Data for 2024

Open Data Inventory, 2024

Name: Open Data Inventory, 2024
Creator: Open Data Watch
License: https://odin.opendatawatch.com/

Figures for 2024, as Open Data Watch published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Open Data Inventory, 2024 covers 168 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 90; Turkmenistan is lowest, at 19. The middle country reads 59. Against 2022, 154 values changed (135 up, 19 down), 3 countries joined, 2 left.

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Open Data Inventory · Data for 2024

Highest2 countries share it

LowestTurkmenistan

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

168countries
3measures per country
2024the year it describes
61distinct 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, 2024, as published. The rank is Open Data Watch’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Open Data Inventory, 2024: every country, as published by Open Data Watch.

=1	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	90	79	99
=1	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	90	82	97
=3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	89	83	94
=3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	89	82	95
=3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	89	80	96
6	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	86	74	96
7	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	85	74	95
8	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	84	70	97
=9	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	83	77	89
=9	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	83	71	93
=9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	83	78	86
=9	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	83	78	87
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	82	70	92
14	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	81	78	84
=15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	79	66	89
=15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79	71	86
=15	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	79	65	90
=15	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	79	67	88
=19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	78	77	80
=19	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	78	68	87
=19	United States`USA`Northern America	78	70	85
=22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	77	66	86
=22	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	77	67	85
=22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	77	60	91
=22	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	77	65	87
=22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	77	78	77
=27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	76	73	78
=27	Mexico`MEX`Central America	76	72	80
=27	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	76	66	85
=27	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	76	64	85
=31	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	75	68	81
=31	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	75	72	77
=31	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	75	60	88
=31	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	75	58	88
=35	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	74	56	89
=35	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	74	71	76
=35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	74	64	83
=35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	74	72	76
=35	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	74	69	79
=40	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	73	67	78
=40	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	73	66	80
=42	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	72	65	77
=42	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	72	62	81
=42	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	72	74	70
=42	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	72	64	80
46	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	71	67	76
47	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	70	61	78
48	Brazil`BRA`South America	69	71	67
=49	Chile`CHL`South America	67	70	65
=49	Colombia`COL`South America	67	68	65
=49	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	67	67	67
=49	Niger`NER`Western Africa	67	52	79
=49	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	67	70	65
=54	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	66	51	77
=54	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	66	70	64
=54	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	66	58	72
=57	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	65	53	75
=57	Ecuador`ECU`South America	65	62	67
=57	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	65	54	75
=57	Paraguay`PRY`South America	65	57	72
=61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	64	64	64
=61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	64	70	59
=61	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	64	62	65
=64	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	63	58	67
=64	France`FRA`Western Europe	63	53	71
=64	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	63	49	74
=64	Peru`PER`South America	63	64	62
=68	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	62	43	79
=68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	62	67	59
=68	Panama`PAN`Central America	62	58	65
=68	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	62	59	64
=68	Suriname`SUR`South America	62	55	68
=73	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61	63	59
=73	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61	62	61
=73	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	61	55	67
=73	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	61	41	77
=73	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	61	61	62
=78	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	60	58	63
=78	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	60	48	71
=78	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	60	53	66
=78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	60	48	70
=82	Argentina`ARG`South America	59	62	57
=82	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	59	53	64
=82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	59	66	54
=82	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	59	67	53
=82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	59	56	62
=82	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	59	53	64
88	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	58	60	57
89	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	57	52	61
=90	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	56	51	60
=90	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	56	51	61
=90	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	56	48	63
=90	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	56	54	57
=90	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	56	48	64
=95	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	55	57	54
=95	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	55	46	62
=95	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	55	45	64
=95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55	55	54
=99	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	54	52	55
=99	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	54	58	50
=99	India`IND`Southern Asia	54	52	55
=99	Uruguay`URY`South America	54	52	56
103	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	53	65	42
=104	Belize`BLZ`Central America	52	50	53
=104	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	52	47	57
=106	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	51	47	55
=106	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	51	52	50
=106	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	51	48	54
=106	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	51	47	54
=110	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50	50	49
=110	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	50	42	56
=110	Honduras`HND`Central America	50	51	48
=110	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	50	50	50
=110	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	50	52	49
=115	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	49	51	47
=115	Guyana`GUY`South America	49	46	51
=115	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	49	54	45
=118	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	48	46	50
=118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48	46	50
=118	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	48	43	53
121	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	47	49	45
=122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	46	53	40
=122	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	46	51	42
=122	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	46	39	52
=125	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	45	52	40
=125	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	45	41	49
=125	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45	50	41
=125	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45	39	50
=129	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	44	45	43
=129	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	44	49	39
=129	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	44	43	44
=132	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	43	40	45
=132	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	43	47	39
=132	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	43	47	40
=135	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	42	40	43
=135	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	42	43	42
=135	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	42	49	36
=135	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42	40	43
=139	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41	28	51
=139	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41	31	50
=139	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	41	47	35
142	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	40	32	46
=143	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	39	48	32
=143	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	39	44	35
=145	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	38	36	40
=145	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	38	38	38
=147	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	37	36	38
=147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	37	34	39
=147	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	37	39	35
=147	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	37	37	38
=151	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36	30	41
=151	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	36	35	37
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	35	31	39
=154	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	34	37	32
=154	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	34	29	38
=156	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33	32	35
=156	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	33	27	38
=156	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	33	31	35
=156	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33	27	38
160	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	32	33	32
161	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	31	32	30
=162	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	28	30	27
=162	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	28	28	28
=162	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	28	27	29
165	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	25	26	25
166	Venezuela`VEN`South America	23	23	23
167	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	20	13	25
168	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	19	22	16

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

#1Malaysiashared90
#1Polandshared90
#3Denmarkshared89
#3Finlandshared89
#3Norwayshared89

Lowest

#168Turkmenistan19
#167South Sudan20
#166Venezuela23
#165Haiti25
#162Syriashared28

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 59. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Coverage subscore
HighestDenmark83
LowestSouth Sudan13
Middle country: 53
Openness subscore
HighestMalaysia99
LowestTurkmenistan16
Middle country: 62

032022 → 2024

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −2countries joined / left
154values changed, of 165 in both
135 · 19rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Côte d’Ivoire20 → 62+42
Central African Republic26 → 61+35
Malaysia59 → 90+31
Niger36 → 67+31
Senegal47 → 75+28

Fell most

El Salvador43 → 32−11
Greece60 → 51−9
Liberia40 → 31−9
Czechia70 → 63−7
Vietnam55 → 48−7

+ Republic of the Congo

+ Comoros

+ Guinea-Bissau

− Belarus

− Iran

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

61 distinct values among 168
Values are stored exactly as published. 6 countries share 59. 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 168 countries has every column.

05The files

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Open Data Watch (2024). Open Data Inventory, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/open-data-inventory/2024

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