Ireland rated as 'a trendsetter' in Open Data

14 February 2017

Ireland has ranked very highly in a report (link is external) published by the European Portal on how European countries have developed their Open Data Maturity since 2015. Ireland has in fact scored overall third place in terms of Open Data Maturity Assessment across the EU28+ countries assessed, which is a terrific achievement. The measurement is built on two key indicators - Open Data Readiness and Portal Maturity,

The overall Open Data Maturity measure groups countries into different clusters: Beginners, Followers, Fast Trackers and Trend Setters. Spain (91.4% total) remains the most important Trend Setter in terms of Open Data Maturity, followed by France (85.8% total), Ireland (79.9% total), the Netherlands (78.7% total) and Austria (78.0% total).

The report, compiled by Capgemini Consulting on behalf of the Open Data portal concludes on a series of recommendations, providing countries with guidance to further improve Open Data maturity. The full report is available here (link is external).

The Irish factsheet is available here

This achievement was highlighted in an article in the Irish Independent newspaper which can be seen here.