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Metadata & completeness

GBIF georeferenced records

GBIF — Global Biodiversity Information Facility

3.8B
records · 2026-09-07
S-curve
best-fit model
4.0B
projected 2027
3.7B3.8B3.9B4.0B202620274.0B 2027
Logistic (S-curve) fitbest fit (AICc)N(t) = L / (1 + e^{−k(t − t₀)})
carrying capacity L 189Bsteepness k 0.066 / yrmidpoint t₀ 2085 0.9037forecast 4.0B by 2027

Forecast = 10% of the 0-yr record. ⚠ No saturation yet, so the carrying capacity L is poorly constrained — treat the logistic curve as a lower-bound scenario.

Of all GBIF occurrences, how many carry usable coordinates (no geospatial issues) — a direct measure of spatial-metadata completeness.

SourceGBIF — Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Update cadenceweekly
Live endpointhttps://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?limit=0&hasCoordinate=true&hasGeospatialIssue=false
Parsejson · count
Daterecords
2026-09-073,777,357,782
2026-08-243,754,787,742
2026-08-173,748,905,864
2026-08-103,748,679,772
2026-08-033,737,929,906
2026-07-273,734,656,620
2026-07-203,732,462,762
2026-07-133,730,768,664
2026-07-063,728,908,326
2026-06-253,722,568,085

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