIGER | US Public Domain | cleared | annual |
| US EIA | US Public Domain | cleared | monthly to annual |
| USGS Earthquake Catalog | US Public Domain | cleared | real-time |
| USGS Mineral Resources Data System | US Public Domain | cleared | annual |
| V-Dem & V-Party | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | annual |
| VIIRS Night-time Lights | US Public Domain | cleared | monthly |
| WALS (World Atlas of Language Structures) | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | as-released |
| WHO data | WHO terms | under review | as-released |
| World Bank Carbon Pricing Dashboard | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | annual |
| World Bank PPI Database | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | quarterly |
| World Bank Projects & Operations | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | monthly |
| World Bank WDI | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | quarterly |
| World Bank WGI | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | annual |
| World Database on Protected Areas | UNEP-WCMC Protected Planet terms (non-commercial, no redistribution) | excluded | monthly |
| World Port Index (NGA) | US Public Domain | cleared | annual |
| WRI Aqueduct | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | as-released |
| WRI Global Power Plant Database | CC BY 4.0 | cleared | annual |