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.cso.ie/en/databases/

Comments

There are multiple databases provided. Multiple data variables are selected from drop down menus and are then downloadable in mulitple formats.

Data pivot tables are also available in beyond 20/20 which is a norm for data users in this domain.

Data are also available as linked data https://data.cso.ie/

The data are available under two IP regimes and an access policy,

• "Statistics disseminated on this site are copyright of The Government of Ireland" https://www.cso.ie/en/aboutus/copyrightpolicy/ and "
• The statistics and other information provided on this site are accessible free of charge and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (version 4.0 cc-by)" https://cso.ie/en/aboutus/copyrightpolicy/
• Publication on the Web Policy https://www.cso.ie/en/aboutus/dissemination/publicationpolicyontheweb/

Reviewer comments

Many formats available for data that are current and open.

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

Details

Date the data became available	Unknown
Format of data	CSV, TSV, px, txt, xls, html, Beyond 20/20,
Reviewer	Zach Christensen
Submitters	anonymous
Last modified	Wed Oct 07 2015 15:42:54 GMT+0000 (UTC)