Data for 2017

Open Data Inventory, 2017

Name: Open Data Inventory, 2017
Creator: Open Data Watch
License: https://odin.opendatawatch.com/

Figures for 2017, as Open Data Watch published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Open Data Inventory, 2017 covers 165 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 81; Chad is lowest, at 3. The middle country reads 38. Against 2016, 139 values changed (65 up, 74 down), 5 countries joined, 1 left.

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Open Data Inventory · Data for 2017

HighestDenmark

LowestChad

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

165countries
3measures per country
2017the year it describes
64distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 5, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Open Data Watch’s rank

The table

Every country and every column of Open Data Inventory, 2017, as published. The rank is Open Data Watch’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Open Data Inventory, 2017: every country, as published by Open Data Watch.

1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	81	65	95
=2	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	78	56	98
=2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	78	68	87
4	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	76	71	80
=5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	75	63	86
=5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	75	61	88
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	74	71	77
8	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	73	63	83
9	Mexico`MEX`Central America	71	56	85
10	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	70	55	83
=11	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	69	60	77
=11	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	69	58	79
=11	United States`USA`Northern America	69	66	72
=14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	68	51	84
=14	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	68	64	71
=14	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	68	55	80
=17	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	66	52	79
=17	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	66	61	70
=17	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	66	54	78
20	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	64	55	72
=21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	63	57	68
=21	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	63	53	71
=21	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	63	50	76
=24	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	61	48	73
=24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	61	47	74
26	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	60	61	59
=27	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59	46	70
=27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59	54	63
=29	France`FRA`Western Europe	58	47	68
=29	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	58	54	62
=29	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	58	53	62
=32	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	57	52	61
=32	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	57	45	68
=32	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	57	56	57
=35	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	56	54	57
=35	Peru`PER`South America	56	53	60
=37	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	55	51	58
=37	Ecuador`ECU`South America	55	48	62
=37	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	55	54	56
=40	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	54	52	56
=40	Colombia`COL`South America	54	55	53
=40	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	54	44	63
=40	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	54	47	60
=44	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	53	44	60
=44	India`IND`Southern Asia	53	47	59
=46	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	52	63	43
=46	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	52	46	58
=48	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	51	59	43
=48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	51	45	56
=48	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	51	37	64
=48	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	51	43	58
=48	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	51	37	65
=53	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	50	60	40
=53	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	50	57	43
=55	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	49	45	53
=55	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	49	46	51
=57	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	48	41	55
=57	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	48	53	44
=59	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	47	41	53
=59	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	47	34	59
61	Uruguay`URY`South America	46	41	51
=62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	45	44	47
=62	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	45	31	57
=62	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45	40	49
=62	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	45	38	51
=66	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	44	44	44
=66	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	44	46	42
=68	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	43	37	49
=68	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	43	43	43
=68	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	43	46	41
=71	Bolivia`BOL`South America	42	33	50
=71	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	42	44	40
=71	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	42	38	45
=71	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	42	47	37
=75	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	41	35	46
=75	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	41	36	46
=77	Brazil`BRA`South America	40	41	38
=77	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	40	32	46
=77	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	40	38	42
=80	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	39	46	33
=80	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	39	47	32
=82	Argentina`ARG`South America	38	38	37
=82	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	38	37	39
=82	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	38	40	36
=82	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	38	43	33
=82	Panama`PAN`Central America	38	39	36
=82	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	38	40	36
=88	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	37	39	36
=88	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	37	37	36
=88	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37	41	32
=88	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	37	35	38
=88	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	37	35	40
=88	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	37	36	39
=88	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	37	37	37
=95	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	36	36	35
=95	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	36	35	38
=95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	36	41	31
=95	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	36	31	41
=99	Belize`BLZ`Central America	35	34	35
=99	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	35	37	33
=99	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	35	41	30
=99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	35	34	36
=99	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35	37	32
=99	Honduras`HND`Central America	35	34	35
=99	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	35	40	30
=99	Niger`NER`Western Africa	35	37	33
=99	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	35	35	36
=99	Suriname`SUR`South America	35	34	35
=109	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	34	33	35
=109	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	34	35	32
=109	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34	40	28
=112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	33	32	35
=112	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	33	29	36
=112	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	33	33	33
=112	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	33	36	31
=112	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	33	39	28
=117	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	32	35	29
=117	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	32	24	40
=117	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	32	34	30
=120	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31	33	29
=120	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	31	31	32
=120	Venezuela`VEN`South America	31	32	30
=123	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	30	31	28
=123	Chile`CHL`South America	30	36	24
=123	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30	26	33
=123	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	30	31	29
=127	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	29	28	29
=127	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	29	27	31
=127	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	29	33	25
=127	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	29	27	30
=131	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	28	31	26
=131	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28	22	33
=131	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	28	35	22
=131	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	28	20	36
=131	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	28	27	28
=136	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	27	26	27
=136	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	27	28	26
=138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26	23	29
=138	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26	28	25
=138	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	26	26	27
=138	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	26	30	22
=142	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	25	21	29
=142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	25	22	27
144	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24	23	24
=145	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23	19	27
=145	Guyana`GUY`South America	23	24	22
=145	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23	23	23
=145	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	23	27	20
149	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	22	22	22
=150	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	21	18	23
=150	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	21	15	25
152	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20	19	21
153	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	18	18	18
=154	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	17	13	21
=154	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	17	17	17
=156	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	16	15	17
=156	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	16	13	18
=158	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	15	14	17
=158	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	15	16	14
160	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	14	20	8
161	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13	14	12
162	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	7	6	8
=163	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6	8	5
=163	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6	5	6
165	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3	2	5

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

#1Denmark81
#2Netherlandsshared78
#2Swedenshared78
#4Poland76
#5Canadashared75

Lowest

#165Chad3
#163Somaliashared6
#163Madagascarshared6
#162Eswatini7
#161Haiti13

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 38. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Coverage subscore
Highest2 share it
LowestChad2
Middle country: 38
Openness subscore
HighestNetherlands98
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 38

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −1countries joined / left
139values changed, of 160 in both
65 · 74rose · fell
21unchanged

Rose most

Costa Rica19 → 53+34
Jamaica19 → 45+26
Indonesia39 → 60+21
Peru37 → 56+19
Slovakia53 → 69+16

Fell most

Chad30 → 3−27
Romania53 → 35−18
Serbia55 → 37−18
Croatia60 → 43−17
Chile46 → 30−16

+ Afghanistan

+ Iran

+ Sudan

+ Somalia

+ Syria

− Yemen

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

64 distinct values among 165
Values are stored exactly as published. 10 countries share 35. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The rank is Open Data Watch’s
Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 165 countries has every column.

05The files

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Open Data Watch (2017). Open Data Inventory, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/open-data-inventory/2017

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