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Nepal 30% open

Nepal is ranked #61 in the 2015 Index
Nepal's overall Index ranking is up from #63 in 2014

Rank Dataset Breakdown Location (URL) Format Info Prev. (2014) Score
37 Election Results
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http://www.election.gov.np/ele... Xml #36  60% 60%
37 Election Results
URL: http://www.election.gov.np/election/np
Format: Xml

This data is completely available in open format. Election Commission maintains the data.


62 National Statistics
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http://cbs.gov.np/ n/a #66  45% 55%
62 National Statistics
URL: http://cbs.gov.np/


This is the official source of government data, This is handled by Nepal Planning Commission Secretariats, Government of Nepal.


30 Legislation
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http://www.dop.gov.np/download... n/a #33  45% 55%
30 Legislation
URL: http://www.dop.gov.np/downloads.phphttp://www.dop.gov.np/downloads.php


Ministry of Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly and Parliamentary Affairs are responsive to these data.


49 Government Budget
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http://mof.gov.np/uploads/docu... n/a n/a #43  55% 55%
28 Weather forecast
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http://www.mfd.gov.np/weather/... n/a n/a n/a 45%
30 Pollutant Emissions
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http://www.climatenepal.org.np... n/a #36  45% 45%
30 Pollutant Emissions
URL: http://www.climatenepal.org.np/main/?p=research&sp=database_profile


Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal maintains the statistics about different sectors of Nepal. This dataset is found in the report called "Environment Statistics of Nepal". The data is available in a pdf document, and not in a machine readable format. The data is not updated yearly.


33 Company Register
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http://ocr.gov.np/search/ n/a #50  35% 35%
33 Company Register
URL: http://ocr.gov.np/search/


Office of Company Registrar is responsible for data but they haven't provided these data in Open Format. However, the company register can be browsed by the public and contains company registration number, name, type and address as well as advanced search filters.


8 Government Spending
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n/a n/a #15  10% 10%
8 Government Spending


It is really unfortunate that the government of Nepal will not score higher as they provide a daily update of the budget execution status, albeit in aggregated form: http://www.fcgo.gov.np/report-publications/daily-budgetray-status/

The data is clearly there and in digital form.


80 National Map
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n/a n/a #48  35% 10%
80 National Map


Data is under SURVEY DEPARTMENT, Ministry of Land Reform and Management Government of Nepal. Site under maintenance at the time of review.
http://dos.gov.np/language/en/


53 Land Ownership
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n/a n/a n/a n/a 10%
57 Water Quality
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n/a n/a n/a n/a 5%
96 Procurement tenders
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n/a n/a n/a 0%
96 Procurement tenders


Government Of Nepal, Public Procurement Monitoring Office does not publish information on contract awards, only tenders. Procurement portal available here.


61 Location datasets
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http://www.gpo.gov.np/postalco... n/a #40  10% 0%
61 Location datasets
URL: http://www.gpo.gov.np/postalcode.aspx


Data is under the GPO of Nepal. No geolocation - http://www.gpo.gov.np/postalcode.aspx


Contributors

Reviewers

  • Georg Neumann
  • Kshitiz Khanal
  • Gil Zaretzer
  • Kamil Gregor
  • Neal Bastek
  • Mor Rubinstein
  • Zach Christensen
  • anonymous
  • Nisha Thompson
  • yar michl
  • Rebecca Sentance
  • Tryggvi Björgvinsson
  • Codrina Maria Ilie

Submitters

  • Mor Rubinstein
  • Nikesh Balami
  • anonymous
  • Tryggvi Björgvinsson
  • Niroj Panta