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Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI · Global · Research data
Yearly report and data on AI research, investment, adoption, policy and public opinion.
Example use: Quote trusted yearly figures on AI investment and adoption.
- Formats Report, CSV
- Access Open
- Licence See publisher terms
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World Resources Institute · Global · Risk index
Water stress, flood and drought risk indicators by river basin, including future projections.
Example use: Screen supplier or production locations for water risk.
- Formats Maps, CSV, GIS
- Access Open
- Licence CC BY 4.0
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RIVM and partners · Netherlands · Maps
Maps of green space, trees, urban heat islands, water storage and other benefits of nature.
Example use: Check how much cooling shade and greenery an area already has.
- Formats Maps, WMS/WFS
- Access Open
- Licence Varies per map layer
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Brainbay real estate data (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedBrainbay · Netherlands · Property data
Dutch housing and commercial property market data, including listings and transactions.
Example use: Value a building or compare local property prices.
- Formats Web, API
- Access Paid licence
- Licence Commercial licence
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Briter Intelligence (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedBriter · Africa · Market data
Data on companies, investors and deals in African and other emerging markets.
Example use: Find active investors and growing companies in an African market.
- Formats Web, Reports
- Access Paid subscription
- Licence Commercial licence
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CBS Microdata (Remote Access) (opens in a new tab)
On applicationStatistics Netherlands (CBS) · Netherlands · Microdata
Linked record-level data on people, households, companies and addresses, analysed inside a secure CBS environment. Only aggregated results leave.
Example use: Study how newcomers or workers fare over years with linked national records.
- Formats Secure remote access
- Access Authorised institutions only; fees apply
- Licence Agreement with CBS
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Statistics Netherlands (CBS) · Netherlands · Statistics
Official Dutch statistics on population, migration, labour, business, trade, housing and neighbourhoods.
Example use: Get neighbourhood-level figures for any Dutch municipality.
- Formats API, CSV, OData
- Access Open
- Licence CC BY 4.0
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De Rechtspraak (Dutch judiciary) · Netherlands · Register
Official register of bankruptcies and other insolvency proceedings in the Netherlands.
Example use: Check whether a company is in insolvency proceedings. We only record organisations, never private individuals.
- Formats Web
- Access Open, search only
- Licence Public register; check reuse terms
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European Environment Agency and European Commission · Europe · Knowledge base
European platform on climate adaptation: indicators, case studies, national strategies and adaptation options.
Example use: Find tested adaptation measures and how other cities applied them.
- Formats Web, Indicators
- Access Open
- Licence See publisher terms
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constellr thermal data (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedconstellr · Global · Earth observation
Satellite-based land surface temperature data at field and street-block scale.
Example use: Find the hottest blocks in a city with measured surface temperatures.
- Formats API, Raster
- Access Paid licence
- Licence Commercial licence
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Copernicus Climate Change Service (ECMWF) · Global · Climate data
Climate reanalysis (ERA5), seasonal forecasts, projections and derived indicators such as thermal comfort indices.
Example use: Compare past and projected heat or drought for any region in the world.
- Formats API, NetCDF, GRIB
- Access Open, free account
- Licence Varies per dataset
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European Environment Agency (Copernicus) · Europe · Geodata
Land cover, Urban Atlas, sealed surfaces, tree cover and other land monitoring layers.
Example use: Measure paved versus green surface across cities and sites.
- Formats GIS, Raster, API
- Access Open, free account
- Licence Free and open (Copernicus data policy)
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Creditsafe company reports (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedCreditsafe · Global · Company data
Credit reports, payment behaviour and financial health indicators for companies.
Example use: Check whether a counterparty is financially healthy before a deal.
- Formats Web, API
- Access Paid subscription
- Licence Commercial licence
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Crunchbase (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedCrunchbase · Global · Company data
Start-up and private company data with funding rounds, investors and acquisitions.
Example use: See who invests in a sector or technology.
- Formats Web, API, CSV
- Access Free tier; full data paid
- Licence Commercial licence
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Publications Office of the European Union · Europe · Portal
The official portal for open data from EU institutions and national portals across Europe.
Example use: Search across thousands of European public datasets at once.
- Formats API, CSV, SPARQL
- Access Open
- Licence Varies per dataset
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Government of the Netherlands · Netherlands · Portal
The Dutch national register of open government data from ministries, provinces, municipalities and water boards.
