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Data Provenance

Cross-Validation Audit Trail

Every data source update applied to the ARGOS engine is documented below with before/after values, authoritative source citations, validation dates, and full provenance metadata. This register ensures complete transparency and reproducibility of the ENV/SCI cross-validation process.

Engine v2.4Validated: April 5, 202634 Records

Total Records

34

27 updates, 7 confirmed

Countries Affected

19

of 85 ARGOS nations

Data Sources

4

peer-reviewed sources

Avg. Change

13.05%

ENV: 27 / SCI: 7

Data Source Provenance & Freshness

Click any source to view full citation, metadata, and data freshness status

USGSU.S. Geological Survey Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025
Fresh · 12d ago7 recordsPeer-Reviewed▼
ND-GAINNotre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative Country Index
Fresh · 12d ago16 recordsPeer-Reviewed▼
WRIWorld Resources Institute Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas 4.0
Fresh · 12d ago6 recordsPeer-Reviewed▼
FAOFAO AQUASTAT Water Data Snapshot 2025
Fresh · 12d ago5 recordsPeer-Reviewed▼
Audit Register

34 of 34 records shown. Click any row for full detail.

ID ↑Country ↕Cat.Variable ↕OldNewChange ↕TypeSource ↕
CV-001USASCIRare Earth Import Dependency (%)9580-15 (-15.8%)UPDATEUSGS
CV-002BRASCIRare Earth Import Dependency (%)8560-25 (-29.4%)UPDATEUSGS
CV-003CHNSCIRare Earth Import Dependency (%)00—CONFIRMEDUSGS
CV-004USASCICritical Mineral HHI32003400+200 (+6.3%)UPDATEUSGS
CV-005JPNSCICritical Mineral HHI30004500+1500 (+50.0%)UPDATEUSGS
CV-006INDSCICritical Mineral HHI35003800+300 (+8.6%)UPDATEUSGS
CV-007AUSSCICritical Mineral HHI12001200—CONFIRMEDUSGS
CV-008USAENVND-GAIN Vulnerability Score3031.2+1.2 (+4.0%)UPDATEND-GAIN
CV-009CANENVND-GAIN Vulnerability Score2828.2+0.2 (+0.7%)UPDATEND-GAIN
CV-010GBRENVND-GAIN Vulnerability Score2928.8-0.2 (-0.7%)UPDATEND-GAIN
CV-011DEUENVND-GAIN Vulnerability Score3030.1+0.1 (+0.3%)CONFIRMEDND-GAIN
CV-012FRAENVND-GAIN Vulnerability Score3030.4+0.4 (+1.3%)UPDATEND-GAIN
CV-013JPNENVND-GAIN Vulnerability Score3233+1 (+3.1%)UPDATEND-GAIN
CV-014CHNENVND-GAIN Vulnerability Score3837-1 (-2.6%)UPDATEND-GAIN
CV-015INDENVND-GAIN Vulnerability Score4748+1 (+2.1%)UPDATEND-GAIN
CV-016NGAENVND-GAIN Vulnerability Score5355+2 (+3.8%)UPDATEND-GAIN
CV-017PAKENVND-GAIN Vulnerability Score5052+2 (+4.0%)UPDATEND-GAIN
CV-018EGYENVND-GAIN Vulnerability Score4244+2 (+4.8%)UPDATEND-GAIN
CV-019SAUENVND-GAIN Vulnerability Score3738+1 (+2.7%)UPDATEND-GAIN
CV-020KWTENVWater Stress Ratio (%)95100+5 (+5.3%)UPDATEWRI
CV-021QATENVWater Stress Ratio (%)95100+5 (+5.3%)UPDATEWRI
CV-022SAUENVWater Stress Ratio (%)9599.6+4.6 (+4.8%)UPDATEWRI
CV-023ISRENVWater Stress Ratio (%)9098.8+8.8 (+9.8%)UPDATEWRI
CV-024EGYENVWater Stress Ratio (%)8597+12 (+14.1%)UPDATEWRI
CV-025USAENVWater Stress Ratio (%)2828.2+0.2 (+0.7%)CONFIRMEDWRI
CV-026EGYENVGroundwater Depletion Rate (0–5)23.5+1.5 (+75.0%)UPDATEFAO
CV-027SAUENVGroundwater Depletion Rate (0–5)4.24.5+0.3 (+7.1%)UPDATEFAO
CV-028INDENVGroundwater Depletion Rate (0–5)34+1 (+33.3%)UPDATEFAO
CV-029PAKENVGroundwater Depletion Rate (0–5)2.83.8+1 (+35.7%)UPDATEFAO
CV-030IRNENVGroundwater Depletion Rate (0–5)3.54.2+0.7 (+20.0%)UPDATEFAO
CV-031AUSENVND-GAIN Vulnerability Score3131.6+0.6 (+1.9%)UPDATEND-GAIN
CV-032ISRENVND-GAIN Vulnerability Score2928.9-0.1 (-0.3%)CONFIRMEDND-GAIN
CV-033RUSENVND-GAIN Vulnerability Score3535—CONFIRMEDND-GAIN
CV-034KWTENVND-GAIN Vulnerability Score3636—CONFIRMEDND-GAIN
Cross-Validation Methodology

The cross-validation process compares ARGOS engine variable values against the latest available releases from authoritative data sources. Each variable is independently verified against its primary source, and changes are applied only when the source data has been updated or when the original ARGOS baseline value is found to deviate from the latest published figure.

Validation criteria: A variable is marked as UPDATEwhen the source value differs from the ARGOS baseline by more than rounding tolerance (typically 0.5% for continuous variables). Variables within tolerance are markedCONFIRMED, providing positive validation that the baseline was accurate.

After all variable updates are applied, the GRS computation pipeline is re-run for all affected countries. The ENV and SCI sub-indices are recomputed from their constituent variables using the standard tanh-bounded composite formula, and the overall GRS is recalculated using the seven-sub-index weighted aggregation (ISI, ETI, EVI, CEI, ACI, ENV, SCI).

Note: ND-GAIN 2025 data has not yet been published as of April 2026. The latest available ND-GAIN data is from 2023 (released 2024). USGS MCS 2025 was published in January 2025 with 2024 data. FAO AQUASTAT 2025 was published in December 2025. WRI Aqueduct 4.0 was updated in 2024 with 2023–2024 data.