Governments are not fully leveraging the economic benefits of open data. Only 22% of countries with open data initiatives share comprehensive and regularly updated data, and 87% do not utilize capabilities for user participation. While some countries are beginners or followers in open data, no countries are trend setters that engage users effectively and have high political support. Releasing open data can generate revenue by supplementing existing products, creating new products and services, and encouraging new business formation. It also saves costs through reduced transaction costs, cutting redundant spending, and improved service efficiency. Finally, open data creates jobs, develops new skills, and grows the spatial information industry. To derive economic value, countries must build a vision, governance structure, develop content

1. Unlocking Economic
Value Through Open Data
Governments are not Leveraging Open Data for Economic Benefits
Among countries that have launched Open Data initiatives
Only 22% share
comprehensive data
96% share data which is
87% are not utilizing
not regularly updated
user participation capabilities
Country Classification
Beginners
Followers
Trend Setters
22%
56%
0% share
comprehensive data
Only 8% share granular
and comprehensive data
No user
participation
22%
92% do not engage
80% share
comprehensive data
Over 60% achieved
considerable
user participation
users in effective dialogue
100% enjoy political
support from country’s
highest office
Economic Benefits of Open Data
Revenue Growth Through Open Data
Supplements
Existing Products
Creates New
Products & Services
Encourages
New Firm Creation
In Spain, over 150
companies are focused
on selling services on
top of Open Data
Open Data from
US National Weather
Service supports
weather industry worth
$1.5 billion
CloudMade uses
OpenStreetMap
data and other datasets
to create a comprehensive
location data
Cost Saving through Transparency
Reduces Transactional Costs
Bristol City Council reduced transactional
costs by 15x through an Open Data catalog
Cuts Redundant Expenditure
California’s State Transparency portal helped
save over $20 million in unnecessary expenditure
Improves Service Efficiency
Publishing healthcare outcome data by NHS
led to a 22% drop in mortality rates
Creates Jobs and Develops New Skills
Creates jobs
through
commercial
potential of data
Dissemination
of
Big Data Skills
Spatial information industry,
based on open data,
employs over 31K people
in Australia
In Spain, over 50% of people
dealing in Open Data
are engineers or
have higher qualifications
Deriving Economic Value from Open Data
Develop & Implement
Content Framework
Build a Vision
Create Governance
Structure
* Capgemini Consulting conducted a comprehensive analysis of the Open Data portals of select 23 countries
Sources:
1. Spanish Open Data Portal Annual Report, “Characterization Study of the Infomediary Sector”
2. Concept et Stratégies pour Gouvernement Ouvert et Open Data, World Bank ICT report
3. “CloudMade Apps”
4. European Commission, “Pricing of Public Sector Information Study”
5. “Bristol Open Data Innovation”, European Public Sector Information Platform
6. Frontier Group, “California Budget Transparency 2.0”
7. UK Cabinet Office Article on Francis Maude’s speech
8. ACIL Tasman, “The Value of Spatial Information”
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