The Open Data Quality Index in Ukraine currently scores only 42%, an indicator that reflects the principles of open data guaranteed by law: openness by default, efficiency and clarity, accessibility and use, and comparability. Data from state registers, which are supposed to be public by law, still remain semi-open. The Verkhovna Rada, the State Judicial Administration, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are the most conscientious in publishing data. The anti-rating is led by the Tax Service, the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Health.
Opendatabot analyzed how the quality of government data has changed in recent years.
We monitor data openness on the Open Data Quality Index in Ukraine page.
Less than half of open data in Ukraine meets international requirements. The Open Data Quality Index currently stands at 42.37%. For comparison, in the second half of 2023, the Index was 37.11%.
The invasion of Russia in one day threw Ukraine back 6 years in terms of transparency and accessibility of public information. In the early days, the state closed registers to protect information from the enemy.
After a break, some government agencies – data managers – began publishing sets of data, just as they did before the great war. Despite this, the Open Data Index in Ukraine has not yet reached the levels before the full-scale invasion. As a reminder, at the beginning of 2022, the Index stood at 57.6%.
Graph of the Open Data Quality Index
The improvement of data quality and the growth of the Index score were influenced by the publication of the following government data:
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine – information on MPs, their activity and property status;
SJA – the Unified State Register of Court Decisions;
The Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine – Register of Construction Activities;
State Property Fund – Register of corporate rights of the state in the authorized capital of business entities
Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries – Register of Gambling Business
At the same time, some datasets stopped being updated and were closed altogether:
SJA: details for paying court fees
Pension Fund of Ukraine: data on taxpayers with arrears of payments to the Pension Fund
Ukrpatent: State Register of Intellectual Property Representatives (patent attorneys)
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the SJA, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs remain the leaders in terms of data quality.
However, the most closed agencies remain, despite the requirements of Resolution 835 of the Cabinet of Ministers:
State Tax Service
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Economy.
“Two years after the start of the full-scale war, the state has not yet created transparent and clear rules for open data. The closure of information as a temporary measure that is supposed to protect information from the enemy is actually creating opportunities for fraud and preventing the country’s economy from developing.
Over the year, we have made progress in the fight for open data – for example, the publication of the Register of Corrupt Officials and officials’ declarations was resumed with a significant public outcry. However, among the most important registers for business, tax debts, VAT and single tax remain closed,” comments Oleksiy Ivankin, Head of the Open Data Hub.
