Taiwan has been ranked equal first out of 94 countries in providing open government data, according to the Global Open Data Index (GODI) published by the UK-based Open Knowledge Foundation on 9 May.
GODI ranks how well nations publish open government data against 15 key categories. Countries are scored on their openness for each category of open data, such as the government budget, national statistics, water quality, election results, etc. Metrics include if the data is available in a machine-readable format, how up to date it is, and whether it is downloadable at once and for free.
Taiwan scored full marks in nine of the categories, including ‘Government Budget’, ‘National Statistics’, ‘Procurement’, ‘Administrative Boundaries’, ‘Air Quality’, ‘Weather Forecast’, ‘Company Register’, ‘Election Results’, and ‘Locations’.
GODI is the annual global benchmark for publication of open government data, run by the Open Knowledge Network and published by the Open Knowledge Institute annually. It aims to provide the most comprehensive snapshot available of the state of open government data publication.
Tying equal first with Taiwan was Australia, followed by the UK and France in joint third place.