Open Data Barometer – Fourth Edition – World Wide Web Foundation

"Key Findings:

• The open data movement is at risk – 93% of government data is still not open, only one of every two datasets is machine readable and only one in four datasets has an open licence.
• Governments are not opening up the data that people need – Highly sought after datasets are all too often still closed, and those that are open tend to be out-of-date, of poor quality and hard to find.
• Governments are not delivering data needed to restore trust – Data on important accountability metrics such as government spending, public contracts and company ownership are the least open and low quality. For example, government spending data is public in just 3% of countries.
• Open data must be a long-term commitment – Open data that is championed by just one politician or political party is unsustainable and does not translate into lasting impact. Open data must be integrated across all government departments.
• Few open data initiatives promote inclusion – 71% of countries have an inclusion impact score of zero. None have a higher impact score than four (out of 10).

Access the full report and data explorer at www.opendatabarometer.org. The report is also available to download (PDF)."