National Statistics 5% open

What data is expected?

Key national statistics such as demographic and economic indicators (GDP, unemployment, population, etc). Aggregate data (e.g. GDP for whole country at a quarterly level, or population at an annual level) is also considered acceptable in this data category. In general, answers of 'yes' in this category refers to entries with a reasonable amount of both economic and demographic information available.

What data is available

•   Does the data exist? Yes
•   Is data in digital form? Unsure
•   Publicly available? Unsure
•   Is the data available for free? Unsure
•   Is the data available online? Unsure (No URL given)
•   Is the data machine readable? Unsure (n/a)
•   Available in bulk? Unsure
•   Openly licensed? Unsure (No URL given)
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Unsure

Details

The National Centre for Statistics & Information is a relatively new government entity in Oman that works on publicising national statistics in all fields. NCSI is active on social media and publishes its stats on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/OmanNCSI?ref=hl ) and Twitter ( https://twitter.com/NCSIOman ) , it also has smart phone apps for accessing the data from mobile devices. The data is currently not "open", but the website of the NCSI has a "coming soon" section that promises to have "Open Data".

Reviewer: I have introduced major amendments to this indicator as the website seems to solely provide a HTML table with very high level numbers; the key national statistics (e.g., demographic and economic indicators) are do not seem to be featured, neither on the Arabic nor on the English part of the website. There is no file associated/linked to through this table, therefore it is unknown whether the detailed data is available in a digital form at all. The promised Open Data portal (http://www.ncsi.gov.om/NCSI_website/N_open_data_ar.aspx) is under construction, so not considered in the assessment. The indicator has been downgraded to reflect these considerations.