Open Government, Spain

About Open Government, Spain

datos.gob.es is the Spanish government's open data portal, providing access to a catalogue of datasets and services published by public administrations across national, regional, and local levels, as well as universities and other institutions. The catalogue includes standard datasets, high-value datasets, and data offered through web services, covering sectors such as culture and leisure, education, legislation and justice, environment, healthcare, transport, and tourism.

Beyond the data catalogue, the site aggregates applications and companies built on open data, publishes blog content, news, events, infographics, reports, and guides related to data reuse, and lists open data initiatives from participating public bodies. It also provides support resources for data publishers and information on data spaces and safe environments for data sharing.

The portal is aimed at developers, researchers, companies, and public administrations working with or reusing Spanish public sector open data. As of the page content, it lists 116,396 datasets, 535 applications, 117 companies, 286 initiatives, 1,089 contents, 458 news items, 26 blogs, and 7 data exercises.

Key features

• Open data catalogue with over 116,000 datasets from Spanish public administrations
• High-value datasets (HVDs) section covering areas like finance, contracts, and legislation
• Directory of applications built using open government data
• Directory of companies and organisations using open data
• Data offered through web services (e.g., INSPIRE catalogue)
• Sector-based browsing across culture, education, healthcare, transport, and more

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