# Office for National Statistics

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/office-for-national-statistics/  
**Website:** https://www.ons.gov.uk  
**APIs profiled:** 0

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK’s largest independent producer of official statistics. It provides a wide range of economic, population and social data through its website and APIs, supporting research, policy making and public insight. ONS publishes datasets on GDP, inflation, employment, demographics, and more, and offers developer resources for programmatic access to its statistical services.

## Kin Score — 17.9 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-11-06 under rubric 0.27.0. Trend: falling (-8.4 from 26.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 45.5 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 39.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 29.0 |
| Access Clarity | 10.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 15.7 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 5.8 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | unknown |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | na |
| MCP Tool Quality | na |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (2)

- **Office For National Statistics Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Office For National Statistics Vulnerability Disclosure** — Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

## Tags

Government, Statistics, Data, United Kingdom, Public Sector

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/office-for-national-statistics/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.