Background: The OECD Open Useful and Reusable data (OURdata) Index

The OECD Open Useful and Reusable data (OURdata) Index works as a decision-making instrument built for policy makers at all levels, contributing to a more informed and evidence-based policy design. First launched in 2015 and updated in 2017, it was created as an effort to support the development, implementation and impact of sound open data policies, benchmarking open data policies across OECD countries and partner economies, and measures governments’ efforts to enhance the availability, accessibility and reuse of open government data (OGD).