Data for 2018

Open Data Inventory, 2018

Name: Open Data Inventory, 2018
Creator: Open Data Watch
License: https://odin.opendatawatch.com/

Figures for 2018, as Open Data Watch published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Open Data Inventory, 2018 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 86; Turkmenistan is lowest, at 2. The middle country reads 44. Against 2017, 145 values changed (126 up, 19 down), 1 left.

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Open Data Inventory · Data for 2018

HighestDenmark

LowestTurkmenistan

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

164countries
3measures per country
2018the year it describes
67distinct 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, 2018, as published. The rank is Open Data Watch’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Open Data Inventory, 2018: every country, as published by Open Data Watch.

1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	86	74	96
2	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	84	71	96
3	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	82	79	85
=4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	80	74	85
=4	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	80	67	91
=6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	79	78	80
=6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79	67	89
=8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78	79	77
=8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	78	71	85
10	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	77	63	90
11	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	76	66	85
12	United States`USA`Northern America	74	64	82
=13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	72	58	84
=13	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	72	68	76
15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	71	59	82
=16	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	70	69	70
=16	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	70	56	83
=16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	70	59	80
=19	Mexico`MEX`Central America	69	58	79
=19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	69	66	73
=21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	68	57	78
=21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	68	61	74
=23	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	66	62	70
=23	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	66	46	83
=25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	65	52	77
=25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	65	52	76
=25	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	65	54	75
=25	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	65	56	72
29	France`FRA`Western Europe	64	55	72
30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	63	58	68
=31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	62	56	68
=31	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	62	61	63
33	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	61	58	64
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	60	47	71
35	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	59	59	59
=36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	58	57	59
=36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	58	52	63
=36	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	58	57	59
=36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	58	49	65
=36	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58	50	65
=36	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	58	48	67
=42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	57	53	61
=42	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	57	41	71
=42	Peru`PER`South America	57	57	57
=42	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	57	63	51
=46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	56	53	59
=46	Ecuador`ECU`South America	56	48	63
=46	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	56	49	62
=46	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	56	52	60
=46	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56	50	60
=51	India`IND`Southern Asia	55	44	64
=51	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	55	49	60
=53	Brazil`BRA`South America	54	59	50
=53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	54	47	59
=53	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	54	43	63
=53	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	54	51	57
=57	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	53	50	55
=57	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	53	60	46
=59	Colombia`COL`South America	52	54	50
=59	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52	52	52
=59	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	52	46	57
=62	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	51	60	44
=62	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	51	66	38
=62	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	51	45	57
=62	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	51	39	61
=66	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	50	52	48
=66	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	50	52	49
=66	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	50	56	44
=66	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	50	48	52
=70	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	49	46	52
=70	Bolivia`BOL`South America	49	41	56
=70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49	45	52
=70	Uruguay`URY`South America	49	46	52
=74	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	48	44	52
=74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	48	54	43
=76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	47	47	47
=76	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47	51	43
=76	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	47	43	51
79	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	46	41	50
80	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	45	46	43
=81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44	50	39
=81	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	44	44	43
=81	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	44	42	46
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	43	47	39
=85	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	42	47	37
=85	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	42	41	44
=85	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	42	41	43
=85	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	42	47	38
=89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41	48	34
=89	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	41	50	33
=89	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	41	48	36
=92	Argentina`ARG`South America	40	42	38
=92	Honduras`HND`Central America	40	43	37
=92	Panama`PAN`Central America	40	43	38
=95	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	39	45	35
=95	Belize`BLZ`Central America	39	41	37
=95	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	39	43	35
=95	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	39	49	30
=95	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	39	39	39
=95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39	50	30
=95	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	39	38	41
=95	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	39	36	42
=103	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	38	41	34
=103	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	38	47	29
=103	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38	46	31
=103	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38	39	37
=107	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	37	48	28
=107	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	37	44	31
=107	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	37	38	37
=107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	37	41	34
=107	Niger`NER`Western Africa	37	39	36
=112	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	36	37	35
=112	Chile`CHL`South America	36	42	31
=112	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36	36	36
=112	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	36	33	39
=112	Suriname`SUR`South America	36	34	37
=112	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	36	43	29
=118	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	35	38	32
=118	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	35	39	32
=120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	34	31	36
=120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	34	30	38
=120	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	34	28	40
=120	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	34	35	32
=124	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	33	35	32
=124	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	33	33	34
=124	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	33	36	30
=127	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	32	34	30
=127	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	32	34	30
=129	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	31	33	29
=129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	31	34	29
=129	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	31	31	31
132	Venezuela`VEN`South America	30	30	30
=133	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	29	26	31
=133	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	29	28	30
=133	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	29	29	29
=133	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	29	36	23
=137	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28	21	34
=137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	28	26	30
=137	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	28	23	32
=140	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	27	26	28
=140	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27	21	32
=140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	27	30	25
=140	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	27	27	27
=144	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	26	24	28
=144	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	26	21	30
=144	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26	26	25
=144	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26	28	23
148	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	25	26	25
=149	Guyana`GUY`South America	24	26	22
=149	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24	24	24
151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23	27	20
152	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	22	18	25
153	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	21	16	25
154	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20	22	19
=155	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19	16	22
=155	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	19	20	19
=155	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	19	21	18
=158	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	16	14	17
=158	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	16	10	21
=158	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	16	16	16
161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	15	19	12
162	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	11	13	9
163	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7	5	8
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2	1	2

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

#1Denmark86
#2Netherlands84
#3Poland82
#4Finlandshared80
#4Sloveniashared80

Lowest

#164Turkmenistan2
#163Somalia7
#162Haiti11
#161Libya15
#158Eswatinishared16

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 44. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Coverage subscore
Highest2 share it
LowestTurkmenistan1
Middle country: 46
Openness subscore
Highest2 share it
LowestTurkmenistan2
Middle country: 43

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
145values changed, of 164 in both
126 · 19rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Morocco29 → 58+29
Romania35 → 59+24
Germany61 → 79+18
Jamaica45 → 60+15
Oman51 → 66+15

Fell most

El Salvador35 → 19−16
Turkmenistan16 → 2−14
Bulgaria73 → 66−7
Indonesia60 → 56−4
Latvia66 → 62−4

− Chad

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

67 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published. 8 countries share 39. 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 164 countries has every column.

05The files

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Open Data Watch (2018). Open Data Inventory, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/open-data-inventory/2018

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