Example use: Find the official dataset behind a Dutch policy topic.
- Formats API, CSV
- Access Open
- Licence Varies per dataset
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International Organization for Migration (IOM) · Global · Monitoring
Data on displacement and population movement in crisis-affected areas.
Example use: Follow displacement trends in a specific crisis.
- Formats Web, CSV
- Access Open, some data on request
- Licence See publisher terms
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Dun & Bradstreet business data (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedDun & Bradstreet · Global · Company data
Company identifiers (D-U-N-S), firmographics, corporate family trees and risk scores.
Example use: Check supplier risk and corporate links at scale.
- Formats Web, API
- Access Paid subscription
- Licence Commercial licence
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European Environment Agency · Europe · Portal
European environmental datasets on water quality and quantity, climate, air, land and industrial emissions.
Example use: Compare water quality or emissions across European regions.
- Formats CSV, GIS, API
- Access Open
- Licence Varies per dataset
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European Commission, Joint Research Centre (Copernicus Emergency Management Service) · Europe · Indicators
Drought indicators such as soil moisture, precipitation anomalies and a combined drought indicator.
Example use: Track drought stress in a region over recent months.
- Formats Maps, Web services
- Access Open
- Licence See publisher terms
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Eurostat, European Commission · Europe · Statistics
Official EU statistics on trade, industry, the circular economy, digital use by companies, migration, housing and living conditions.
Example use: Compare regions on almost any economic or social indicator.
- Formats API, CSV, SDMX
- Access Open
- Licence CC BY 4.0
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Eurostat microdata for research (opens in a new tab)
On applicationEurostat, European Commission · Europe · Microdata
Anonymised record-level survey data such as the Labour Force Survey and EU-SILC living conditions survey.
Example use: Compare employment or living conditions of groups across EU countries.
- Formats Download after approval
- Access Recognised research entities, on application
- Licence Agreement with Eurostat
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Eurostat, European Commission · Europe · Statistics
Surveys on how companies and people use digital technology, including AI use by enterprises and use of online public services.
Example use: Track the share of companies using AI by sector and country.
- Formats API, CSV
- Access Open
- Licence CC BY 4.0
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Fathom flood data (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedFathom · Global · Risk data
Global flood hazard maps for river, coastal and rain flooding, now and under climate scenarios.
Example use: Screen sites or portfolios for flood exposure.
- Formats GIS, API
- Access Paid licence
- Licence Commercial licence
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Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation · Global · Register
Legal Entity Identifiers with reference data on legal entities and their parent companies.
Example use: Identify an organisation unambiguously and see who owns it.
- Formats API, CSV, XML
- Access Open
- Licence CC0 1.0
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UN OCHA · Global · Portal
Open platform for humanitarian datasets shared by agencies, NGOs and researchers.
Example use: Find local data on population, needs and infrastructure in crisis areas.
- Formats API, CSV, GIS
- Access Open
- Licence Varies per dataset
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International Labour Organization · Global · Statistics
Labour statistics on employment, wages, working time, occupations and labour migration.
Example use: See how employment shifts between occupations over time.
- Formats API, CSV
- Access Open
- Licence CC BY 4.0
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International Monetary Fund · Global · Statistics
Macroeconomic and financial statistics, including balance of payments and direct investment.
Example use: Follow investment flows into and out of a country.
- Formats API, CSV, SDMX
- Access Open
- Licence See publisher terms
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Kadaster property information (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedKadaster (Netherlands Land Registry) · Netherlands · Register
Official ownership, mortgage and parcel information from the land registry, beyond what is published as open data.
Example use: Confirm which organisation owns an idle building or site.
- Formats Web, API
- Access Paid per product or query
- Licence Kadaster terms
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Climate Adaptation Services / Kennisportaal Klimaatadaptatie · Netherlands · Maps
Maps of heat stress, flooding, drought and water nuisance for every Dutch municipality, today and under climate scenarios.
Example use: Spot heat and flood hotspots in a neighbourhood before planning an intervention.
- Formats Maps, WMS/WFS
- Access Open
- Licence Varies per map layer
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Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) · Netherlands · Observations
Weather observations, climate records, radar data and the national climate scenarios.
Example use: Count hot days or heavy rainfall events for a place and period.
