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Dataset overview

Rank Title Description Best Avg.
1 Government Budget

National government budget at a high level, that is the planned government expenditure for the upcoming year, and not the actual expenditure. Open budget data allows for well-informed publics: showing where money is spent on, how public funds develop over time, and why certain activities are funded. We recommend that you consult our methodology section for more information.

100% Romania  Paraguay  India  Belgium  Argentina  Australia  Sweden  Brazil  Poland  Chile  Czech Republic  Croatia  Denmark  Germany  France  Israel  Mexico  Uruguay  Great Britain  Ukraine  Taiwan  Singapore  Russia  Italy  Colombia  Jamaica  Japan  Latvia  Macedonia  Netherlands  New Zealand  Norway  72%
1 National Statistics

Key national statistics on demographic and economic indicators such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), or unemployment and population statistics. See our methodology section for more information.

100% Italy  Mexico  Belgium  Hong Kong  France  Canada  Germany  Czech Republic  Latvia  Denmark  Dominican Republic  Brazil  Israel  Australia  Netherlands  Northern Ireland  Norway  Finland  United States  Russia  Great Britain  Singapore  Slovakia  Slovenia  Taiwan  Sweden  72%
3 Procurement

All tenders and awards of the national/federal government aggregated by office. It does not look into procurement planning or other procurement phases. Open procurement data may enable fairer competition among companies, allow to detect fraud, as well as deliver better services for governments and citizens. Monitoring tenders helps new groups to participate in tenders and to increase government compliance. The Index draws on work from the Open Contracting Partnership. See our methodology for more information.

100% Mexico  Paraguay  Singapore  Hong Kong  Slovakia  Canada  Uruguay  Taiwan  Colombia  Australia  53%
4 National Laws

This data category requires all national laws and statutes to be available online, although it is not a requirement that information on legislative behaviour e.g. voting records is available.

100% Canada  Romania  Bulgaria  Austria  Japan  Netherlands  Brazil  Northern Ireland  Ukraine  Sweden  52%
5 Administrative Boundaries

Data on administrative units or areas defined for the purpose of administration by a (local) government. See our methodology section for more information.

100% France  Belgium  Austria  Bangladesh  Great Britain  United States  Uruguay  Canada  Colombia  Australia  Taiwan  Singapore  Italy  Romania  Greece  Netherlands  Paraguay  Northern Ireland  New Zealand  45%
6 Draft Legislation

Data about the bills discussed within national parliament as well as votings on bills (not to mix with passed national law). Data on bills must be available for the current legislation period. Open data on the law-making process is crucial for parliamentary transparency: What does a bill text say and how does it change over time? Who introduces a bill? Who votes for and against it? Where is a bill discussed next, so the public can participate in debates? This data category draws on work by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the Declaration of Parliamentary Openness.

100% Taiwan  United States  Japan  Norway  Sweden  Paraguay  43%
7 Air Quality

Data about the daily mean concentration of air pollutants, especially those potentially harmful to human health. Data should be available for all air monitoring stations or air monitoring zones in a country. The Index focusses on key pollutants as defined by the World Health Organisation. See our methodology section for more information.

100% India  Puerto Rico  Taiwan  Colombia  Great Britain  Belgium  Northern Ireland  Hong Kong  41%
8 National Maps

A geographical map of the country including national traffic routes, stretches of water, and markings of heights. The map must at least be provided at a scale of 1:250,000 (1 cm = 2.5km). Geographic information is instrumental for many use cases, including the mapping of unemployment statistics or demographics, as well as journey planning. See our methodology section for more information.

100% Taiwan  Brazil  Australia  United States  Canada  Great Britain  Finland  Germany  Norway  Netherlands  37%
9 Weather Forecast

3-day forecasts of temperature, precipitation and wind. Forecasts have to be provided for several regions in the country. Short-term weather forecasts are relevant for the general public to plan activities, while also being reliable. See our methodology section for more information.

100% Norway  Sweden  Slovenia  United States  Taiwan  Puerto Rico  Argentina  35%
10 Company Register

List of registered (limited liability) companies. The submissions in this data category do not need to include detailed financial data such as balance sheet, etc. Open data from company registers may be used for many ends: e.g. enabling customers and businesses to see with whom they deal, or to see where a company has registered offices. This definition draws on the work of OpenCorporates.

100% Great Britain  Japan  Canada  Norway  Australia  Northern Ireland  Argentina  Singapore  Taiwan  Russia  France  Thailand  Ukraine  30%
11 Election Results

This data category requires results by constituency / district for all major national electoral contests. Election data informs about voting outcomes and voting process. What are electoral majorities and minorities? How many votes are registered, invalid, or spoilt? To enable highest transparency, the Index assesses polling station data. Data for electoral zones does not suffice. The Index consulted the National Democratic Institute (NDI) to develop this data category. For more information, see the NDI’s Open Elections Data Initiative. We recommend that you consult our methodology section for more information.

100% Denmark  Australia  Uruguay  Bulgaria  Czech Republic  Taiwan  Finland  Colombia  France  Brazil  Chile  Romania  Italy  28%
12 Locations

A database of postcodes/zipcodes and the corresponding spatial locations in terms of a latitude and a longitude (or similar coordinates in an openly published coordinate system). The data has to be available for the entire country. See our methodology section for more information.

100% Norway  Netherlands  Denmark  Mexico  Slovakia  Australia  Taiwan  Austria  16%
13 Water Quality

Data, measured at the water source, on the quality of water is essential for both the delivery of services and the prevention of diseases. The Index either looks at the quality of designated drinking water sources, or of environmental water sources (if drinking water data is not available). See our methodology for more information. In order to satisfy the minimum requirements for this category, data should be available on level of the following chemicals by water source.

100% Finland  15%
14 Government Spending

Records of actual (past) national government spending at a detailed transactional level. Data must display ongoing expenditure, including transactions and subsidies. A database of contracts awarded or similar will not be considered sufficient. Open spending data shows whether public money is efficiently and effectively used. It helps to understand spending patterns, and to display corruption, misuse, and waste. We recommend that you consult our methodology section for more information.

100% Colombia  Greece  9%
15 Land Ownership

Data should include maps of lands with parcel layer that displays boundaries in addition to a land registry with information on registered parcels of land. The Index focuses on assessing open land tenure data (describing the rules and processes of land property). Responsible use may enable tenure security and increase the transparency of land transactions. The assessment criteria were developed in collaboration with Cadasta Foundation. For more information on land ownership datasets and where they're located, check out Cadasta Foundation's Data Overview.

100% Taiwan  8%
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Note: The methodology used in the Global Open Data Index has changed over time; significantly so between 2015 and 2016. For this reason, the results are not directly comparable over time.