Currently, the sample consists of a cross-section of 38 countries in 2009-2010, comprising OECD and the BRIC countries. We plan to gradually increase the sample in the future.
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According to the Open Knowledge Index, Norway ranks number one in terms of Open Knowledge, followed by Finland, Sweden and Iceland. Among the OECD countries, we find Chile, Turkey and Mexico at the lower end. China performs worst among the BRIC countries.
As many indicators of social progress, the Open Knowledge Index is positively correlated with income, as proxied by GDP per capita. The correlation coefficient between the Open Knowledge Index and (log) GDP per capita is 0.75. GDP per capita, however, explains only roughly half of the variation in the Open Knowledge Index (measured by R-squared).
The OKI is also positively correlated with country-wide happiness per country.
Finally, if we break down the Open Knowledge Indicator into its three subdimensions we find a high correlation between the ranking of the subindices especially in the upper and lower ranks. Note that in this computation the overall Open Knowledge Indicator gives equal weights to each of the three dimensions it captures.
Here is the information currently available above to download in a frozen table. If you find anything interesting using this data, please let us know!
Rurik Thomas Greenal said on August 23, 2011
“…Luxembourg, Sweden and Estonia.”
You missed out Norway
Boyan Yurukov said on August 25, 2011
How can we put Bulgaria in the index? What information do you need?
Guo Xu said on August 25, 2011
Hey Boyan,
Good point – for now, however, we have only focused on OECD + BRIC – for the information needed, please see the technical details section. We are planning, however, to extend the sample in the future – maybe you would like to join in?
Best, Guo
PS: Our mailing list is at: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-economics This will also keep you updated about other activities of our working group.
marje said on August 25, 2011
Estonia must then be as rich as Norway… Loving it
Guo Xu said on August 25, 2011
Thanks for your feedback
Well, statistically, GDP (aka “being rich”) explains only 50% of the variation in our index – which means that the remaining 50% could possibly be explained by other determinants – for example good policy. As you might know, Estonia has one of the highest internet penetration rates in the world – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Estonia
Muralikrishna Iyyanki said on November 9, 2012
Good to see the growth of networks of OK – What are the drivers and technological challenges in bringing countries with poor index -
Can there be services like web map services or web feature services for getting value added data -
How do we maintain the quality and are there any standards like Open GIS standards -