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Portugal / 2014 47% open

Portugal is ranked #39 in the 2014 Index
Portugal's overall Index ranking is down from #16 in 2013

Rank Dataset Breakdown Location (URL) Format Info Prev. Score
1 National Map
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http://www.igeo.pt/DadosAberto... WMF, ... #32  45% 100%
1 National Map
URL: http://www.igeo.pt/DadosAbertos/Listagem.aspx
Format: WMF, WMS, Shapefile

The new iGEO site provides full maps with 1:10000 resolution and clear open data terms.


23 National Statistics
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http://www.ine.pt Excel, CSV #16  70% 70%
23 National Statistics
URL: http://www.ine.pt
Format: Excel, CSV

There is data back until 1864 but it is only open online since 2000. (No changes since 2013.)


36 Election Results
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http://eleicoes.cne.pt/ Excel, ... #59  25% 60%
36 Election Results
URL: http://eleicoes.cne.pt/
Format: Excel, HTML, PDF

The main URL from CNE does not have the most recent elections. Those can be found at http://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt, which unlike CNE does not provide bulk datasets. There are some bulk datasets missing from the CNE site as well.


24 Transport Timetables
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http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPag... online, ... #13  45% 45%
24 Transport Timetables
URL: http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=a4f6f9e12a584010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD
Format: online, PDF

Timetables of the national-level public train services are available and up to date online but only through "search" of PDF. No national bus level service is known. (No changes from 2013)


33 Legislation
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http://dre.pt/index.html PDF #26  45% 45%
33 Legislation
URL: http://dre.pt/index.html
Format: PDF

The new DRE portal, published in 2014, has the same limitations as the previous one. Access to text versions (not PDF) and full-text search are only available through a paid subscription.


36 Pollutant Emissions
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http://prtr.ec.europa.eu/Pollu... RDF #48  25% 45%
36 Pollutant Emissions
URL: http://prtr.ec.europa.eu/PollutantReleases.aspx
Format: RDF

The data is reported to an European agency. The data reports until 2012 only.


26 Company Register
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http://publicacoes.mj.pt/ n/a #5  70% 45%
26 Company Register
URL: http://publicacoes.mj.pt/


Platform provides a search interface for company information. Search is heavily crippled by CAPTCHA and delays on multiple searches.


59 Government Budget
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http://www.dgo.pt/politicaorca... PDF #36  45% 45%
59 Government Budget
URL: http://www.dgo.pt/politicaorcamental/Paginas/OEpagina.aspx?Ano=2012&TipoOE=Or%C3%A7amento%20Estado%20Aprovado&TipoDocumentos=Lei%20/%20Mapas%20Lei%20/%20Relat%C3%B3rio
Format: PDF

The complete budget is available in a series of PDF's, from 1836 on. (No changes from 2013.)


15 Government Spending
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n/a n/a #3  95% 10%
15 Government Spending


There is no data available on day-to-day spending, i.e. transactional spending. Aggregated spending data is available at: http://www.base.gov.pt/base2/html/pesquisas/contratos.shtml

Public contract offers and non-bid contracts are available through the website http://www.base.gov.pt/base2/. It is machine readable, freely and timely available, but not in bulk nor under an open license.


57 Location datasets
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http://www.ctt.pt/feapl_2/app/... CSV ... #8  90% 0%
57 Location datasets
URL: http://www.ctt.pt/feapl_2/app/open/tools.jspx?tool=1
Format: CSV also arcview, kml, pdf

The Portuguese postcodes/zipcodes data is made available by CTT at http://www.ctt.pt/feapl_2/app/open/postalCodeSearch/postalCodeSearch.jspx

CTT was the Portuguese national public mail service until 9 September 2014. Since this date it became a private company and there is no other public portal where the same data is made publicly available.


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