Dataset overview 2013
Rank | Title | Description | Best | Avg. |
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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:
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100% United States Sweden Italy United Kingdom New Zealand Norway Slovenia Denmark Australia | 62% |
3 | 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:
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100% Slovenia Germany United States Italy Canada New Zealand Denmark Netherlands Sweden | 61% |
2 | 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:
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100% Norway United States Sweden Netherlands Germany Canada New Zealand Finland Australia Czech Republic Costa Rica Spain Denmark | 61% |
4 | 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:
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100% Kenya United States Denmark New Zealand Netherlands | 54% |
5 | National Map |
This data category requires a high level national map. To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:
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100% Germany Iceland Netherlands United Kingdom Norway Canada Denmark New Zealand Austria Finland United States Australia | 50% |
6 | 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:
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100% Slovenia United States Sweden Norway | 44% |
7 | 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:
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100% United Kingdom Denmark | 40% |
8 | 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
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100% Romania Denmark United States United Kingdom Netherlands Iceland | 39% |
9 | Transport Timetables |
Timetables of major government operated (or commissioned) national-level public transport services (specifically bus and train). The focus here is on national level services (not those which operate only at a municipal or city level and which are not controlled or regulated by the national government). A 'yes' in any question will refer to both types of transport. However, if there is no national level service operated or regulated by the government for a given type of transport (for instance busses), then this type is ignored in this data category. Data submitted in this category should meet the following minimum criteria:
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100% Finland United Kingdom | 38% |
10 | 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:
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100% United Kingdom Greece | 22% |