---
title: "PEP Level of Influence Classification"
url: "https://www.opensanctions.org/changelog/23/"
id: "23"
date_created: "2025-06-20T13:59:41.610Z"
date_effective: "2025-07-01"
breaking: false
categories: ["Data model"]
---

# PEP Level of Influence Classification

We will begin to indicate the level and status of political influence in PEP profiles where possible. This will be described with values like `National government (current)` or `State government (past)` in the `Person:classification` property. This replaces the use of the `Person:keywords` property that was previous included in the `wd_peps` dataset.

This data will only be available in the `default` dataset. [Read more](/faq/165/peps-only/) on why that is most appropriate even if you only need PEPs.