Dimension 2.2: Online access - Metadata Available Score by country

This openness element measures whether metadata are available for the published indicators. Metadata must be located in or near the data file or on a designated metadata section of the website. ODIN looks for three aspects of metadata: (1) definition of indicator; (2) date of upload; and (3) Source agency.

Countries reporting
177
Highest
1
Singapore
Lowest
0
Turkmenistan
Median
0.5
Years covered
9
2015–2023
Data points
1,551

What the numbers show

Dimension 2.2: Online access - Metadata Available Score is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 1 in Singapore; the lowest is 0 in Turkmenistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5, and the mean is 0.524.

Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 1,023.6%), and the largest decrease in Turkmenistan (down 100.0%).

Dimension 2.2: Online access - Metadata Available Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 1 2023 up 1,023.6% rising
2 Denmark 0.95 2023 up 1.8% flat
3 Poland 0.926 2023 up 10.0% rising
4 Australia 0.919 2023 down 1.9% falling
5 Estonia 0.917 2023 down 0.9% flat
5 Netherlands 0.917 2023 up 7.9% flat
7 Slovenia 0.902 2023 up 13.6% rising
8 Canada 0.893 2023 down 1.2% falling
9 Hungary 0.886 2023 up 22.4% rising
10 Romania 0.869 2023 down 9.3% flat
11 Portugal 0.862 2023 down 10.0% falling
12 Finland 0.852 2023 up 18.7% flat
12 Latvia 0.852 2023 down 1.8% flat
14 Sweden 0.85 2023 down 10.1% flat
15 Norway 0.833 2023 down 16.7% rising
16 Oman 0.802 2023 up 371.8% rising
17 Mongolia 0.8 2023 up 8.5% rising
18 Lithuania 0.783 2023 down 2.0% rising
19 Italy 0.779 2023 down 16.5% flat
19 Moldova 0.779 2023 down 22.1% falling
21 Bulgaria 0.762 2023 down 20.5% falling
21 North Macedonia 0.762 2023 up 17.8% rising
23 Serbia 0.755 2023 down 1.6% rising
24 Spain 0.752 2023 down 10.3% falling
25 United Arab Emirates 0.745 2023 up 500.8% rising
26 Hong Kong 0.743 2023 up 99.2% rising
27 Ireland 0.736 2023 up 72.8% rising
28 France 0.719 2023 up 3.3% falling
29 Colombia 0.702 2023 down 14.1% falling
30 Croatia 0.686 2023 down 15.8% rising
31 Belarus 0.681 2023 down 15.4% falling
32 Liechtenstein 0.671 2023 up 79.4% rising
33 Israel 0.664 2023 down 0.7% rising
34 Russia 0.662 2023 down 30.9% falling
35 Austria 0.657 2023 down 23.8% flat
36 Mexico 0.655 2023 down 23.8% falling
36 Panama 0.655 2023 down 31.6% flat
38 Switzerland 0.645 2023 down 13.2% flat
38 Cyprus 0.645 2023 up 2.1% flat
38 Georgia 0.645 2023 down 23.6% falling
41 Congo 0.638 2023 up 33.2% rising
42 United Kingdom 0.633 2023 down 9.8% falling
43 Jamaica 0.629 2023 up 38.5% rising
44 Brazil 0.621 2023 down 30.2% falling
45 Armenia 0.605 2023 up 21.0% flat
46 Turkey 0.602 2023 down 30.9% falling
46 Uganda 0.602 2023 down 20.6% falling
48 United States 0.595 2023 down 36.2% falling
49 India 0.59 2023 up 40.8% rising
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.581 2023 up 35.4% rising
51 Greece 0.576 2023 down 12.2% falling
52 Mauritius 0.571 2023 up 14.2% flat
52 Slovakia 0.571 2023 up 6.5% falling
54 Dominican Republic 0.564 2023 down 27.9% rising
54 Indonesia 0.564 2023 down 27.0% falling
56 Azerbaijan 0.557 2023 down 25.1% falling
56 Philippines 0.557 2023 up 11.4% rising
58 New Zealand 0.55 2023 down 33.3% falling
59 Czechia 0.548 2023 down 39.4% falling
59 Germany 0.548 2023 up 21.5% flat
61 Bhutan 0.54 2023 up 10.2% flat
61 Cape Verde 0.54 2023 up 15.6% rising
63 Malta 0.538 2023 up 60.1% rising
63 Tanzania 0.538 2023 up 55.0% rising
65 Kenya 0.533 2023 up 37.0% rising
65 South Africa 0.533 2023 down 17.5% flat
67 Liberia 0.526 2023 up 23.2% rising
68 Cameroon 0.524 2023 up 12.2% rising
68 Jordan 0.524 2023 up 21.3% rising
68 Palestine 0.524 2023 down 6.9% falling
71 Sao Tome and Principe 0.521 2023 up 701.5% volatile
72 Montenegro 0.517 2023 up 41.6% flat
72 Pakistan 0.517 2023 down 37.3% falling
72 Rwanda 0.517 2023 down 48.3% falling
75 Luxembourg 0.514 2023 up 27.2% rising
76 Bahrain 0.507 2023 up 15.5% rising
76 Bahamas 0.507 2023 up 25.2% rising
76 Ukraine 0.507 2023 down 38.8% falling
79 Albania 0.5 2023 down 34.0% falling
79 Chile 0.5 2023 down 39.8% falling
79 Guinea 0.5 2023 up 7.1% falling
79 Honduras 0.5 2023 up 7.1% rising
79 Kyrgyzstan 0.5 2023 up 25.0% falling
79 Morocco 0.5 2023 down 13.5% rising
