# The UN and Google Put Global Statistics Behind an Interface Agents Can Query

The UN System Data Commons launched with data from nearly 20 entities, support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and a target of 80 percent of the system's statistical datasets by 2027.

- Published: 2026-09-19T06:16:00.678Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-09-19/the-un-and-google-put-global-statistics-behind-an-interface
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: tech
- Sources: [Google](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/google-un-data-commons-platform/), [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/un-turns-to-google-to-make-its-global-data-ready-for-ai-agents/), [Unite.AI](https://www.unite.ai/un-system-data-commons-launches-as-ai-ready-global-statistics-platform/)

Google and the United Nations system launched the UN System Data Commons, an open-source platform that merges statistics from across UN agencies into one knowledge graph at data.un.org. Twenty-six UN entities have committed to the platform…

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