Georgian Statistical System Named among Top 20 European Countries

For the first time in history, the Georgian Statistical System was named among the top 20 in European countries, in the Open Data Inventory (ODIN) Report 2020, reports Georgian National Statistics Office (Geostat).

The organization 'Open Data Watch' has published its fifth Open Data Inventory (ODIN) report, which evaluates the official statistics of countries around the world based on various criteria.

Based on the ODIN overall assessment of the Georgian Statistical System, in 2020, Georgia earned 69 points. At the same time, the country's rating has improved and ranks 8 places higher compared to the previous rating, and Georgia has moved from 39th to 31st place among the countries of the world.

The report shows Georgia outstrips 12 EU countries (Italy, France, Belgium, Portugal, Romania, Hungary, Luxembourg, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Latvia, Malta) and for the first time in history, was named among the top 20 European countries.

Based on the same report, Georgia also outperforms developed countries such as Japan, the United Kingdom, China and Indonesia. At the same time, by ranking Georgian Statistical System is at the same level as the ranking of countries such as Austria, Switzerland and Mexico.

The purpose of ODIN is to provide an objective assessment of the coverage and access to official statistics based on the open data definition. For almost five years, Open Data Watch has been describing and evaluating data by countries in the world.

Evaluation elements by categories and criteria are available on this link

In 2020, open data evaluations were conducted in 187 countries, covering 22 statistical categories and 65 indicators. Based on the assessment, Georgia is the leader in the region and ranks first place.

The assessment covers the main areas of economic, social, demographic and environmental statistics, such as national accounts, population and demography, employment, unemployment and price statistics, education and healthcare, gender statistics, crime statistics, poverty rates, public finances, external trade, tax balance, agriculture, environment, energy, etc. The evaluation methodology for each indicator is posted on the Open Data Watch website.

The ODIN 2020 report, which includes data on Georgia, was published a few weeks ago, announces Geostat. 

See the full version of the report at this link

By Ana Dumbadze 

Image: Open Data Watch 

Source: Geostat