World leaders by the numbers
A snapshot of retained office publications, sourced appearances and confirmed diplomacy. Source volume and historical venue observations do not establish work performed or current whereabouts.
Source records by archive date
Total published source records per day across every leader we track. Group dates can represent publication or occurrence; coverage changes affect totals.
Average transparency over time
The mean transparency score across a matching measurable source cohort, recorded once a day. Historical values from another methodology or cohort are excluded.
Not enough history yet — this trend fills in as the site runs each day.
Largest retained source volumes
Leaders with the most published source records since we started tracking them.
Supported overseas appearance days
Days with source evidence of a physical appearance outside the office’s home country. This is not a count of every day spent abroad.
Latest historical overseas venue evidence
Dated observations from retained records. These do not establish current whereabouts.
- Oct 2, 2026 — 🇬🇧 Wes Streeting in 🇮🇸 Iceland
- Sep 12, 2026 — 🇺🇸 Donald J. Trump in 🇮🇪 Ireland
See also the transparency scorecard and the diplomacy network.
Frequently asked questions
Which world leader has the busiest published schedule?
The leader at the top of the activity table on this page, measured by the number of records their configured source has published since we started tracking them. It ranks published activity, so a leader whose government publishes little will rank low regardless of how busy they actually are, and a leader tracked longer accumulates a bigger total.
Which world leaders travel the most?
The travel table ranks leaders by the number of days their own published schedule placed them outside their home country since we started tracking them.
What period do these statistics cover?
The full history we've accumulated for each leader since their office was added to the tracked roster — anywhere from a few days to about 13 months, which is the retention cap on accumulated schedule history. Recomputed every day from the linked sources; each figure counts retained source records; office announcements do not automatically establish personal attendance.
Are these numbers comparable between countries?
Only with care. They measure publishing behaviour as much as activity — see the transparency scorecard for how completely each government publishes.
Content updated · sources and retrieval health are documented on the coverage dashboard.