Bangladesh 34% open

Bangladesh is ranked #63 in the 2014 Index

Bangladesh's overall Index ranking is down from #47 in 2013

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Rank	Dataset	Location (URL)	Format	Prev. (2013)	Score
59	National Statistics	http://www.bbs.gov.bd/home.asp...	PDF	#36 55%	55%
59	National Statistics URL: http://www.bbs.gov.bd/home.aspx Format: PDF No licence specified
21	Transport Timetables	http://www.railway.gov.bd/site...	n/a	#13 45%	55%
21	Transport Timetables URL: http://www.railway.gov.bd/site/page/f8898018-00a5-4096-a803-8b533232e60c Bus and Train services are maintained by different authorities in Bangladesh. The submission form should have the option to mention this information properly.
61	Government Budget	http://www.mof.gov.bd/en/index...	pdf	#34 45%	45%
61	Government Budget URL: http://www.mof.gov.bd/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=183&Itemid=1# Format: pdf On http://www.mof.gov.bd/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68&Itemid=1# can't find information on licensing; PDFs only so not machine readable; need to download many PDFs so not available in bulk . Various forms of information available including previous years from http://www.mof.gov.bd/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=235&Itemid=1
52	Pollutant Emissions	http://www.moef.gov.bd/html/st...	PDF	#34 35%	35%
52	Pollutant Emissions URL: http://www.moef.gov.bd/html/state_of_env/state_of_env.html Format: PDF The data is very backdated. It was last updated on 2001! There is a PDF report on air pollution. It is like an academic paper and there is no licence visible.
50	National Map	http://www.sob.gov.bd/mapcate....	n/a	#43 30%	35%
50	National Map URL: http://www.sob.gov.bd/mapcate.php updated new data
72	Legislation	http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/al...	html	#47 35%	35%
72	Legislation URL: http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/alp_index_update.php Format: html No mention of licensing, can't see option for bulk download nor of the data in anything apart from PDF or viewable on website (so, not machine readable)
82	Election Results	http://www.ecs.gov.bd/English/...	n/a	#51 35%	35%
82	Election Results URL: http://www.ecs.gov.bd/English/MenuTemplate1.php?Parameter_MenuID=19&ByDate=0&Year= Though it is mentioned in the site footer that the site is updated recently, but the last election result is not available there.
67	Company Register	n/a	n/a	#51 10%	20%
67	Company Register The information for publicly quoted companies can be found on the websites of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) (http://www.dsebd.org/company%20listing.php) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)(http://www.cse.com.bd/company_info_url.php). It is to be noted that DSE and CSE is fully under government control. It looks like relevant information for all companies is gathered on http://www.roc.gov.bd/ but cannot see how to access the information. Also application available but not any registered company list available in this website.
42	Postcodes / Zipcodes	n/a	HTML	#21 45%	10%
42	Postcodes / Zipcodes Format: HTML No mention of licensing so not open data No geolocation
16	Government Spending	n/a	n/a	#38 0%	10%
16	Government Spending A budget is declared every year in the national assembly. But stats regarding the efficiency of the implementation of the budget is not published that openly. There are PDFs showing aggregate spend but no transactional level information.

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