- Formats API, NetCDF, CSV
- Access Open, free API key
- Licence Varies per dataset
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Kpler (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedKpler · Global · Trade data
Real-time commodity and cargo flows built from vessel tracking and trade sources.
Example use: Follow shifts in energy and raw-material flows.
- Formats Web, API
- Access Paid subscription
- Licence Commercial licence
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KVK Business Register APIs (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedNetherlands Chamber of Commerce (KVK) · Netherlands · Register
Company profiles, locations and activity codes from the Dutch business register, available by API.
Example use: Enrich a list of organisations with official registration details.
- Formats API
- Access Paid API; see KVK pricing
- Licence KVK terms
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Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK) · Netherlands · Index
Liveability scores for every Dutch neighbourhood, broken down into housing, safety, amenities and environment.
Example use: See how liveable a neighbourhood is and what drives the score.
- Formats Maps, CSV
- Access Open
- Licence See publisher terms
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Lightcast labour market data (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedLightcast · Global · Labour data
Job postings, skills and labour market data, including demand for AI-related skills.
Example use: Track which skills employers ask for in a region.
- Formats Web, API
- Access Paid subscription
- Licence Commercial licence
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Meteomatics Weather API (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedMeteomatics · Global · Weather data
High-resolution weather and climate data, forecasts and history through one API.
Example use: Feed local heat or rainfall forecasts into an early-warning tool.
- Formats API
- Access Paid API; trial available
- Licence Commercial licence
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IOM Global Migration Data Analysis Centre · Global · Indicators
Migration indicators and explainers brought together from many international sources.
Example use: Get a quick, sourced overview of migration for a country.
- Formats Web, CSV
- Access Open
- Licence See publisher terms
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OECD · Global · Statistics
OECD statistics on trade in value added, productivity, skills, labour, migration and investment.
Example use: Benchmark a country on productivity, skills or trade dependence.
- Formats API, CSV, SDMX
- Access Open
- Licence CC BY 4.0
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OECD · Global · Indicators
AI policies, investment, research output, skills and job-market indicators by country.
Example use: Compare AI adoption and AI policy between countries.
- Formats Web, CSV
- Access Open
- Licence See publisher terms
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Open Supply Hub · Global · Register
An open map of production facilities worldwide, with the brands and organisations linked to each site.
Example use: Find factories and facilities in a sector or region.
- Formats Web, API, CSV
- Access Open, free account for downloads
- Licence See publisher terms
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Code for Africa · Africa · Portal
Volunteer-driven open data portal with datasets from across the African continent.
Example use: Find local African datasets that national portals do not carry.
- Formats CSV, API
- Access Open
- Licence Varies per dataset
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OpenCorporates · Global · Register
A large open database of companies drawn from official company registers in many countries.
Example use: Find a company's registration details across countries.
- Formats Web, API
- Access Open search; API has limits
- Licence ODbL 1.0; see terms
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OpenStreetMap Foundation and contributors · Global · Geodata
Community-made map of the world with roads, buildings, land use, trees, water points and public facilities.
Example use: Map facilities, green space or water points where official maps fall short.
- Formats API, GIS, PBF
- Access Open
- Licence ODbL 1.0
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Orbis (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedMoody's (formerly Bureau van Dijk) · Global · Company data
Financials, ownership structures and corporate links for a very large number of private and listed companies.
Example use: Map who ultimately owns a supplier or an asset.
- Formats Web, API, Bulk
- Access Paid subscription
- Licence Commercial licence
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Global Change Data Lab · Global · Research data
Charts and cleaned datasets on long-run global change, from climate and energy to health, migration and AI.
Example use: Show the long-term trend behind a question in one chart.
- Formats CSV, API, Charts
- Access Open
- Licence CC BY 4.0 for own work; sources vary
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Panjiva (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedS&P Global Market Intelligence · Global · Trade data
Shipment-level import and export records linking buyers and suppliers.
Example use: Find alternative suppliers for a product.
- Formats Web, API
- Access Paid subscription
- Licence Commercial licence
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Participedia project · Global · Case database
Crowd-sourced cases, methods and organisations in public participation and democratic innovation.
Example use: Find participation methods that worked in a similar setting.
- Formats Web, CSV
- Access Open
- Licence CC BY-SA 4.0
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Kadaster and Dutch government partners · Netherlands · Geodata
Dutch public geodata, including buildings and addresses (BAG), topography, cadastral maps and soil.
