Data for 2016

Open Data Inventory, 2016

Figures for 2016, as Open Data Watch published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Open Data Inventory, 2016 covers 161 countries on 3 measures. Sweden is highest, at 83; Madagascar is lowest, at 3. The middle country reads 39. Against 2015, 106 values changed (71 up, 35 down), 47 countries joined, 3 left.

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Open Data Inventory · Data for 2016

HighestSweden

LowestMadagascar

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

161countries
3measures per country
2016the year it describes
61distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 5, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Open Data Watch’s rank

The table

Every country and every column of Open Data Inventory, 2016, as published. The rank is Open Data Watch’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Showing 25 of 161 countries · select a heading to sort

Open Data Inventory, 2016: every country, as published by Open Data Watch.

1	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	83	73	91
2	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	82	79	84
3	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	80	71	88
4	PolandPOLEastern Europe	79	77	80
=5	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	78	65	89
=5	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	78	78	79
=5	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	78	84	73
8	CanadaCANNorthern America	77	68	85
9	United StatesUSANorthern America	76	77	75
10	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	75	72	77
=11	ItalyITASouthern Europe	73	65	80
=11	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	73	73	74
13	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	72	56	85
14	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	70	66	73
=15	MexicoMEXCentral America	69	57	80
=15	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	69	62	75
17	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	68	59	75
=18	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	66	59	72
=18	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	66	60	72
=18	SpainESPSouthern Europe	66	57	73
=21	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	63	57	68
=21	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	63	62	63
23	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	62	65	60
=24	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	61	65	58
=24	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	61	54	68
=24	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	61	57	65
=24	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	61	62	61
28	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	60	65	55
=29	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	59	62	57
=29	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	59	61	57
31	EcuadorECUSouth America	58	56	59
=32	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	57	63	52
=32	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	57	57	57
=32	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	57	45	68
=35	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	56	58	54
=35	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	56	59	53
=37	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	55	53	57
=37	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	55	61	50
=37	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	55	52	57
=40	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	54	55	53
=40	JapanJPNEastern Asia	54	49	58
=40	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	54	52	56
=43	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	53	46	59
=43	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	53	60	47
=43	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	53	59	48
46	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	52	49	55
=47	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	50	60	41
=47	BelarusBLREastern Europe	50	65	37
49	KenyaKENEastern Africa	49	49	50
=50	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	48	49	47
=50	FranceFRAWestern Europe	48	45	50
=50	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	48	47	50
=50	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	48	61	37
=54	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	47	51	44
=54	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	47	48	46
=56	ChileCHLSouth America	46	48	43
=56	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	46	46	46
=56	JordanJORWestern Asia	46	53	40
=56	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	46	44	47
=56	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	46	48	44
=56	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	46	43	49
=62	CubaCUBCaribbean	45	45	44
=62	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	45	41	49
=62	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	45	52	38
=65	BrazilBRASouth America	44	47	42
=65	MaliMLIWestern Africa	44	42	47
=65	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	44	46	43
=68	ColombiaCOLSouth America	43	47	39
=68	OmanOMNWestern Asia	43	34	51
=68	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	43	48	40
=68	PanamaPANCentral America	43	45	40
=68	UkraineUKREastern Europe	43	56	32
=73	BoliviaBOLSouth America	42	45	39
=73	GuineaGINWestern Africa	42	43	41
=73	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	42	46	38
=76	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	41	49	34
=76	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	41	44	38
=76	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	41	36	46
=79	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	40	37	42
=79	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	40	43	36
=81	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	39	46	33
=81	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	39	46	33
=81	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	39	50	31
=81	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	39	42	37
=81	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	39	41	37
=81	NicaraguaNICCentral America	39	40	38
=81	SurinameSURSouth America	39	37	41
=88	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	38	37	39
=88	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	38	36	39
=88	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	38	49	28
=88	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	38	39	38
=92	IsraelISRWestern Asia	37	26	46
=92	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	37	36	37
=92	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	37	46	29
=92	ParaguayPRYSouth America	37	45	30
=92	PeruPERSouth America	37	47	28
=92	SenegalSENWestern Africa	37	36	38
=98	SamoaWSMPolynesia	36	39	33
=98	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	36	40	32
=98	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	36	36	37
=101	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	35	42	29
=101	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	35	39	32
=103	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	33	36	31
=103	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	33	40	26
=103	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	33	41	27
=103	TogoTGOWestern Africa	33	30	36
=103	YemenYEMWestern Asia	33	41	27
=108	ArgentinaARGSouth America	32	37	27
=108	IraqIRQWestern Asia	32	39	27
=108	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	32	34	31
=108	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	32	33	32
=108	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	32	28	36
=108	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	32	34	30
=108	QatarQATWestern Asia	32	36	28
=108	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	32	41	25
=116	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	31	27	36
=116	NigerNERWestern Africa	31	35	27
=116	VenezuelaVENSouth America	31	38	24
=119	BelizeBLZCentral America	30	31	29
=119	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	30	34	27
=119	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	30	34	26
=119	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	30	38	23
=119	UruguayURYSouth America	30	39	23
=124	BahamasBHSCaribbean	29	34	25
=124	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	29	20	36
=124	GuyanaGUYSouth America	29	28	30
=124	HondurasHNDCentral America	29	36	23
=124	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	29	38	21
=124	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	29	31	27
=124	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	29	36	23
=131	FijiFJIMelanesia	28	34	23
=131	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	28	37	21
=133	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	27	30	25
=133	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	27	27	26
=133	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	27	27	27
=133	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	27	29	26
=133	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	27	32	23
=138	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	26	31	21
=138	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	26	30	22
=140	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	25	25	25
=140	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	25	30	20
142	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	24	26	21
=143	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	23	26	20
=143	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	23	24	23
=143	BeninBENWestern Africa	23	24	22
=143	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	23	22	24
=143	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	23	27	21
=148	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	22	25	20
=148	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	22	25	19
=148	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	22	26	19
=151	Costa RicaCRICentral America	19	23	16
=151	GabonGABMiddle Africa	19	19	20
=151	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	19	21	18
=151	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	19	21	18
155	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	16	16	15
156	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	14	17	12
157	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	13	14	12
158	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	8	17	1
=159	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	5	4	6
=159	HaitiHTICaribbean	5	4	5
161	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	3	3	3

