Trend · rank 21 of 250

Official statistics & data capacity

Changing economies, falling survey response and political pressure are straining national statistics, weakening budgets, crisis response and creditor confidence where the coverage, timeliness and independence of official data do not keep pace.

Governance & IntegrityState capacity & governancedata governanceinstitutions

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
21of 250
Sensitivity
15.0rank 43
Breadth
0of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
69.6rank 12
Eigenvector
71.6
Betweenness
12.6
Links
24trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
42.0

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
152
Over a year
+16%Rising
Over three years
+133%
Peak
2155 Apr 2026
Sources
Bothagreement -0.20
Coverage
4languages · 54 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (4 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English58%100−14%
Spanish28%92−12%
German7%100−5%
Japanese7%89−54%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Singapore

South Korea

Netherlands

United States

United Kingdom

Israel

Germany

Canada

United Arab Emirates

Taiwan

Japan

Kenya

100

98

64

43

38

31

27

26

26

25

24

24

The 12 highest of 54 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English122−38%+29%+57%
EuropeGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in German137−24%+72%+55%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 7 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese133−18%−22%+102%
South AsiaGoogle in 2 countries143−45%+85%+103%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 1 country115−51%+188%+105%
AfricaGoogle in 2 countries69−66%−1%−24%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish95−15%−7%−14%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country119−67%+803%+443%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle70−19%−29%−45%
AustraliaGoogle133−66%+391%+525%
BrazilGoogle150−41%+180%+156%
CanadaGoogle162−53%+290%+503%
FranceGoogle131−68%+530%+510%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German165−33%+146%+139%
IndiaGoogle117−58%+56%+81%
IndonesiaGoogle295−5%+459%+381%
ItalyGoogle119+0%+45%−12%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese68−19%−82%+31%
South KoreaGoogle166−43%+162%+467%
MexicoGoogle85−16%−22%−27%
TürkiyeGoogle115−51%+188%+105%
United KingdomGoogle223+12%+280%+223%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English119−38%+19%+48%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
3 · ModerateA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
3 · ModerateA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
2 · LowAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
2 · LowA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
2 · LowA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
1 · Very lowA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
1 · Very lowA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighFiscal rules & budget credibilityState capacity & governance17
4 · HighIllicit finance & beneficial ownershipState capacity & governance20
4 · HighDigital public infrastructureState capacity & governance31
4 · HighAdaptive regulationState capacity & governance33
4 · HighPublic-sector AI adoptionState capacity & governance75
3 · ModerateState capacity & deliveryState capacity & governance1
3 · ModerateCivil service capability & payState capacity & governance2
3 · ModerateRule of law & judicial independenceState capacity & governance3
3 · ModerateExecutive overreach & emergency powersState capacity & governance4
3 · ModerateCorruption & state captureState capacity & governance5
3 · ModeratePublic procurement capabilityState capacity & governance6
3 · ModerateRegulatory capture & lobbying powerState capacity & governance8
3 · ModerateLocal & city government capacityState capacity & governance11
3 · ModerateSovereign debt & interest burdenMoney & debt12
3 · ModerateSocial protection coverage gapsState capacity & governance13
3 · ModerateErosion of rights & civic freedomsState capacity & governance14
3 · ModeratePolarisation & populismState capacity & governance15
3 · ModerateCivil unrest & protest mobilisationState capacity & governance25
3 · ModerateOutsourcing & public-private deliveryState capacity & governance27
3 · ModerateData protection & digital rightsState capacity & governance44
3 · ModerateCitizen participation & deliberative democracyState capacity & governance60
3 · ModerateCentral bank independence under pressureState capacity & governance64
3 · ModerateAI safety & governanceState capacity & governance69
3 · ModerateInformal employment persistencePeople, health & work84