Methodology<\/span><\/h3>\nLaunched in 2013, the Global Open Data Index is an annual effort to measure the state of open government data worldwide. The methodology employed is based on the following four assumptions:<\/span><\/p>\n
\n- Open Data is defined by the Open Definition<\/span><\/li>\n
- Government\u2019s role is in publishing data <\/span><\/li>\n
- National government as aggregator of data <\/span><\/li>\n
- Federal (or national) government is accountable for the open publication by all its sub-governments<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
To secure a comprehensive view of the state of openness of data in 2015, 13 datasets on data that could and should be made public are examined, as outlined in Table 1.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Table 1: Datasets examined for 2015 Global Open Data Index (Souce: Global Open Data Index)<\/p><\/div>\n
Caribbean results<\/span><\/h3>\nThe 2015 assessment comprised 122 countries, including the following 15 Caribbean countries:\u00a0<\/span>Antigua and Barbuda (A&B); t<\/span>he Bahamas (BAH);\u00a0Barbados (BAR);\u00a0<\/span>Cayman Islands (CAY);\u00a0<\/span>Dominica (DOM);\u00a0<\/span>Dominican Republic (DR);\u00a0<\/span>Grenada (GDA);\u00a0<\/span>Guyana (GUY);\u00a0<\/span>Jamaica (JAM);\u00a0<\/span>Puerto Rico (PR);\u00a0<\/span>Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN);\u00a0<\/span>Saint Lucia (SLU);\u00a0<\/span>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG);\u00a0<\/span>Trinidad and Tobago (T&T); and\u00a0<\/span>Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI).\u00a0Table 2 shows the rank and scores each Caribbean country received for the 13 datasets examined <\/span><\/p>\n
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Table 2: 2015 Open Data Index ranking and scores for select Caribbean countries (Source: Global Open Data Index)<\/p><\/div>\n
In Caribbean, Jamaica was considered the most open, achieving a rank of 37th out of 122 countries, with Saint Kitts and Nevis being considered the least open, near the bottom of the list at 117th. The most open countries worldwide were: Taiwan (#1); the United Kingdom (#2); Denmark (#3); Colombia (#4) and Finland (#5), with the United States and Canada at number 8 and 17. respectively.
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Across the Caribbean countries assessed, there is still considerable room for improvement, as it relates to the availability of data collected by government. evidenced by the number of ‘0’ scores received, here are still data for several datasets that either is not being collected, and perhaps more importantly, are not made being made publicly available. Additionally, for data that is being collected, the low scores suggest that they are not\u00a0being comprehensively collected, or collected with adequate frequency.<\/p>\n
In summary, the Open Open Index provides a benchmark for the state of Open Data in the countries examined. it also provides\u00a0basis to evaluate\u00a0all of the\u00a0reported progress that has been\u00a0communicated in the Caribbean in this area, and to truly gauge\u00a0the extent to which our individual countries, and by extension the region, is incraesing in openness.<\/p>\n
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Image credit: \u00a0justgrimes<\/a>\u00a0(flickr)<\/em><\/p>\n
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To secure a comprehensive view of the state of openness of data in 2015, 13 datasets on data that could and should be made public are examined, as outlined in Table 1.<\/span><\/p>\n
Table 1: Datasets examined for 2015 Global Open Data Index (Souce: Global Open Data Index)<\/p><\/div>\n
Caribbean results<\/span><\/h3>\nThe 2015 assessment comprised 122 countries, including the following 15 Caribbean countries:\u00a0<\/span>Antigua and Barbuda (A&B); t<\/span>he Bahamas (BAH);\u00a0Barbados (BAR);\u00a0<\/span>Cayman Islands (CAY);\u00a0<\/span>Dominica (DOM);\u00a0<\/span>Dominican Republic (DR);\u00a0<\/span>Grenada (GDA);\u00a0<\/span>Guyana (GUY);\u00a0<\/span>Jamaica (JAM);\u00a0<\/span>Puerto Rico (PR);\u00a0<\/span>Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN);\u00a0<\/span>Saint Lucia (SLU);\u00a0<\/span>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG);\u00a0<\/span>Trinidad and Tobago (T&T); and\u00a0<\/span>Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI).\u00a0Table 2 shows the rank and scores each Caribbean country received for the 13 datasets examined <\/span><\/p>\n
Table 2: 2015 Open Data Index ranking and scores for select Caribbean countries (Source: Global Open Data Index)<\/p><\/div>\n
In Caribbean, Jamaica was considered the most open, achieving a rank of 37th out of 122 countries, with Saint Kitts and Nevis being considered the least open, near the bottom of the list at 117th. The most open countries worldwide were: Taiwan (#1); the United Kingdom (#2); Denmark (#3); Colombia (#4) and Finland (#5), with the United States and Canada at number 8 and 17. respectively.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
Across the Caribbean countries assessed, there is still considerable room for improvement, as it relates to the availability of data collected by government. evidenced by the number of ‘0’ scores received, here are still data for several datasets that either is not being collected, and perhaps more importantly, are not made being made publicly available. Additionally, for data that is being collected, the low scores suggest that they are not\u00a0being comprehensively collected, or collected with adequate frequency.<\/p>\n
In summary, the Open Open Index provides a benchmark for the state of Open Data in the countries examined. it also provides\u00a0basis to evaluate\u00a0all of the\u00a0reported progress that has been\u00a0communicated in the Caribbean in this area, and to truly gauge\u00a0the extent to which our individual countries, and by extension the region, is incraesing in openness.<\/p>\n
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Image credit: \u00a0justgrimes<\/a>\u00a0(flickr)<\/em><\/p>\n
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Table 2: 2015 Open Data Index ranking and scores for select Caribbean countries (Source: Global Open Data Index)<\/p><\/div>\n
In Caribbean, Jamaica was considered the most open, achieving a rank of 37th out of 122 countries, with Saint Kitts and Nevis being considered the least open, near the bottom of the list at 117th. The most open countries worldwide were: Taiwan (#1); the United Kingdom (#2); Denmark (#3); Colombia (#4) and Finland (#5), with the United States and Canada at number 8 and 17. respectively.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
Across the Caribbean countries assessed, there is still considerable room for improvement, as it relates to the availability of data collected by government. evidenced by the number of ‘0’ scores received, here are still data for several datasets that either is not being collected, and perhaps more importantly, are not made being made publicly available. Additionally, for data that is being collected, the low scores suggest that they are not\u00a0being comprehensively collected, or collected with adequate frequency.<\/p>\n
In summary, the Open Open Index provides a benchmark for the state of Open Data in the countries examined. it also provides\u00a0basis to evaluate\u00a0all of the\u00a0reported progress that has been\u00a0communicated in the Caribbean in this area, and to truly gauge\u00a0the extent to which our individual countries, and by extension the region, is incraesing in openness.<\/p>\n
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Image credit: \u00a0justgrimes<\/a>\u00a0(flickr)<\/em><\/p>\n
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