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

#1Sweden83
#2Czechia82
#3Norway80
#4Poland79
#5Denmarkshared78

Lowest

#161Madagascar3
#159Eswatinishared5
#159Haitishared5
#158Libya8
#157Uzbekistan13

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 39. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Coverage subscore
HighestLithuania84
LowestMadagascar3
Middle country: 43
Openness subscore
HighestSweden91
LowestLibya1
Middle country: 38

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+47 / −3countries joined / left
106values changed, of 114 in both
71 · 35rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Ecuador24 → 58+34
Mauritius30 → 57+27
North Macedonia34 → 59+25
Burundi19 → 39+20
Djibouti7 → 27+20

Fell most

Gambia35 → 16−19
Madagascar18 → 3−15
Vietnam48 → 36−12
China57 → 46−11
Côte d’Ivoire36 → 25−11

+ United Arab Emirates

+ Australia

+ Austria

+ Belgium

+ Bahamas

+ Canada

+ Switzerland

+ Costa Rica

+ Cyprus

+ Czechia

+ Germany

+ Denmark

+ Spain

+ Estonia

+ Finland

+ France

+ United Kingdom

+ Greece

+ Croatia

+ Hungary

+ Ireland

+ Iraq

+ Iceland

+ Israel

+ Italy

+ Japan

+ South Korea

+ Kuwait

+ Libya

+ Lithuania

+ Luxembourg

+ Latvia

+ Myanmar

+ Netherlands

+ Norway

+ New Zealand

+ Oman

+ Poland

+ Portugal

+ Qatar

+ Suriname

+ Slovakia

+ Slovenia

+ Sweden

+ Trinidad and Tobago

+ Taiwan

+ United States

− Afghanistan

− Iran

− Sudan

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

61 distinct values among 161
Values are stored exactly as published. 8 countries share 32. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The rank is Open Data Watch’s
Printed exactly as the publisher ranked the countries. This site does not re-rank them.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 161 countries has every column.

05The files

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Open Data Watch (2016). Open Data Inventory, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/open-data-inventory/2016

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