Data for 2020

Open Data Inventory, 2020

Name: Open Data Inventory, 2020
Creator: Open Data Watch
License: https://odin.opendatawatch.com/

Figures for 2020, as Open Data Watch published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Open Data Inventory, 2020 covers 166 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 85; Turkmenistan is lowest, at 1. The middle country reads 50. Against 2018, 153 values changed (117 up, 36 down), 5 countries joined, 3 left.

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Open Data Inventory · Data for 2020

Highest2 countries share it

LowestTurkmenistan

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

166countries
3measures per country
2020the year it describes
63distinct 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, 2020, as published. The rank is Open Data Watch’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Open Data Inventory, 2020: every country, as published by Open Data Watch.

=1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	85	82	87
=1	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	85	81	89
=3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	84	74	93
=3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	84	78	89
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	82	70	91
6	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	80	71	88
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	79	75	83
=8	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	78	64	91
=8	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	78	60	93
=8	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	78	66	89
=11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	77	67	86
=11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	77	61	90
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	76	72	79
14	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	75	61	86
15	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	74	70	77
=16	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	73	57	86
=16	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	73	63	81
=18	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	72	68	75
=18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	72	69	74
=20	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	70	66	73
=20	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	70	71	69
=20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	70	64	76
=20	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70	57	81
=20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	70	61	79
=20	United States`USA`Northern America	70	61	78
=26	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	69	60	76
=26	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	69	62	74
=26	Mexico`MEX`Central America	69	57	80
=26	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	69	67	71
=30	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	68	59	75
=30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68	67	70
=32	Ecuador`ECU`South America	67	63	70
=32	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	67	56	76
=34	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	66	71	62
=34	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	66	54	77
=34	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	66	58	73
=37	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	65	63	67
=37	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	65	47	81
=37	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	65	57	72
=37	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	65	57	71
41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	64	59	68
=42	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	63	56	69
=42	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	63	56	68
=42	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	63	60	65
=42	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	63	52	72
=46	Brazil`BRA`South America	62	64	61
=46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	62	48	74
=46	France`FRA`Western Europe	62	57	66
=46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	62	52	70
=46	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	62	57	65
=46	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	62	60	64
=52	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	60	55	65
=52	Peru`PER`South America	60	61	59
=52	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	60	51	68
=55	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	59	56	61
=55	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	59	61	58
=57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	58	55	61
=57	India`IND`Southern Asia	58	50	65
=57	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	58	56	60
=57	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	58	52	64
=57	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	58	53	62
=62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	57	59	55
=62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	57	54	60
=62	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	57	43	69
=62	Suriname`SUR`South America	57	56	57
=66	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	56	59	54
=66	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	56	47	64
=68	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	55	47	62
=68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	55	54	57
=70	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	54	51	56
=70	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	54	54	54
=70	Uruguay`URY`South America	54	47	60
=73	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	53	48	58
=73	Colombia`COL`South America	53	50	55
=73	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	53	43	61
=73	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	53	45	60
=73	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	53	57	49
=73	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	53	53	53
=79	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	52	44	60
=79	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	52	43	60
=81	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	51	44	57
=81	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	51	49	52
=83	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	50	48	51
=83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	50	58	44
=85	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49	50	49
=85	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	49	48	50
=85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	49	44	54
=88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	48	46	49
=88	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	48	53	45
=88	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	48	40	54
=88	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	48	43	52
=88	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	48	53	45
=88	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	48	37	57
=88	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	48	52	44
=88	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	48	46	50
=96	Argentina`ARG`South America	47	52	42
=96	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	47	41	53
=96	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	47	49	44
=96	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	47	48	46
=96	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	47	40	53
=101	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	46	44	47
=101	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	46	44	48
=101	Panama`PAN`Central America	46	45	48
=101	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	46	40	52
=105	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	45	48	42
=105	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	45	47	44
=107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	44	50	38
=107	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	44	49	39
=109	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	43	52	35
=109	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	43	55	32
=109	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	43	44	43
=109	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	43	52	36
=113	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42	46	38
=113	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42	51	34
=113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	42	35	48
=116	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	41	45	38
=116	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	41	44	38
=116	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41	44	38
=116	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41	37	44
=116	Paraguay`PRY`South America	41	49	35
=116	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	41	39	43
=116	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	41	48	35
=123	Belize`BLZ`Central America	40	43	37
=123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	40	38	42
=123	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	40	36	43
=123	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	40	39	40
=123	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	40	41	40
=123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40	50	31
=129	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	39	48	32
=129	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	39	41	38
=129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	39	44	35
=129	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	39	35	43
=129	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	39	47	32
=134	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	38	44	32
=134	Honduras`HND`Central America	38	39	37
=134	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	38	39	38
137	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	37	42	33
=138	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	36	35	36
=138	Chile`CHL`South America	36	40	33
=138	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36	36	36
141	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	35	44	27
142	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	34	34	33
=143	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	33	30	36
=143	Niger`NER`Western Africa	33	37	30
=143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	33	31	35
146	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	32	38	26
147	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	31	35	28
=148	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	30	33	27
=148	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30	20	38
=148	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	30	35	26
=151	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	29	30	29
=151	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	29	30	28
153	Guyana`GUY`South America	28	22	33
=154	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	27	33	21
=154	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	27	22	32
156	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	25	18	31
157	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	24	22	27
158	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	21	17	24
=159	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	20	23	18
=159	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	20	18	21
=159	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	20	27	14
=159	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	20	10	29
163	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	19	17	21
164	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	10	7	12
165	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4	3	4
166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1	1	1

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

#1Finlandshared85
#1Polandshared85
#3Denmarkshared84
#3Swedenshared84
#5Netherlands82

Lowest

#166Turkmenistan1
#165Haiti4
#164Eswatini10
#163Chad19
#159South Sudanshared20

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 50. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Coverage subscore
HighestFinland82
LowestTurkmenistan1
Middle country: 49
Openness subscore
Highest2 share it
LowestTurkmenistan1
Middle country: 53

032018 → 2020

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −3countries joined / left
153values changed, of 161 in both
117 · 36rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Uzbekistan19 → 63+44
Benin22 → 52+30
United Arab Emirates51 → 75+24
Angola19 → 41+22
Iraq26 → 48+22

Fell most

China44 → 35−9
Ethiopia29 → 20−9
Guinea-Bissau27 → 20−7
Haiti11 → 4−7
Eswatini16 → 10−6

+ Brunei

+ Equatorial Guinea

+ Greenland

+ Chad

+ Yemen

− Sudan

− Venezuela

− Vanuatu

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

Read before you use

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

How values are stored

63 distinct values among 166
Values are stored exactly as published. 8 countries share 48. 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 166 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Open Data Watch (2020). Open Data Inventory, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/open-data-inventory/2020

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