Yes, it does. Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre, is the UAE government source for national statistics in all sectors. In addition, all federal entities in the UAE have open data and publications on their portals available to the public. Below are links to open data available in the following sectors in the UAE:
- Open Data for health - Ministry of Health & Prevention
- Open Data for education - the Ministry of Education
- Open Data for government human resources and employment-Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR)
- Open Data for social affairs - Ministry of Community Development
- Open Data for labour and private sector establishments- Ministry of Human Resources & Emiratisation
- Open Data for finance matters - Ministry of Finance
- Open Data which relates to environment - Ministry of Climate Change and Environment
- Open data for Justice – Ministry of Justice.
You can use this form to request for data from DubaiPulse.
The UAE Government started an annual nationwide hackathon titled ‘The UAE Hackathon – Data for Happiness’ in February 2018. The hackathon involved using government data to invent apps that provide solutions/services for the benefit of people. In fact, the hackathon is also important to develop the future skills of youth.
Refer to data dictionary on the website of UAE's Data portal, Bayanat.
You can suggest data to the Bayanat portal.
Disclosing government data brings transparency in government transactions and makes them accountable for their actions. It facilitates public scrutiny and evaluation of government performance. Open data helps in efficient use of resources, designing customized service delivery and creation of more jobs. It helps people to make informed decisions about public policies and identify development opportunities. Through all its endeavours, open government data helps to achieve the SDGs. A document issued by World Bank (PDF) estimates the direct, annual economic value of open government data in two different studies as up to 40 billion euros throughout the European Union and close to 2 billion pounds in the UK. Read more on open data.
The UAE passed the Personal Data Protection Law and adopted open data policy an example of which can be found on the website of Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority. Dubai launched the Dubai Data law and the open data guidelines and adopted open data policy an example of which can be found on the website of Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority.
Bayanat.ae is the national portal for open government data in the UAE
Government data that is freely available for anyone to use, reuse, distribute or share with others without restrictions is called open government data. As per the UN eGovernment Survey 2018, open government data is government information proactively disclosed and made available online for all to access, without restriction.
Government data that is freely available for anyone to use, reuse, distribute or share with others without restrictions is called open government data. Learn more
Refer to the UAE Smart Data Framework - Implementation Guide (Word, 2MB).
The UAE official Open Data Portal provides enhanced open datasets on education for public use. Explore open datasets on employment.
The UAE official Open Data Portal provides enhanced open datasets on education for public use. Explore open datasets on social protection.
