Methodology

Coverage: 200+ countries

Indicators: Macroeconomic indicators, banking health metrics, fiscal data, governance indices

Primary data source covering 8 indicator categories. Uses the most recent available value per country. Some countries (Taiwan, North Korea) are excluded by the World Bank due to political reasons — we supplement with verified fallback data.

Coverage: 200+ currencies

Indicators: Current exchange rates, 90-day historical rates, computed FX volatility

Multi-API fallback chain: fawazahmed0/exchange-api (primary, 200+ currencies), exchangerate.host (fallback), Frankfurter (fallback). Ensures resilience if any single API goes down.

Coverage: 70+ countries

Indicators: Reserve currency share, exchange rate regime, capital control scores, FX market depth, global currency role

Curated from IMF COFER (reserve shares), IMF AREAER (exchange rate regimes, capital controls), BIS Triennial Survey (FX turnover). Captures structural features that macro indicators alone cannot: reserve status, peg fragility, convertibility, and international embeddedness.

Coverage: 30 countries

Indicators: Black market premiums, multiple exchange rate flags, crisis severity scores

Curated from Johns Hopkins Troubled Currencies Project, World Bank Parallel Exchange Rate data, IMF AREAER reports, and public reporting. Covers countries with known parallel markets or severe currency distortions.

Coverage: 14 countries

Indicators: All major economic indicators for countries excluded from World Bank

Research-backed fallback data for countries the World Bank systematically excludes: Taiwan, Kosovo, Palestine, North Korea, Eritrea, Cuba, Yemen, Syria, Sudan, South Sudan, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, Libya. Sources: IMF WEO, national statistics offices, African Development Bank.