Data for 2022

Open Data Inventory, 2022

Name: Open Data Inventory, 2022
Creator: Open Data Watch
License: https://odin.opendatawatch.com/

Figures for 2022, as Open Data Watch published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Open Data Inventory, 2022 covers 167 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 87; Turkmenistan is lowest, at 1. The middle country reads 51. Against 2020, 149 values changed (88 up, 61 down), 3 countries joined, 2 left.

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Open Data Inventory · Data for 2022

Highest2 countries share it

LowestTurkmenistan

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

167countries
3measures per country
2022the year it describes
69distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 5, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Open Data Watch’s rank

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Every country and every column of Open Data Inventory, 2022, as published. The rank is Open Data Watch’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Open Data Inventory, 2022: every country, as published by Open Data Watch.

=1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	87	77	95
=1	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	87	81	92
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	86	82	89
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	85	78	92
5	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	83	72	93
6	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	82	70	92
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	81	73	88
=8	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	80	67	91
=8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	80	67	91
=8	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	80	69	89
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79	72	85
12	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	78	63	91
=13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	77	76	78
=13	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	77	60	91
15	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	76	64	86
16	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	75	66	83
17	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	74	54	91
=18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	73	54	89
=18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	73	72	74
=20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	72	60	82
=20	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	72	59	83
=20	United States`USA`Northern America	72	64	79
=23	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	71	64	78
=23	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	71	67	75
=23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	71	68	74
=23	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	71	68	75
=23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	71	61	80
=28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	70	72	67
=28	Mexico`MEX`Central America	70	58	81
=28	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	70	63	75
=28	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	70	59	80
=32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	69	63	74
=32	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	69	66	71
=32	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	69	58	78
=35	France`FRA`Western Europe	68	59	77
=35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	68	54	79
=35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68	65	71
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67	54	78
=39	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	66	61	71
=39	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	66	66	65
=39	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	66	59	72
=42	Ecuador`ECU`South America	65	62	67
=42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	65	56	73
=42	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	65	46	81
=45	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	64	68	61
=45	Brazil`BRA`South America	64	66	62
=45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	64	60	67
=48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	63	63	62
=48	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	63	59	67
=48	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	63	63	63
=48	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	63	53	71
=52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	62	50	72
=52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	62	59	64
=54	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	61	53	69
=54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	61	46	73
=54	Peru`PER`South America	61	59	62
=54	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	61	59	62
=58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	60	61	59
=58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	60	53	65
=60	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59	54	63
=60	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	59	55	63
=60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	59	57	60
=63	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	58	60	56
=63	Colombia`COL`South America	58	60	56
=63	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	58	50	65
=63	Uruguay`URY`South America	58	51	63
=67	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	57	56	58
=67	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	57	53	61
=67	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	57	43	69
=70	Chile`CHL`South America	56	56	57
=70	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56	51	60
=70	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56	43	67
=73	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	55	45	63
=73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	55	56	54
=73	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	55	50	58
=76	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	54	46	60
=76	India`IND`Southern Asia	54	43	63
=76	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	54	45	62
=79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	53	56	51
=79	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53	46	59
=81	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	52	45	58
=81	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52	50	55
=83	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	51	43	58
=83	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	51	45	57
=83	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	51	60	43
=83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	51	41	60
=87	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	50	41	57
=87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	50	54	46
=87	Suriname`SUR`South America	50	48	51
90	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	49	45	53
=91	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	48	47	50
=91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	48	52	44
93	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47	49	46
=94	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	46	43	48
=94	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	46	54	38
=94	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	46	56	37
=94	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	46	45	47
=94	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	46	44	47
=99	Argentina`ARG`South America	45	51	40
=99	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	45	48	42
=99	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	45	49	42
=99	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	45	45	44
=99	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	45	42	47
=99	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	45	48	42
=99	Panama`PAN`Central America	45	42	47
=106	Belize`BLZ`Central America	44	44	45
=106	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	44	42	46
=106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	44	49	40
=109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	43	47	40
=109	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	43	52	36
=109	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	43	46	40
=112	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	42	46	39
=112	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42	44	39
=112	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	42	47	38
=112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	42	43	42
=112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	42	32	51
=117	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	41	42	39
=117	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	41	52	31
=117	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	41	37	44
=117	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41	47	35
=117	Honduras`HND`Central America	41	39	42
=117	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41	43	40
=123	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	40	45	35
=123	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	40	54	29
=123	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40	42	38
=123	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	40	36	44
=123	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	40	41	40
=123	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	40	30	48
=123	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	40	48	33
=123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40	48	33
=131	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	38	37	39
=131	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	38	41	36
=131	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	38	37	39
=134	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	37	33	41
=134	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	37	44	31
=134	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	37	46	29
=134	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	37	40	34
=138	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36	36	36
=138	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36	38	33
=138	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	36	38	33
141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35	38	32
=142	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34	24	44
=142	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	34	35	34
=144	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	33	33	33
=144	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	33	28	37
=144	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33	26	40
=144	Guyana`GUY`South America	33	27	38
=144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	33	35	32
=144	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	33	33	33
=150	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	32	34	30
=150	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	32	28	35
=152	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	31	33	29
=152	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	31	35	27
154	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30	37	24
155	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	29	31	28
156	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	28	29	28
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	27	25	28
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	26	25	26
159	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	25	21	28
160	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	23	18	27
161	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	21	23	19
162	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	20	16	24
163	Venezuela`VEN`South America	18	18	19
164	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	15	14	17
165	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	9	3	13
166	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4	3	4
167	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1	1	1

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

#1Denmarkshared87
#1Polandshared87
#3Finland86
#4Norway85
#5Slovenia83

Lowest

#167Turkmenistan1
#166Haiti4
#165South Sudan9
#164Eswatini15
#163Venezuela18

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 51. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Coverage subscore
HighestFinland82
LowestTurkmenistan1
Middle country: 49
Openness subscore
HighestDenmark95
LowestTurkmenistan1
Middle country: 55

032020 → 2022

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −2countries joined / left
149values changed, of 164 in both
88 · 61rose · fell
15unchanged

Rose most

Ethiopia20 → 41+21
Chile36 → 56+20
Latvia58 → 77+19
Jordan53 → 66+13
Belgium46 → 57+11

Fell most

Côte d’Ivoire40 → 20−20
DR Congo48 → 33−15
Zambia46 → 33−13
South Sudan20 → 9−11
Lebanon42 → 32−10

+ Central African Republic

+ Venezuela

+ Vanuatu

− Republic of the Congo

− Guinea-Bissau

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

69 distinct values among 167
Values are stored exactly as published. 8 countries share 40. 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 167 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Open Data Watch (2022). Open Data Inventory, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/open-data-inventory/2022

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