Government data published by Japan

Government, Japan: 5,078 datasets, 28.6% of Japan's classified catalogue.

Government and public sector is one of the 13 EU DCAT-AP data themes, the shared vocabulary this site uses to compare subjects across countries. It covers elections, public administration, spending, procurement and civil service data.

Government datasets

5,078

Share of classified

28.6%

Classified datasets

17,773

Whole catalogue

18,140

How Japan compares

Of the 25 national portals whose catalogues can be counted by subject, Japan ranks 5th for government by number of datasets. Catalogue sizes differ enormously between countries, and a government that splits its publications finely will rank higher than one that does not, so this counts records, not openness.

Germany43,339 · 29.4%
Italy31,664 · 49.5%
Ireland11,718 · 51.8%
Canada10,312 · 22.8%
Greece4,613 · 20.8%
Colombia3,388 · 29.5%
Netherlands3,242 · 18.5%
Panama2,846 · 55.8%

Where to find it

These datasets are published by Japan’s national open data portal. This site mirrors its catalogue to count it and never republishes the data itself, so browse or search the originals at https://data.e-gov.go.jp/data/api/3/action.

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