DataPortals.org
Verified working Jul 31, 2026
A global directory of open data portals with reusable exports.
DataPortals.org catalogs open data portals operated by governments, international organizations, NGOs, and other institutions around the world. The site lets visitors browse the directory, contribute additions, and download the portal list as open data.
Why it stands out
- Focuses on portals rather than individual datasets, making it useful for discovering data sources at the catalog level.
- Covers local, regional, national, and international open data initiatives in one place.
- The underlying directory can be downloaded in machine-readable formats instead of scraped.
- Run by the Open Knowledge Foundation with curation from open data experts and institutions.
Good to know
- It is a directory of data portals, not a search engine across the datasets inside those portals.
- Coverage depends on curation and user contributions, so portal availability and metadata may lag behind reality.
- The page presents a finite listed count, so it should not be treated as a complete inventory of every open data portal worldwide.
Under the radar: For audits or maps of open-data ecosystems, start from the JSON or CSV download rather than manually copying entries from the browse pages.
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Open data researchers and civic tech teams can find official data portals across countries and regions without starting from individual government websites. Discover national, regional, or local open data sites for a new geography. Build a seed list of portals for data inventory, policy research, or civic data projects. Submit missing portals to improve the shared directory.
Browsable global directory of open data portals; community contribution workflow; curated by open data practitioners; CSV and JSON downloads; public-domain data license; source code link for the service.
Technical Notes
- The portal directory is available for bulk download as CSV and JSON.
- The listed data is released under a Public Domain data license.
- No separate public API, authentication model, or rate-limit details are indicated on the page.
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