Open Data Maturity in Europe 2023

The Open Data Maturity Report in Europe is produced annually by the European Data Portal since 2015. It records the progress achieved by EU Member States as they push forward open data publication and reuse, as well as the different priorities set to enable this. The ODM 2022 includes not only the 27 EU Member States, but also 3 European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries (Norway, Switzerland, Iceland) and 5 candidate countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine).

In the 2023 edition, Spain holds fifth place in the global ranking, fourth among EU countries, placing it in the group of Fast trackers.

Of the four dimensions analysed, Spain stands out especially in the "Political" dimension, where it achieves the highest score, while in the other three it obtains results higher than those of 2022. In all dimensions, Spain scores above the average of EU countries: 99% compared to 89% in the EU27 in Politics; 96% compared to 85% in Portal; 97% compared to 71% in Impact, and 88% compared to 77% in Quality.

In the "Policy" dimension, the report highlights that "Spain's national open data strategy aims to promote the openness of public information through innovative and structured actions in collaboration with public and private partners. The broader mission of its strategy is to improve the standard of living of citizens, the competitiveness of businesses and the efficiency of public administration through the openness of public information."

With regard to the "Impact" dimension, in the compilation and classification of reuse cases, the report highlights different projects and services carried out in Spain in areas such as 'Urban housing' (Barcelona Real Estate Market and CoHispania), 'Energy consumption and change to renewable energies' (EneEKO and Idealista Energy) or 'Employment' (application of the Junta de Castilla y León that allows you to visualize on a map the different training courses aimed at employed and unemployed).

In the "Quality" dimension, the report notes that, following the publication of the implementing regulation on high-value datasets, Spain is adapting its technical interoperability standard (a national standard) to converge with the latest version of DCAT-AP (v. 2.1.1), including making the necessary adaptations to reflect the provisions on high-value datasets and the guidelines of the Data Governance Act.