Data for 2022

Open Data Inventory, 2022

Figures for 2022, as Open Data Watch published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Open Data Inventory, 2022 covers 167 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 87; Turkmenistan is lowest, at 1. The middle country reads 51. Against 2020, 149 values changed (88 up, 61 down), 3 countries joined, 2 left.

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Open Data Inventory · Data for 2022

Highest2 countries share it

LowestTurkmenistan

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

167countries
3measures per country
2022the year it describes
69distinct 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, 2022, as published. The rank is Open Data Watch’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Open Data Inventory, 2022: every country, as published by Open Data Watch.

=1	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	87	77	95
=1	PolandPOLEastern Europe	87	81	92
3	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	86	82	89
4	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	85	78	92
5	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	83	72	93
6	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	82	70	92
7	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	81	73	88
=8	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	80	67	91
=8	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	80	67	91
=8	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	80	69	89
11	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	79	72	85
12	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	78	63	91
=13	CanadaCANNorthern America	77	76	78
=13	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	77	60	91
15	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	76	64	86
16	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	75	66	83
17	OmanOMNWestern Asia	74	54	91
=18	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	73	54	89
=18	SpainESPSouthern Europe	73	72	74
=20	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	72	60	82
=20	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	72	59	83
=20	United StatesUSANorthern America	72	64	79
=23	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	71	64	78
=23	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	71	67	75
=23	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	71	68	74
=23	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	71	68	75
=23	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	71	61	80
=28	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	70	72	67
=28	MexicoMEXCentral America	70	58	81
=28	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	70	63	75
=28	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	70	59	80
=32	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	69	63	74
=32	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	69	66	71
=32	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	69	58	78
=35	FranceFRAWestern Europe	68	59	77
=35	ItalyITASouthern Europe	68	54	79
=35	JapanJPNEastern Asia	68	65	71
38	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	67	54	78
=39	JordanJORWestern Asia	66	61	71
=39	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	66	66	65
=39	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	66	59	72
=42	EcuadorECUSouth America	65	62	67
=42	IsraelISRWestern Asia	65	56	73
=42	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	65	46	81
=45	BelarusBLREastern Europe	64	68	61
=45	BrazilBRASouth America	64	66	62
=45	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	64	60	67
=48	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	63	63	62
=48	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	63	59	67
=48	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	63	63	63
=48	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	63	53	71
=52	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	62	50	72
=52	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	62	59	64
=54	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	61	53	69
=54	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	61	46	73
=54	PeruPERSouth America	61	59	62
=54	UkraineUKREastern Europe	61	59	62
=58	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	60	61	59
=58	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	60	53	65
=60	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	59	54	63
=60	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	59	55	63
=60	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	59	57	60
=63	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	58	60	56
=63	ColombiaCOLSouth America	58	60	56
=63	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	58	50	65
=63	UruguayURYSouth America	58	51	63
=67	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	57	56	58
=67	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	57	53	61
=67	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	57	43	69
=70	ChileCHLSouth America	56	56	57
=70	Costa RicaCRICentral America	56	51	60
=70	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	56	43	67
=73	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	55	45	63
=73	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	55	56	54
=73	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	55	50	58
=76	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	54	46	60
=76	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	54	43	63
=76	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	54	45	62
=79	BoliviaBOLSouth America	53	56	51
=79	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	53	46	59
=81	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	52	45	58
=81	ParaguayPRYSouth America	52	50	55
=83	BeninBENWestern Africa	51	43	58
=83	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	51	45	57
=83	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	51	60	43
=83	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	51	41	60
=87	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	50	41	57
=87	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	50	54	46
=87	SurinameSURSouth America	50	48	51
90	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	49	45	53
=91	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	48	47	50
=91	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	48	52	44
93	SenegalSENWestern Africa	47	49	46
=94	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	46	43	48
=94	GuineaGINWestern Africa	46	54	38
=94	KenyaKENEastern Africa	46	56	37
=94	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	46	45	47
=94	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	46	44	47
=99	ArgentinaARGSouth America	45	51	40
=99	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	45	48	42
=99	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	45	49	42
=99	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	45	45	44
=99	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	45	42	47
=99	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	45	48	42
=99	PanamaPANCentral America	45	42	47
=106	BelizeBLZCentral America	44	44	45
=106	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	44	42	46
=106	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	44	49	40
=109	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	43	47	40
=109	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	43	52	36
=109	QatarQATWestern Asia	43	46	40
=112	FijiFJIMelanesia	42	46	39
=112	SamoaWSMPolynesia	42	44	39
=112	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	42	47	38
=112	TogoTGOWestern Africa	42	43	42
=112	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	42	32	51
=117	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	41	42	39
=117	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	41	52	31
=117	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	41	37	44
=117	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	41	47	35
=117	HondurasHNDCentral America	41	39	42
=117	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	41	43	40
=123	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	40	45	35
=123	CubaCUBCaribbean	40	54	29
=123	IranIRNSouthern Asia	40	42	38
=123	IraqIRQWestern Asia	40	36	44
=123	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	40	41	40
=123	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	40	30	48
=123	MaliMLIWestern Africa	40	48	33
=123	NicaraguaNICCentral America	40	48	33
=131	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	38	37	39
=131	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	38	41	36
=131	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	38	37	39
=134	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	37	33	41
=134	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	37	44	31
=134	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	37	46	29
=134	YemenYEMWestern Asia	37	40	34
=138	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	36	36	36
=138	NigerNERWestern Africa	36	38	33
=138	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	36	38	33
141	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	35	38	32
=142	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	34	24	44
=142	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	34	35	34
=144	BahamasBHSCaribbean	33	33	33
=144	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	33	28	37
=144	GabonGABMiddle Africa	33	26	40
=144	GuyanaGUYSouth America	33	27	38
=144	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	33	35	32
=144	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	33	33	33
=150	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	32	34	30
=150	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	32	28	35
=152	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	31	33	29
=152	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	31	35	27
154	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	30	37	24
155	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	29	31	28
156	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	28	29	28
157	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	27	25	28
158	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	26	25	26
159	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	25	21	28
160	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	23	18	27
161	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	21	23	19
162	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	20	16	24
163	VenezuelaVENSouth America	18	18	19
164	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	15	14	17
165	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	9	3	13
166	HaitiHTICaribbean	4	3	4
167	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	1	1	1

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

#1Denmarkshared87
#1Polandshared87
#3Finland86
#4Norway85
#5Slovenia83

Lowest

#167Turkmenistan1
#166Haiti4
#165South Sudan9
#164Eswatini15
#163Venezuela18

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 51. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Coverage subscore
HighestFinland82
LowestTurkmenistan1
Middle country: 49
Openness subscore
HighestDenmark95
LowestTurkmenistan1
Middle country: 55

032020 → 2022

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −2countries joined / left
149values changed, of 164 in both
88 · 61rose · fell
15unchanged

Rose most

Ethiopia20 → 41+21
Chile36 → 56+20
Latvia58 → 77+19
Jordan53 → 66+13
Belgium46 → 57+11

Fell most

Côte d’Ivoire40 → 20−20
DR Congo48 → 33−15
Zambia46 → 33−13
South Sudan20 → 9−11
Lebanon42 → 32−10

+ Central African Republic

+ Venezuela

+ Vanuatu

− Republic of the Congo

− Guinea-Bissau

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

69 distinct values among 167
Values are stored exactly as published. 8 countries share 40. 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 167 countries has every column.

05The files

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Open Data Watch (2022). Open Data Inventory, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/open-data-inventory/2022

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