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? Yes
- Publicly available? Yes published by Central Statistical Bureau)
- Is the data available for free? Yes
- Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
- Is the data machine readable? Yes (CSV, XLSX, PX-Axis)
- Available in bulk? Yes
- Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
- Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes
Details
Unsure how to answer "Available in bulk?":
- each dataset is available in bulk via a data selection form where users can choose time periods and data fields to export. However, there is no single downloadable archive with all the national statistics in it.
English version of the data portal: http://www.csb.gov.lv/en/about-us
See also:
- The State of Open Data in Latvia: 2014. Baltic J. Modern Computing, Vol. 2 (2014), No. 3, 160-170 - http://arxiv.org/abs/1406.5052
Contributors
Reviewers
- Mor Rubinstein
Submitters
- Uldis Bojars