“Poland is setting trends in data opening. We are a strong European leader whose knowledge and experience other countries can take a good example from”, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digitalisation Krzysztof Gawkowski, commenting on the results of a recent study on data openness: Open Data Maturity, in which Poland was ranked 2nd, and the OURdata Index, in which it ranked Poland 3rd.

The annual Open Data Maturity report examines and describes how mature the European approach to open data is. The report documents the progress of 35 European countries in sharing and reusing open data. It also identifies areas for improvement, shows European best practices and recommendations for development. This year’s ranking gives Poland 2nd place. We have advanced one place compared to last year. The most data mature EU27 countries are France (98.2%), Poland (97.9%) and Estonia (96.2%).

“This is the effect of consistently implemented measures from the beginning of the ministry’s operation”, stressed Deputy Prime Minister Gawkowski.

Poland’s maturity level ranks at 98 % collectively in the following areas: open data policy, the impact of open data on the economy and society, data quality and the open data portal. In the three surveyed areas of open data policy, the impact of open data and the portal, Poland ranked first.

In this year’s OURdata Index 2023, Poland was ranked 3rd – behind Korea and France. The study assessed 40 OECD member and partner countries.  Just behind Poland, the leaders were Estonia, Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, Denmark, Sweden, and Lithuania. These countries demonstrated a comprehensive approach to open data initiatives. They performed well in all areas surveyed – from strategy and legal requirements to publishing quality data and working with stakeholders.

Adrian Andrzejewski