Brazil ranks 8th in OECD open data ranking
Brazil achieved its best performance ever in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) index – which gauges the effectiveness of government open data policies. The news was released Wednesday (Mar. 11) by the president’s office.
The result appears in the latest edition of the OURData Index (Open, Useful and Re-usable Data Index), the ranking that measures the degree of openness, accessibility, and reuse of public data among member countries and partners.
Among the 41 countries surveyed, Brazil scored 0.7 on a scale of 0 to 1, achieving the 8th best score in the world. This is the highest rating in Latin America and a result 32 percent higher than the average for OECD countries, the government reported.
This performance also places Brazil ahead of nations recognized for their open data policies – like the UK and Canada – and cements its position as a regional and international benchmark in the open data agenda.
The index assesses three key dimensions of open data policies – availability, accessibility, and support for reuse.
Brazil showed particularly impressive results in the first two pillars. Under availability, the score was 0.78 points, while in accessibility it reached 0.74. Under reuse support, the rating was 0.57 – still higher than the OECD average of 0.4.
International recognition was also highlighted by Vinicius Marques de Carvalho, head of Brazil’s Office of the Comptroller-General (CGU). In his view, the result reflects the consolidation of Brazil’s open data policy and the current government’s commitment to transparency.
“By expanding access to public information, we strengthen social control, stimulate innovation, and contribute to the improvement of public policies,” he said in a statement.
National Policy
Brazil’s National Open Data Policy, coordinated by the Office of the Comptroller-General, celebrates its 10th anniversary in May this year. Its key tool is the Portal Brasileiro de Dados Abertos (“Brazilian Open Data Portal”) – the main platform for publishing and accessing government data in the country.
As it stands today, the portal brings together more than 15 thousand data sets produced by federal agencies and partners, made available in open and machine-readable formats. The information can be used by any citizen as well as the private and public sectors in various types of initiatives – such as academic research, reporting, application development, new businesses, and data-based policies.
From 2022 to 2025, the number of published datasets grew by about 50 percent – from 10,447 to over 15 thousand databases. During the same span, the portal expanded its reach and now boasts over 100 thousand users, the federal government stated.
The strengthening of the open data culture in the Brazilian government was also driven by training and integration initiatives among public agencies.
