Extending Open Data Beyond Governments - Forbes

"In Governments and related agencies around the world, the idea that non-sensitive data should be freely available for use and re-use has clearly caught on. Many of the benefits apply just as much to data collected by and for private corporations, but boardrooms are proceeding far more cautiously than parliaments. According to the 2nd edition of the Open Data Barometer, published earlier this year, national governments are hard at work opening up large swathes of the data they hold. The UK, United States and Sweden hold the top three spots, as they did in the first survey back in 2013. Among the other 83 countries surveyed, big climbers include Indonesia (up 16 places to 36), China (up 15 places to 46), Peru (up 14 places to 33), and Ecuador (up 12 places to 38). Amongst the fallers, Kenya dropped 27 places to 49, Thailand dropped 26 places to 57, Botswana dropped 23 places to 78, Morocco dropped 15 places to 55, and Iceland dropped 14 places to 27 ..."