# Statistics Greenland Statbank

> Official machine-readable statistical database of Statistics Greenland / Grønlands Statistik / Naatsorsueqqissaartarfik.

Use the PxWeb API rather than scraping HTML result pages. If the table ID is unknown, discover candidate tables with HTTP GET `?query=<search-term>` at an API root or subject path before guessing identifiers. Inspect table metadata before constructing queries, and use exact variable/value codes returned by metadata.

For Statistics Greenland data in R, prefer the `statgl` package when available. If direct HTTP POST is unavailable but R is available, try `statgl::statgl_fetch()` rather than stopping after displaying a request body.

Numerical answers must include a clickable `bank.stat.gl` source link. Source-link generation must not block retrieval or presentation of data.

## PxWeb API v1

- [Danish API root](https://bank.stat.gl/api/v1/da/Greenland): Danish metadata and data endpoint hierarchy.
- [English API root](https://bank.stat.gl/api/v1/en/Greenland): English metadata and data endpoint hierarchy.
- [Kalaallisut API root](https://bank.stat.gl/api/v1/kl/Greenland): Kalaallisut / Greenlandic metadata and data endpoint hierarchy.
- [GET search example — English](https://bank.stat.gl/api/v1/en/Greenland?query=population): Free-text discovery of candidate tables with `?query=`.
- [GET search example — Population subject](https://bank.stat.gl/api/v1/en/Greenland/BE?query=population): Scope the same discovery search to a subject path.

## Agent guidance

- [Statbank quickstart](https://stat.gl/ai/statbank-quickstart.md): Compact API and R execution workflow.
- [Statistics Greenland Statbank profile](https://stat.gl/ai/skills/statistics-greenland-statbank/SKILL.md): Local language, source-link and provenance rules.
- [statgl skill](https://stat.gl/ai/skills/statgl/SKILL.md): Agent guidance for Statistics Greenland's R package.
- [Generic PxWeb API v1 skill](https://github.com/janbrus/pxwebapi-skills/tree/main/pxwebapi-v1-generic-skill): Canonical generic PxWeb API v1 mechanics.

## Downloads and machine-readable discovery

- [Statistics Greenland skills index](https://stat.gl/ai/skills.json): Machine-readable list of available local skills.
- [statgl skill ZIP](https://stat.gl/ai/downloads/statgl.zip): Downloadable `statgl` agent skill.