The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has published the 2025 results of two indices that measure governments' progress in digitalization and open data: theOpen, Useful and Re-usable Data Index (OURdata Index) and the Digital Government Index (DGI)Both indices use policy data implemented between 2023 and 2024 and will serve as the basis for the OECD Digital Government Outlook 2026, which will provide a comprehensive analysis of each country's digital government policies and practices.
Open, Useful and Re-usable Data Index (OURdata Index 2025)
The Open, Useful and Re-usable Data Index assesses the progress of governments in implementing open data policies. It analyzes three fundamental pillars: data availability, technical accessibility and support for reuse, in order to foster transparència and the creation of public value.
Featured results:
- Regarding the opening and reuse of public data in OECD countries, the OECD average goes from 0,48 to 0,53 1 on
- France leads the ranking and Spain is in the Top 5.
- Spain stands out especially in support for data reuse (3rd position), while in availability and accessibility it is in the medium-high part of the ranking.
Digital Government Index 2025 (DGI)
It assesses the maturity of digital government based on six dimensions: digital by design, data-driven government, government as a platform, open by default, user-centric and proactive. The results of the analysis show:
- The OECD average has increased by 0,08 points, from 0,61 (out of 1) in 2023 to 0,70 in 2025.
- The ranking is headed by South Korea, Australia and Portugal.
- Spain occupies position 12, standing out especially in “Digital by design” (Top 10) and also obtaining a good score in “Proactivity”.
Overall conclusion
Digitalization is already a strategic necessity to modernize governments and make them more agile, efficient and people-oriented. OECD reports help identify opportunities for improvement and strengthen the use of data, digital infrastructure and technologies such as AI. In the case of Spain, support for data reuse and digital government policies stand out as strengths, while the challenges are to continue improving the accessibility and availability of data.