Example use: Look up building age, use and footprint for a site.
- Formats WMS/WFS, API, GIS
- Access Open
- Licence Varies per dataset
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Planet satellite imagery (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedPlanet Labs · Global · Earth observation
Frequent high-resolution satellite images of the whole Earth.
Example use: Watch changes on a site or in a catchment week by week.
- Formats API, Raster
- Access Paid licence; research programmes exist
- Licence Commercial licence
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Revelio Labs (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedRevelio Labs · Global · Labour data
Workforce data on roles, skills, hiring and attrition by company and sector.
Example use: See how roles change inside a sector as AI spreads.
- Formats API, Bulk
- Access Paid licence
- Licence Commercial licence
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Sayari (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedSayari · Global · Risk data
Corporate ownership and trade network data for supply-chain and counterparty risk.
Example use: Trace supply-chain links and ownership behind a supplier.
- Formats Web, API
- Access Paid subscription
- Licence Commercial licence
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Publications Office of the European Union · Europe · Register
Public procurement notices from across the European Economic Area.
Example use: See what public bodies are buying and from whom.
- Formats Web, API, XML
- Access Open
- Licence See publisher terms
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United Nations Statistics Division · Global · Statistics
Detailed international trade flows by product and partner country.
Example use: See which countries a product or raw material comes from.
- Formats API, CSV
- Access Open, free tier with limits
- Licence See publisher terms
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United Nations, DESA · Global · Index
The UN E-Government Development Index and E-Participation Index for all UN member states.
Example use: Benchmark a country's online public services and e-participation.
- Formats Web, CSV
- Access Open
- Licence See publisher terms
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United Nations Statistics Division · Global · Indicators
Official data for the Sustainable Development Goal indicators for all countries.
Example use: Measure progress towards a shared goal such as water access.
- Formats API, CSV
- Access Open
- Licence See publisher terms
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UNHCR · Global · Statistics
Statistics on refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced and stateless people by origin and host country.
Example use: See where displaced people come from and where they stay.
- Formats API, CSV
- Access Open
- Licence CC BY 4.0
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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · Global · Research data
Indicators of democracy, civil society and participation for most countries, going back many decades.
Example use: Compare civic space and participation between countries.
- Formats CSV, Stata, R
- Access Open
- Licence CC BY-SA 4.0
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Verian public research (opens in a new tab)
CommissionedVerian (formerly Kantar Public) · Global · Survey research
Commissioned surveys and research on public opinion, public services and social issues.
Example use: Collect new, representative data when no source answers your question.
- Formats Commissioned
- Access Commissioned project
- Licence Agreed per project
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Rijkswaterstaat · Netherlands · Observations
Measured and forecast water levels, discharge, waves and water quality in Dutch national waters.
Example use: Follow river discharge and water levels during dry or wet periods.
- Formats Web, CSV, API
- Access Open
- Licence See publisher terms
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World Bank · Global · Survey data
Firm-level survey data on access to finance, infrastructure, trade and the business climate, including many African countries.
Example use: Understand what holds back small and medium firms in a country.
- Formats Web, Stata, CSV
- Access Open indicators; firm-level data with free account
- Licence See publisher terms
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World Bank · Global · Statistics
Development indicators for every country, from economy and investment to water access and remittances.
Example use: Compare investment climates and living conditions across countries.
- Formats API, CSV
- Access Open
- Licence CC BY 4.0
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World Bank · Global · Statistics
Trade, tariff and non-tariff measure data brought together from several international sources.
Example use: Check tariffs and trade exposure for a product group.
- Formats Web, CSV, API
- Access Open
- Licence See publisher terms
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World Values Survey Association · Global · Survey data
Survey data on values, beliefs, trust and wellbeing in about a hundred countries.
Example use: Understand what people value and trust in different societies.
- Formats SPSS, Stata, CSV
- Access Open, free registration
- Licence See publisher terms
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XDI physical climate risk (opens in a new tab)
Paid or licensedXDI (Cross Dependency Initiative) · Global · Risk data
Physical climate risk scores for assets and areas, covering hazards such as heat, flooding and drought.
Example use: Rank buildings by climate risk before investing.
- Formats Web, API
- Access Paid licence
- Licence Commercial licence
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