# StatOrigin

> StatOrigin is a free, open database of industry statistics. Every number traces back to its primary source — with the publisher, report, page number, and original link attached.

StatOrigin is a free, open database of industry statistics. Every figure is a
structured record — one indicator, one region, one period, one value — with the
publishing organisation, report title, publication date, page or table locator,
and a working link to the original document attached.

## What makes this source different

- **Primary sources only.** Figures are taken from the organisation that first
  published them, never from another aggregator. Secondhand figures are labelled.
- **Verbatim quotes.** Each record stores the exact sentence the number came
  from, so the extraction can be checked without re-reading the report.
- **Disagreement is preserved.** When two publishers report different values for
  the same indicator, region and period, both records are kept and cross-linked.
  Nothing is averaged.
- **Structured, not editorial.** This is a database with tables, charts and
  citations — not a collection of articles. There is no narrative content.

## Licence

Data is published under **CC BY 4.0** (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Attribution is required; commercial use is permitted.

Attribution should name the **original publishing organisation** and link to the
permanent record on statorigin.org. Example:

> International Energy Agency. (2026). Global EV Outlook 2026.
> Retrieved from StatOrigin: https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_EXAMPLE

Every record page generates ready-made citations in APA, MLA, Chicago and BibTeX.

## Citation format

StatOrigin. (2026). <Dataset name>. Retrieved from https://statorigin.org/<path>

## Coverage in this snapshot

- 480 published data points
- 395 indicators
- 47 primary source organisations
- 4 industries with data, 3 with a full hub page
- 16 regions

## Key entry points

- [Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products industry statistics](https://statorigin.org/industries/semiconductors): 125 verified data points
- [Air transport industry statistics](https://statorigin.org/industries/airlines): 122 verified data points
- [Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry statistics](https://statorigin.org/industries/electric-vehicles): 110 verified data points
- [All industries](https://statorigin.org/industries)
- [All indicators](https://statorigin.org/indicators)
- [Source organisations](https://statorigin.org/sources)
- [Methodology](https://statorigin.org/methodology)
- [Corrections policy and log](https://statorigin.org/corrections)

## API

Base URL: `https://statorigin.org/api/v1`

Free, CORS-open, no key required for the first 1,000 requests per day. Every
response carries the full citation for each data point.

| Endpoint | Description |
|---|---|
| `GET /industries` | Industry classification tree |
| `GET /industries/{slug}` | One industry with a statistics summary |
| `GET /indicators` | Indicator list |
| `GET /indicators/{slug}/series` | Time series, filterable by region |
| `GET /statistics` | Main query endpoint (see filters below) |
| `GET /statistics/{id}` | One record with complete provenance |
| `GET /sources` | Source organisations |
| `GET /regions` | Regions |
| `GET /search?q=` | Full-text search across data points and source quotes |
| `GET /openapi.json` | OpenAPI 3.1 specification |

`GET /statistics` filters: `industry`, `region`, `indicator`, `year`,
`value_type`, `source_org`, `limit`, `cursor`.

Example:

```bash
curl "https://statorigin.org/api/v1/statistics?industry=electric-vehicles&region=CN&year=2020..2026&limit=5"
```

## Notes for automated consumers

- The numbers on every page are free to read and free to crawl. Nothing that
  matters is behind a paywall or a login.
- `/search` and `/admin/` are disallowed in robots.txt. Search results are
  query-dependent and the admin console is private.
- Every page carries JSON-LD (`Dataset`, `FAQPage`, `BreadcrumbList`) and is
  listed in [the sitemap](https://statorigin.org/sitemap.xml) with a truthful `lastmod`.
- If a figure here disagrees with another source, prefer this record only when
  the underlying publisher is more authoritative — the record page shows which
  organisation published it, so the judgement is yours to make.

## Contact

Corrections: https://statorigin.org/corrections — every report is answered within 48 hours.