79 Nepal 0.5 2023 down 41.7% falling
79 Peru 0.5 2023 down 50.0% falling
79 Saudi Arabia 0.5 2023 up 228.9% rising
79 Togo 0.5 2023 up 7.1% rising
79 Thailand 0.5 2023 up 12.1% rising
79 Uruguay 0.5 2023 up 12.1% rising
91 Bolivia 0.493 2023 up 30.1% rising
92 Argentina 0.49 2023 up 47.1% rising
92 Malaysia 0.49 2023 up 95.2% rising
94 Gambia 0.488 2023 up 8.7% rising
94 Madagascar 0.488 2023 up 56.9% volatile
96 Paraguay 0.483 2023 up 61.5% rising
96 Uzbekistan 0.483 2023 volatile
98 Nigeria 0.481 2023 up 3.0% rising
98 El Salvador 0.481 2023 up 31.1% rising
100 South Korea 0.476 2023 up 201.3% rising
100 Sri Lanka 0.476 2023 down 8.6% falling
102 Kazakhstan 0.474 2023 up 7.7% falling
103 Belgium 0.467 2023 down 30.0% falling
103 Benin 0.467 2023 down 1.7% rising
103 Burkina Faso 0.467 2023 unchanged flat
103 Costa Rica 0.467 2023 up 23.2% falling
103 Ecuador 0.467 2023 up 52.6% falling
103 Japan 0.467 2023 down 48.2% falling
103 Mali 0.467 2023 unchanged rising
103 Myanmar 0.467 2023 up 5.4% rising
103 Niger 0.467 2023 unchanged flat
103 Tunisia 0.467 2023 down 47.1% falling
113 Iceland 0.46 2023 down 8.9% falling
113 Samoa 0.46 2023 up 6.2% rising
113 Zimbabwe 0.46 2023 up 74.9% rising
116 Bangladesh 0.45 2023 down 10.0% flat
116 Cuba 0.45 2023 down 53.5% falling
116 Suriname 0.45 2023 up 40.2% rising
116 Yemen 0.45 2023 up 61.3% volatile
120 Burundi 0.443 2023 up 5.0% falling
120 Belize 0.443 2023 up 28.0% rising
120 Fiji 0.443 2023 down 5.1% rising
120 Lesotho 0.443 2023 down 29.0% falling
120 Tajikistan 0.443 2023 up 56.0% rising
125 Botswana 0.433 2023 down 2.3% rising
125 Laos 0.433 2023 up 2.6% rising
125 Saint Lucia 0.433 2023 up 10.5% volatile
125 Mauritania 0.433 2023 down 5.3% falling
125 Qatar 0.433 2023 down 5.9% flat
125 Senegal 0.433 2023 down 12.9% falling
125 Sierra Leone 0.433 2023 down 36.2% falling
132 Namibia 0.426 2023 up 38.3% rising
133 Kuwait 0.424 2023 up 21.5% rising
133 East Timor 0.424 2023 up 66.9% rising
135 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.417 2023 up 23.4% rising
135 Nicaragua 0.417 2023 down 27.0% falling
135 Seychelles 0.417 2023 up 9.4% falling
138 Iran 0.41 2023 down 51.0% falling
138 Mozambique 0.41 2023 down 12.2% rising
140 Angola 0.4 2023 up 3.6% rising
140 Egypt 0.4 2023 down 54.1% falling
140 Malawi 0.4 2023 rising
143 Vanuatu 0.398 2023 up 24.4% rising
144 Guatemala 0.395 2023 up 15.5% rising
145 Vietnam 0.393 2023 down 34.4% falling
146 Ghana 0.386 2023 down 13.5% flat
146 Cambodia 0.386 2023 up 23.7% rising
146 Somalia 0.386 2023 up 704.2% volatile
149 Gabon 0.383 2023 up 4.1% flat
149 Kiribati 0.383 2023 up 38.3% rising
149 Maldives 0.383 2023 down 13.0% rising
149 Solomon Islands 0.383 2023 down 0.5% falling
153 Algeria 0.367 2023 down 17.0% flat
153 Libya 0.367 2023 rising
155 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.36 2023 down 46.7% falling
156 Sudan 0.358 2023 down 58.3% falling
157 Macao 0.352 2023 down 29.9% falling
158 Lebanon 0.333 2023 down 30.5% falling
159 Afghanistan 0.329 2023 down 36.9% falling
159 Zambia 0.329 2023 up 34.3% rising
161 Papua New Guinea 0.326 2023 up 165.0% rising
161 Chad 0.326 2023 down 11.2% volatile
163 Iraq 0.321 2023 down 24.1% rising
164 Marshall Islands 0.319 2023 down 1.2% rising
165 Guyana 0.317 2023 down 18.5% falling
166 Ethiopia 0.31 2023 down 24.8% falling
167 Cote d'Ivoire 0.305 2023 down 14.1% falling
168 Syria 0.295 2023 up 514.6% rising
169 China 0.286 2023 down 68.1% falling
169 Guinea-Bissau 0.286 2023 up 232.6% rising
169 Trinidad and Tobago 0.286 2023 up 581.0% rising
172 Micronesia (country) 0.26 2023 down 10.0% rising
173 Eswatini 0.212 2023 up 15.8% rising
174 Venezuela 0.21 2023 down 46.0% falling
175 South Sudan 0.09 2023 down 86.6% volatile
176 Haiti 0.048 2023 down 61.9% falling
177 Turkmenistan 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Dimension 2.2: Online access - Metadata Available Score
Source
Open Data Watch
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
179 places, 1,551 data points, 2015–2023
Last refreshed

This openness element measures whether metadata are available for the published indicators. Metadata must be located in or near the data file or on a designated metadata section of the website. ODIN looks for three aspects of metadata: (1) definition of indicator; (2) date of upload; and (3) Source agency.