Kenya Open Data Inventory Profile

Country Profile

ODIN SCORE

Kenya

104th

GLOBAL RANK
OUT OF 195

COVERAGE SCORE
OUT OF 100

OPENNESS SCORE
OUT OF 100

Summary of Results

The Open Data Inventory (ODIN) measures how complete a country’s statistical offerings are and whether their data meet international standards of openness. Kenya ranks 104th in the Open Data Inventory 2022 with an overall score of 46. The overall score is a combination of a data coverage subscore of 56 and a data openness subscore of 37.

The following tables show the coverage and openness scores for each data category. For more detailed information, view the Coverage and Openness tabs.

Rankings	Coverage	Openness	Overall
Global OUT OF 195	58th	142nd	104th
Eastern Africa OUT OF 16	1st	9th	5th

Category Scores

Data Category	Coverage	Openness	Overall
Population & vital statistics	60	30	45
Education facilities	30	30	30
Education outcomes	30	50	40
Health facilities	70	30	50
Health outcomes	40	30	35
Reproductive health	20	50	35
Food security & nutrition	25	50	39
Gender statistics	50	40	45
Crime & justice	100	40	70
Poverty & income	20	40	30
Social Statistics subscore	45	39	42
National accounts	38	30	33
Labor	30	30	30
Price indexes	38	30	33
Government finance	88	30	56
Money & banking	100	30	56
International trade	50	30	38
Balance of payments	100	30	56
Economic Statistics subscore	60	30	43
Agriculture and land use	40	50	45
Resource use	88	30	56
Energy	100	30	56
Pollution	38	60	50
Built environment	70	40	55
Environment subscore	64	42	52
All Categories	56	37	46

Last updated: August 9, 2023

Understanding the Scores

Each category receives a coverage and openness score. Coverage scores are based on five coverage elements* and openness scores are based on five openness elements. Overall scores are an average of all 10 criteria.

100	Score 100 Data in this category fulfill all ODIN coverage/openness criteria.
82	Scores 81-99 Data in this category fulfill most ODIN coverage/openness criteria.
62	Scores 61-80 Data in this category fulfill several ODIN coverage/openness criteria, but many important gaps remain.
42	Scores 41-60 Data in this category fulfill some ODIN coverage/openness criteria, but many important gaps remain.
22	Scores 21-40 Data in this category fulfill some ODIN coverage/openness criteria, but many important gaps remain.
11	Scores 1-20 Data in this category fulfill few ODIN coverage/openness criteria and there are significant gaps.
-1	Score 0 Not enough data were published to meet the minimum threshold to receive a score.

*Some categories are only scored on 3 or 4 coverage criteria. View the coverage tab for more information.

Country Review

Each country’s national statistical office is invited to participate in the ODIN Country Review process where they are invited to review the list of datasets found in the assessment and suggest new datasets (that are published online by the end of the deadline for all countries).

In this assessment feedback was not submitted by the national statistical office in Kenya.

Want to submit feedback or sign up for the next ODIN review? Contact us

Coverage

The Open Data Inventory (ODIN) assesses coverage based on five coverage elements described below. Each category receives a coverage score based on the amount of data available in that category. Average scores across all categories are shown in the chart below.

In general, coverage scores are based on the availability of indicator availabilities published, how many observations are available over the last 10 years, and if national and subnational data exist.

Indicators Not Published Indicators are considered not published when no qualifying and disaggregated data are found. Not all indicators are required for full credit in every category.	9%
Number of Categories That Score 0 Categories that score 0 do not publish the minimum amount of data to receive a score. For most categories, the minimum amount of data is one indicator. There are 22 categories.	0
ODIN-Gender Data Index (OGDI) Score OGDI is a sub-index of ODIN, which measures the availability and openness of 35 indicators that should be sex-disaggregated or apply only to women and girls. Click the score to learn more.	39

Coverage Element Scores, 2022

Understanding the Scores

Coverage scores are based on five coverage elements.* Overall coverage scores are an average of all criteria.

Score 100
Data in this category fulfill all ODIN coverage/openness criteria.

Scores 81-99
Data in this category fulfill most ODIN coverage/openness criteria.

Scores 61-80
Data in this category fulfill many ODIN coverage/openness criteria, but some important gaps remain.

Scores 41-60
Data in this category fulfill some ODIN coverage/openness criteria, but many important gaps remain.

Scores 21-40
Data in this category fulfill some ODIN coverage/openness criteria, but many important gaps remain.

Scores 1-20
Data in this category fulfill few ODIN coverage/openness criteria and there are significant gaps.

Score 0
Not enough data were published to meet the minimum threshold to receive a score.

*Some categories are only scored on 3 or 4 coverage criteria. View the coverage tab for more information.

Coverage Elements

Click to see a description of each coverage element. Scoring criteria for each can be found in the Methodology Guide on the page that corresponds to the coverage element. Element scores are given for each category. The chart above shows average scores across all categories.

Indicator availability
This coverage element measures how many indicators and disaggregations are published within a category. In each category, all other coverage elements cannot score higher than this element so that coverage scores are not inflated by only a few datasets.

Data Available the Last 5 Years
This coverage element measures how many of the last 5 years of data are available for indicators within each category.

Data Available the Last 10 Years
This coverage element measures how many of the last 10 years of data are available for indicators within each category.

First Administrative Level
This coverage element measures whether data are available at the first administrative level within each category. First administrative levels are defined by the ISO 3166-2 standard and adjusted for country practices. Not all categories or indicators are required to be published data at this level.

Second Administrative Level
This coverage element measures whether data are available at the second administrative level within each category. Second administrative levels are not defined and any further division of first administrative levels are accepted. Not all categories or indicators are required to be published at this level.

Openness

The Open Data Inventory (ODIN) assesses openness based on five coverage elements described below. Each category receives a coverage score based on the amount of data available in that category. Average scores across all categories are shown in the chart below.

In general, openness scores are based on the format and licensing of the datasets, the comprehensiveness of metadata, and what download options exist.

Data License/Terms of Use

The licensing or terms of use that govern the use and reuse of data assessed in ODIN are classified as Open, Some Restrictions, Not Open or Not Available (if no license is found). Below is licensing information for data from the national statistics office on their website and data portal used most in their assessment, if applicable.

NSO Website

Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics

Not Available

Openness Element Scores, 2022

Understanding the Scores

Openness scores are based on five openness elements. Overall openness scores are an average of all criteria.