Open Knowledge

See other years

Share or embed this page


Rank Title Description Best Avg.
1 National Statistics

Key national statistics such as demographic and economic indicators (GDP, unemployment, population, etc). To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

  • GDP for the whole country updated at least quarterly
  • Unemployment statistics updated at least monthly
  • Population updated at least once a year
100% Romania  Taiwan  Luxembourg  Colombia  Azerbaijan  Brazil  Rwanda  Mexico  Austria  United Kingdom  Denmark  Czech Republic  United States  Sweden  Norway  Ireland  Netherlands  Italy  Finland  Germany  Canada  Australia  56%
2 Government Budget

National government budget at a high level. This category is looking at budgets, or the planned government expenditure for the upcoming year, and not the actual expenditure. To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

  • Planned budget divided by government department and sub-department
  • Updated once a year.
  • The budget should include descriptions regarding the different budget sections.
100% Taiwan  France  Luxembourg  Paraguay  Finland  Korea, Republic of  Hong Kong  Czech Republic  Italy  Isle of Man  Netherlands  United States  Canada  United Kingdom  Norway  Uruguay  Chile  Mexico  Denmark  Australia  Germany  55%
3 Legislation

This data category requires all national laws and statutes available to be available online, although it is not a requirement that information on legislative behaviour e.g. voting records is available. To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

  • Content of the law / status
  • If applicable, all relevant amendments to the law
  • Date of last amendments
  • Data should be updated at least on quarterly
100% United Kingdom  Brazil  Romania  Taiwan  Finland  United States  49%
4 Procurement tenders

All tenders and awards of the national/federal government aggregated by office. Monitoring tenders can help new groups to participate in tenders and increase government compliance. Data submitted in this category must be aggregated by office, updated at least monthly & satisfy the following minimum criteria:

Tenders:

  • tenders name
  • tender description
  • tender status

Awards:

  • Award title
  • Award description
  • value of the award
  • suppliers name
100% Taiwan  Colombia  Romania  Thailand  Mexico  Paraguay  Uruguay  Philippines  Australia  United States  Canada  43%
5 Election Results

This data category requires results by constituency / district for all major national electoral contests. To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

  • Result for all major electoral contests
  • Number of registered votes
  • Number of invalid votes
  • Number of spoiled ballots
  • All data should be reported at the level of the polling station
100% Denmark  Moldova, Republic of  Brazil  France  Colombia  Sweden  Australia  Finland  Taiwan  Argentina  Italy  Romania  Czech Republic  Austria  41%
6 National Map

This data category requires a high level national map. To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

  • Scale of 1:250,000 (1 cm = 2.5km).
  • Markings of national roads
  • National borders
  • Marking of streams, rivers, lakes, mountains.
  • Updated at least once a year.
100% Taiwan  Colombia  United Kingdom  Denmark  Norway  Finland  United States  Australia  Germany  Austria  Canada  34%
7 Weather forecast

5 days forecast of temperature, precipitation and wind as well as recorded data for temperature, wind and precipitation for the past year. In order to satisfy the minimum requirements for this category, data submitted should meet the following criteria:

  • 5 days forecast of temperature updated daily
  • 5 days forecast of wind updated daily
  • 5 days forecast of precipitation updated daily
  • Historical temperature data for the past year
100% Norway  United Kingdom  Singapore  France  Netherlands  Finland  32%
8 Pollutant Emissions

Aggregate data about the emission of air pollutants especially those potentially harmful to human health (although it is not a requirement to include information on greenhouse gas emissions). Aggregate means national-level or available for at least three major cities. In order to satisfy the minimum requirements for this category, data must be available for the following pollutants and meet the following minimum criteria:

  • Particulate matter (PM) Levels
  • Sulphur oxides (SOx)
  • Nitrogen oxides (NOx)
  • Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
  • Carbon monoxide (CO)
  • Updated on at least once a week.
  • Measured either at a national level by regions or at leasts in 3 big cities.
100% Taiwan  Spain  United States  Turkey  Germany  30%
9 Company Register

List of registered (limited liability) companies. The submissions in this data category does not need to include detailed financial data such as balance sheet etc. To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

  • Name of company
  • Unique identifier of the company
  • Company address
  • Updated at least once a month
100% Taiwan  Uruguay  Norway  Moldova, Republic of  Australia  Romania  Indonesia  United Kingdom  26%
10 Location datasets

A database of postcodes/zipcodes and the corresponding spatial locations in terms of a latitude and a longitude (or similar coordinates in an openly published national coordinate system). If a postcode/zipcode system does not exist in the country, please submit a dataset of administrative borders. Data submitted in this category must satisfy the following minimum conditions

  • Zipcodes
  • Address
  • Coordinate (latitude longitude)
  • national level
  • updated once a year

  • Administrative boundaries

  • Boarders poligone
  • name of poligone (city, neighborhood)
  • national level
  • updated once a year
100% Rwanda  Colombia  Netherlands  Morocco  Iceland  Uruguay  Finland  Norway  Japan  United Kingdom  Denmark  22%
11 Water Quality

Data, measured at the water source, on the quality of water is essential for both the delivery of services and the prevention of diseases. In order to satisfy the minimum requirements for this category, data should be available on level of the following chemicals by water source and be updated at least weekly:

  • fecal coliform
  • arsenic
  • fluoride levels
  • nitrates
  • TDS (Total dissolved solids)
90% Bulgaria  Netherlands  Taiwan  18%
11 Land Ownership

Cadaster showing land ownership data on a map and include all metadata on the land. Cadaster data submmitted in this category must include the following charateristics:

  • Land boarders
  • Land owners name
  • Land size
  • national level
  • updated yearly
100% Denmark  Uruguay  18%
13 Government Spending

Records of actual (past) national government spending at a detailed transactional level; A database of contracts awarded or similar will not considered sufficient. This data category refers to detailed ongoing data on actual expenditure. Data submitted in this category should meet the following minimum criteria:

  • Individual record of transactions.
  • Date of the transactions
  • Government office which had the transaction
  • Name of vendor
  • amount of the transaction
  • Update on a monthly basis
100% Greece  10%