MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite
UNESCO vs World Bank — Modern Reference
How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.
Verdict
World Bank outscores UNESCO on Modern Citation Reference by 4 points (A · 90 vs A · 86).
Government
UNESCO
en.unesco.org
A·86
Rank #52 of 130 on Modern Reference
Open data + UIS portal + multi-language coverage; broad LLM corpus.
Higher Modern Reference
Government
World Bank
worldbank.org
A·90
Rank #23 of 130 on Modern Reference
WB Open Data API + bulk downloads; CC-BY licensed; broad LLM corpus presence.
Global rank · Modern Reference
Why these Modern Reference scores
UNESCOA·86
Modern Reference · 86/100
Open data + UIS portal + multi-language coverage; broad LLM corpus.
World BankA·90
Modern Reference · 90/100
WB Open Data API + bulk downloads; CC-BY licensed; broad LLM corpus presence.
Signals behind the Modern Reference score
UNESCO
- UIS StatFree public access to education + culture statistics.
World Bank
- Open Data initiativeAll datasets free + machine-readable.
Other dimensions for UNESCO vs World Bank
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