Data for 2017

Open Data Inventory, 2017

Figures for 2017, as Open Data Watch published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Open Data Inventory, 2017 covers 165 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 81; Chad is lowest, at 3. The middle country reads 38. Against 2016, 139 values changed (65 up, 74 down), 5 countries joined, 1 left.

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Open Data Inventory · Data for 2017

HighestDenmark

LowestChad

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

165countries
3measures per country
2017the year it describes
64distinct 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, 2017, as published. The rank is Open Data Watch’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Open Data Inventory, 2017: every country, as published by Open Data Watch.

1	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	81	65	95
=2	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	78	56	98
=2	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	78	68	87
4	PolandPOLEastern Europe	76	71	80
=5	CanadaCANNorthern America	75	63	86
=5	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	75	61	88
7	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	74	71	77
8	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	73	63	83
9	MexicoMEXCentral America	71	56	85
10	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	70	55	83
=11	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	69	60	77
=11	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	69	58	79
=11	United StatesUSANorthern America	69	66	72
=14	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	68	51	84
=14	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	68	64	71
=14	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	68	55	80
=17	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	66	52	79
=17	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	66	61	70
=17	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	66	54	78
20	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	64	55	72
=21	ItalyITASouthern Europe	63	57	68
=21	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	63	53	71
=21	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	63	50	76
=24	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	61	48	73
=24	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	61	47	74
26	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	60	61	59
=27	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	59	46	70
=27	SpainESPSouthern Europe	59	54	63
=29	FranceFRAWestern Europe	58	47	68
=29	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	58	54	62
=29	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	58	53	62
=32	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	57	52	61
=32	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	57	45	68
=32	JapanJPNEastern Asia	57	56	57
=35	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	56	54	57
=35	PeruPERSouth America	56	53	60
=37	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	55	51	58
=37	EcuadorECUSouth America	55	48	62
=37	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	55	54	56
=40	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	54	52	56
=40	ColombiaCOLSouth America	54	55	53
=40	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	54	44	63
=40	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	54	47	60
=44	Costa RicaCRICentral America	53	44	60
=44	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	53	47	59
=46	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	52	63	43
=46	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	52	46	58
=48	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	51	59	43
=48	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	51	45	56
=48	OmanOMNWestern Asia	51	37	64
=48	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	51	43	58
=48	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	51	37	65
=53	BelarusBLREastern Europe	50	60	40
=53	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	50	57	43
=55	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	49	45	53
=55	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	49	46	51
=57	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	48	41	55
=57	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	48	53	44
=59	IsraelISRWestern Asia	47	41	53
=59	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	47	34	59
61	UruguayURYSouth America	46	41	51
=62	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	45	44	47
=62	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	45	31	57
=62	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	45	40	49
=62	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	45	38	51
=66	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	44	44	44
=66	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	44	46	42
=68	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	43	37	49
=68	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	43	43	43
=68	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	43	46	41
=71	BoliviaBOLSouth America	42	33	50
=71	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	42	44	40
=71	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	42	38	45
=71	UkraineUKREastern Europe	42	47	37
=75	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	41	35	46
=75	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	41	36	46
=77	BrazilBRASouth America	40	41	38
=77	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	40	32	46
=77	SenegalSENWestern Africa	40	38	42
=80	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	39	46	33
=80	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	39	47	32
=82	ArgentinaARGSouth America	38	38	37
=82	JordanJORWestern Asia	38	37	39
=82	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	38	40	36
=82	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	38	43	33
=82	PanamaPANCentral America	38	39	36
=82	QatarQATWestern Asia	38	40	36
=88	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	37	39	36
=88	GuineaGINWestern Africa	37	37	36
=88	KenyaKENEastern Africa	37	41	32
=88	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	37	35	38
=88	SamoaWSMPolynesia	37	35	40
=88	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	37	36	39
=88	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	37	37	37
=95	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	36	36	35
=95	MaliMLIWestern Africa	36	35	38
=95	ParaguayPRYSouth America	36	41	31
=95	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	36	31	41
=99	BelizeBLZCentral America	35	34	35
=99	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	35	37	33
=99	CubaCUBCaribbean	35	41	30
=99	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	35	34	36
=99	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	35	37	32
=99	HondurasHNDCentral America	35	34	35
=99	IranIRNSouthern Asia	35	40	30
=99	NigerNERWestern Africa	35	37	33
=99	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	35	35	36
=99	SurinameSURSouth America	35	34	35
=109	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	34	33	35
=109	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	34	35	32
=109	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	34	40	28
=112	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	33	32	35
=112	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	33	29	36
=112	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	33	33	33
=112	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	33	36	31
=112	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	33	39	28
=117	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	32	35	29
=117	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	32	24	40
=117	NicaraguaNICCentral America	32	34	30
=120	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	31	33	29
=120	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	31	31	32
=120	VenezuelaVENSouth America	31	32	30
=123	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	30	31	28
=123	ChileCHLSouth America	30	36	24
=123	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	30	26	33
=123	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	30	31	29
=127	BahamasBHSCaribbean	29	28	29
=127	FijiFJIMelanesia	29	27	31
=127	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	29	33	25
=127	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	29	27	30
=131	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	28	31	26
=131	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	28	22	33
=131	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	28	35	22
=131	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	28	20	36
=131	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	28	27	28
=136	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	27	26	27
=136	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	27	28	26
=138	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	26	23	29
=138	IraqIRQWestern Asia	26	28	25
=138	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	26	26	27
=138	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	26	30	22
=142	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	25	21	29
=142	TogoTGOWestern Africa	25	22	27
144	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	24	23	24
=145	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	23	19	27
=145	GuyanaGUYSouth America	23	24	22
=145	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	23	23	23
=145	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	23	27	20
149	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	22	22	22
=150	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	21	18	23
=150	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	21	15	25
152	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	20	19	21
153	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	18	18	18
=154	GabonGABMiddle Africa	17	13	21
=154	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	17	17	17
=156	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	16	15	17
=156	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	16	13	18
=158	BeninBENWestern Africa	15	14	17
=158	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	15	16	14
160	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	14	20	8
161	HaitiHTICaribbean	13	14	12
162	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	7	6	8
=163	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	6	8	5
=163	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	6	5	6
165	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	3	2	5

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

#1Denmark81
#2Netherlandsshared78
#2Swedenshared78
#4Poland76
#5Canadashared75

Lowest

#165Chad3
#163Somaliashared6
#163Madagascarshared6
#162Eswatini7
#161Haiti13

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 38. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Coverage subscore
Highest2 share it
LowestChad2
Middle country: 38
Openness subscore
HighestNetherlands98
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 38

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −1countries joined / left
139values changed, of 160 in both
65 · 74rose · fell
21unchanged

Rose most

Costa Rica19 → 53+34
Jamaica19 → 45+26
Indonesia39 → 60+21
Peru37 → 56+19
Slovakia53 → 69+16

Fell most

Chad30 → 3−27
Romania53 → 35−18
Serbia55 → 37−18
Croatia60 → 43−17
Chile46 → 30−16

+ Afghanistan

+ Iran

+ Sudan

+ Somalia

+ Syria

− Yemen

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

Read before you use

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

The site’s method

64 distinct values among 165
Values are stored exactly as published. 10 countries share 35. 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 165 countries has every column.

05The files

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Open Data Watch (2017). Open Data Inventory, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/open-data-inventory/2017

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