Key national statistics such as demographic and economic indicators (GDP, unemployment, population, etc). To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

  • GDP for the whole country updated at least quarterly
  • Unemployment statistics updated at least monthly
  • Population updated at least once a year

Data Location

https://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/datasets-and-tables/index.html

Comments

The UK's Office for National Statistics has primary responsibility for maintaining and publishing national economic and demographic information (including the Census). ONS material is re-usable under the terms of the Open Government Licence and UK Government Licensing Framework. Each of the datasets is downloadable in full, machine-readable formats (mainly Excel, but some also available in CSV and XML).

Reviewer comments

Data available in multiple formats in open format.

Data Availability

  • Y Openly licensed
  • Y Is the data available for free
  • Y Is the data machine readable
  • Y Available in bulk
  • Y Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis
  • Y Is data in digital form
  • Y Publicly available
  • Y Does the data exist
  • Y Is the data available online
Key:
  • Yes
  • No
  • Unsure
  • No data

Details

Date the data became available   Unknown
Format of data   CSV, Excel, XML
Reviewer   Zach Christensen
Submitters   Mor Rubinstein
Last modified   Wed Sep 30 2015 22:06:42 GMT+0000 (UTC)