The Open Data Maturity Report 2019 is out now!
Publication Date/Time
2019-12-11T09:00:00+00:00
Country
Europe
Discover the open data evolution in Europe in the European Data
Portal's fifth annual report
On 2 December 2019, the European Data Portal
[https://www.europeandataportal.eu] published its Open Data Maturity
Report 2019 [/sites/default/files/open_data_maturity_report_2019.pdf].
The report is the fifth annual study and serves as a benchmark to gain
insights into the development achieved in the field of open data in
Europe. It assesses the level of maturity against four dimensions:
policy, portal, impact, and quality. The study clusters countries into
four different groups: trend-setters, fast-trackers, followers, and
beginners, from the most mature to the least. Recommendations tailored
to the level of maturity and characteristics of each of these groups
are also provided.

 

OVERALL OPEN DATA MATURITY SCORES 2019 

The overall open data maturity scores of the 2019 assessment are
presented in _Figure 1: EU28+ open data maturity 2019_. Key points
are:

 	* Ireland, Spain, and France retain their leading position in Europe
from last year.
 	* The average open data maturity score of the EU28 is 66%, 1
percentage point up from 2018.
 	* The average open data maturity score of the EU28+ is slightly
lower than EU28: 62%.

 [https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/2019-12-11-odm_report2019_01.png]
Figure 1: EU28+ open data maturity 2019

 

CLUSTERING EU28+ OPEN DATA MATURITY SCORES 2019

The open data maturity clusters are presented in _Figure 2: Open data
maturity clustering 2019_ below. This year, the clustering shows a
clearer separation between the four groups than last year. Within the
groups, the differences in scores are minimal.

 	* Only 3 countries belong to the TREND-SETTERS group: Ireland,
Spain, and France.
 	* The number of countries in the FAST-TRACKERS group has decreased
from 16 in 2018 to 8 in 2019.
 	* The strength of Trend-Setter and Fast-Tracker countries has
enabled them to significantly improve on the progress they had
achieved already. On the other side, this has also amplified the
performance gap with the Followers and Beginners groups.
 	* The FOLLOWERS group is the biggest group this year with 14
countries. In 2018, the Fast-Trackers group was the biggest.
 	* Because the groups are identified starting from the top
performers, the score variance within the Trend-Setters,
Fast-Trackers, and Followers groups is minimal. This is different for
the BEGINNERS group, which collects the remaining countries (7),
showing much more variance.

 [https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/2019-12-11-odm_report2019_02.png]
Figure 2: Open data maturity clustering 2019

 

OPEN DATA MATURITY SCORES ON THE FOUR DIMENSIONS 2019

The EU28 average maturity level on each of the four dimensions -
policy, portal, impact, and quality - are presented in _Figure 3: EU28
average open data maturity per dimension_.

 	* Policy is the most mature open data dimension with an average
score of 74%. This year in particular, countries have invested in the
governance of open data to ensure the effectiveness of publication and
re-use at all government levels.
 	* The national portals are getting more advanced with an average
maturity of 67%. In 2019, countries have spent more effort analysing
their users' behaviours with 89% of the EU28 countries using web
analytic tools.
 	* The average score of 65% on quality shows that, although EU28
countries are already making an effort in boosting the quality of
their metadata and data, there is still room for improvement.
 	* Impact is the least mature open data dimension with an average
score of 57%. This reiterates the need for a strategic approach to
monitor and measure the re-use of open data and the impact it
generates.

 [https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/2019-12-11-odm_report2019_03_0.png]
Figure 3: EU28 average open data maturity per dimension

 

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