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The Philippines improved its ranking by 23 points in the Open Data Inventory (ODIN) 2020, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
In ODIN, published by the US-based Open Data Watch, the country is now ranked 18th out of 187 countries and 41st out of 178 countries in 2018. Open Data Watch did not launch an ODIN in 2019.
The ranking is the highest achieved by the country since the ODIN was first published in 2015. In that year, the country ranked 23rd out of 125 countries; in 2016 it ranked 64th out of 173; and in 2017, the 28 of 180.
“The ODIN measures how complete a country’s statistical offers are and whether its data meets international openness standards,” Open Data Watch said in its report.
“The Philippines ranks 18th in the Open Data Inventory 2020 with an overall score of 73. The overall score is a combination of a data coverage subscore of 63 and a data openness subscore of 81,” he added.
Open Data Watch measures coverage based on the availability of published indicators and disaggregations, how many observations are available over the last 10 years, and whether national and sub-national data exist.
The Philippines’ score of 63 was the highest since 2015. Before 2020, the highest score received by the country in terms of coverage was 57 recorded in 2015.
The data showed that in 2020, only 14 percent of the indicators are not published, while 19 percent of the indicators lack disaggregation by gender.
The ODIN 2020 showed that the country coverage item scores were at 17 for the second administrative level data; 41 in first-level administrative data; 68 for data available in the last 10 years; 72 for data available in the last five years; and 88 for indicators and disaggregation.
Meanwhile, openness is based on the format and licensing of the data sets, the completeness of the metadata, and the download options that exist.
The Philippines’ score of 81 in ODIN 2020 is the highest since 2017. In that year, the country’s score reached 70 for the opening.
The opening element takes into account the scores of the download options in which the country obtained 52; metadata availability, 60; machine readability, 97; non-proprietary data, 98; and conditions of use, 100.
The ODIN evaluated by Open Data Watch measures the statistical offer of a country in terms of the integrity of its coverage and if this data complies with international openness standards.
Open Data Watch is an international non-profit organization of data experts working to bring about change in organizations that produce and manage official statistical data.
They support the efforts of national statistical offices, particularly those in low- and middle-income countries, to improve their data systems and take advantage of the advances of the data revolution.
