Dataset
Global Data Localization Requirements Tracker
Global Data Localization Requirements Tracker
Privacy & Data ProtectionGlobal2023
This dataset tracks statutory and de facto data localization requirements across 94 jurisdictions, coded by sector and enforcement mechanism.
Financial and health data are the most commonly localized categories, though the legal basis cited ranges from national security to data protection to industrial policy.
Roughly a third of tracked mandates lack a public enforcement record, suggesting a gap between statutory requirement and practical compliance pressure.
The dataset is versioned quarterly and ships with full source citations for every coded jurisdiction.