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Argentina is ranked #54 in the 2015 Index
Argentina's overall Index ranking is down from #50 in 2014

Rank Dataset Breakdown Location (URL) Format Info Prev. (2014) Score
1 Election Results
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http://elecciones.gob.ar/artic... CSV #1  100% 100%
1 Election Results
URL: http://elecciones.gob.ar/articulo_sub_sub.php?secc=2&sub_secc=9&sub_sub_secc=69
Format: CSV

This data is well structured and easy to access. That Were data sets are cleaned and sorted. The last update of the PASO elections are in 2015, the datasets is in csv format. Are the results of the elections of 2001 - 2011 in PDF format. http://elecciones.gob.ar/articulo_sub_sub.php?secc=2&sub_secc=9&sub_sub_secc=9


16 Legislation
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http://www.hcdn.gov.ar/ n/a #12  75% 75%
16 Legislation
URL: http://www.hcdn.gov.ar/


The website for the National Congress contains up-to-date information about all legislative activity in different formats and different sections.

A local citizen initiative Congreso Interactivo is publishing a machine readable dataset: http://www.congresointeractivo.org/dataset-todas-las-votaciones-del-congreso-2001-2013/

And an API: http://billit.congresointeractivo.org


9 Water Quality
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http://www.hidricosargentina.g... HTML n/a 60%
9 Water Quality
URL: http://www.hidricosargentina.gov.ar/acceso_bd.php
Format: HTML

Data quality

Data has warnings on accuracy, and not all data is available for all locations.

Please check. This is the list of types of data available, I'm not able to determine if this fulfills the requirements of this index:

  • Aforos
  • Altura
  • Altura E.A.N. en Snow Pillow
  • Anemometro Tanque Evaporacion
  • Area de Radiación
  • Caudal Medio Diario
  • Caudal Medio Diario Máximo
  • Caudal Medio Diario Minimo
  • Caudal Medio Mensual
  • CLORUROS
  • Conductividad Eléctrica
  • Conductividad Específica a 25 C
  • Densidad media de nieve
  • Dirección del Viento
  • E.A.N. resultante de cateos
  • Espesor de nieve
  • Evaporacion
  • Heliofania
  • Humedad
  • Lluvia Pluviómetro Tanque Evaporación
  • Long. media del núcleo cateador
  • Nitrógeno Amoniacal Total
  • Nitrógeno de Nitratos
  • Nivel Final de Tanque Evaporación
  • Nivel Inicial Tanque Evaporación
  • Oxígeno Disuelto
  • pH
  • Porcentaje de Oxígeno Disuelto
  • Potencial óxido Reducción
  • Precipitación
  • Presión Atmosférica
  • Profundidad de Medición
  • PROGRESIVA 1
  • PROGRESIVA 2-1
  • PROGRESIVA 2-2
  • PROGRESIVA 3
  • QMax Instantáneo
  • QMin Instantáneo
  • Radiacion Diaria
  • Salinidad
  • Solidos Disueltos Totales
  • Sólidos Disueltos Totales por Evaporación
  • Temperatura Bulbo Humedo
  • Temperatura Bulbo Seco
  • TEMPERATURA DEL AGUA
  • Temperatura Máxima
  • Temperatura Media
  • Temperatura Mánima
  • Temperatura Tanque Evaporacion
  • TURBIDEZ
  • Velocidad del Viento
  • Velocidad del viento máxima
  • Velocidad del viento media

On licensing:

  • Custom license
  • Free
  • Attribution mandatory
  • Personal information required to access

On this page: http://www.hidricosargentina.gov.ar/acceso_bd.php

Text reads "La descarga de datos de la Base de Datos Hidrológica Integrada es libre y gratuita, pero el consultante se compromete a citar a la Subsecretaría de Recursos Hídricos de la Nación, o al organismo responsable de la red correspondiente, como fuente de información en cualquier estudio o trabajo que utilice estos datos."

Other water-related data sources


49 Government Budget
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http://www.mecon.gov.ar/onp/ht... n/a #43  55% 55%
49 Government Budget
URL: http://www.mecon.gov.ar/onp/html/consolidado/2015/Pcspn15.pdf


The budget details are on the website of the National Budget Office which depends on the Ministry of Economy. The paper this year (2011- 2014) is published as disaggregated data.

The data for 2015 is only available in a PDF format.


36 Procurement tenders
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https://www.argentinacompra.go... n/a n/a 45%
36 Procurement tenders
URL: https://www.argentinacompra.gov.ar


Custom licence here: https://www.argentinacompra.gov.ar/prod/onc/sitio/Paginas/Contenido/FrontEnd/index2.asp


60 Weather forecast
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n/a n/a n/a 35%
60 Weather forecast


The information is available online but the data is not available to be re used in free formats

http://www.smn.gov.ar/?mod=pronografico&id=3


105 National Statistics
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http://www.indec.gov.ar/index.... n/a #66  45% 30%
105 National Statistics
URL: http://www.indec.gov.ar/index.asp


population (up to 2010)

GDP in PDF

The National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) Provide an up-to-date downloadable datasets for research in various format. However, This process Involves a registration to the website. No license was found on the website.

But the data do not meet the requirements of the census: GDP for the whole country updated at least quarterly Unemployment statistics updated at least every month Population updated at least once a year


67 National Map
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n/a GIS #25  60% 25%
67 National Map
Format: GIS

There is a GIS map in 1 : 250,000, and even 1 : 50,000 from 2013 on the" INSTITUTO GEOGRÁFICO NACIONAL DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA" website. No license was found on the website, and therefore it is not openly licensed. Information is not readily accessible and much information you have to pay


8 Government Spending
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n/a XML #15  10% 10%
8 Government Spending
Format: XML

Argentina has a very informative financial data portal. It shows many analysis for expenditure data in a machine-readable format and bulk download, albeit aggregated data.

The last update of the information was in July 2015 which indicates digital format.


65 Pollutant Emissions
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n/a n/a #36  45% 10%
65 Pollutant Emissions


By law, the government should supply and monitor this data. In practice, I couldn't find it online but notice you can apply for the data through email. I could find other environmental data on this map - http://mapas.ambiente.gob.ar/

it see that in Buenos Aires and Bahía Blanca Air Pollution is montier not by the federal government

Bahía Blanca http://www.bahiablanca.gov.ar/areas-de-gobierno/medio-ambiente/comite-tecnico-ejecutivo/estacion-de-monitoreo-de-calidad-de-aire/

Buenos Aires http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/agenciaambiental/monitoreoambiental/calidadaire


61 Location datasets
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n/a n/a #36  20% 0%
61 Location datasets


Argentina has an up to date zipcodes dataset on this website: http://www.correoargentino.com.ar/formularios/cpa

However, it does not contain the relevant Geodata, and it is in a separate dataset.


85 Land Ownership
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85 Land Ownership


The site of the National Registry of Rural Lands contains datasets to be used

http://www.jus.gob.ar/tierras-rurales.aspx


84 Company Register
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n/a n/a #86  0% 0%
84 Company Register


Unable to find a definitive register of companies information in Argentina.


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