President's Office: “South Korea ranks first in public data evaluation... Recognized by OECD”

Regarding South Korea's achievement of first place in public data evaluation by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the President's Office said, ``We will continue to strengthen our support to improve the utilization of high-quality public data needed by businesses and citizens.''
I will do it,'' he said. Chief Public Relations Secretary Lee Do-eun said this in a written briefing on the 22nd.
According to the public data evaluation results report released by the OECD earlier on this day, South Korea
It ranked first out of 40 countries with an overall score of 0.91 (out of 1). South Korea ranked first for the fourth time in a row following the biennial evaluation in 2015, 2017, and 2019. New model in 2021
No evaluation was conducted due to the coronavirus pandemic. Chief Lee said, ``This is about twice as high as the OECD average (0.48 points), and is second only to South Korea in the top ranking countries such as France and Poland.
``Of the three evaluation indicators, South Korea ranked first in government support for data utilization and second in data availability and accessibility.''
He continued, ``This result shows that the South Korean government is in the process of fostering the biotechnology and AI (artificial intelligence) industries and embodying a digital platform government.
"The OECD recognizes that we have proactively exchanged information with the private sector while protecting personal information."