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European Union: data.europa.eu

EU aggregatorAggregator of national and institutional catalogues

Official portal: data.europa.eu (opens in a new tab)

Catalogue size

Catalogue size (canonical count)

1,728,623aggregated metadata records

Later validation reading: 1,728,300 datasets found (−323, −0.019 %) on 9 Oct 2026

Earlier reading (superseded): 1,726,841 datasets (earlier homepage) (−1,782, −0.103 %) on 8 Oct 2026

Unit
The EU portal re-counts records harvested from national and institutional catalogues.
Count definition
Records in the data.europa.eu search index
Snapshot layer and time
S1 · 2026-10-08 22:22:33 UTC
Comparability note
AGGREGATOR: overlaps national totals; shown in a separate panel, never ranked with national portals

At a glance

Records flagged as High-Value Datasets

27,706aggregated metadata records

Theme assignments

1,269,860assignments

Publishers and organisations

Limited

38 provenance values; catalogue count not reliably available

Provenance values are not publishers.

Themes

Available

13 EU data themes, 1,269,860 assignments; at least 457,019 records carry none

Same EU vocabulary as North Macedonia, measured on aggregated records.

The EU-portal series is emphasised here; North Macedonia's profile is the reference it is compared with.

Government is 38.0 % of North Macedonian theme tags, three times its EU-portal share

Share of theme assignments: North Macedonia (S2 crawl) and the EU-portal profile (S1)

Same vocabulary, but the EU profile counts aggregated records dominated by one country.

In words: Share of theme tags, North Macedonia versus EU portal: Government 38.0 % vs 12.1 %; Economy and finance 20.8 % vs 9.2 %; Regions and cities 8.9 % vs 8.1 %; Agriculture and food 6.8 % vs 20.9 %; Population and society 6.7 % vs 8.2 %; Education, culture, sport 6.3 % vs 3.5 %; Environment 4.8 % vs 11.7 %; Justice and safety 3.9 % vs 9.6 %; Transport 1.6 % vs 3.7 %; Health 0.9 % vs 2.6 %; Energy 0.9 % vs 1.0 %; Science and technology 0.4 % vs 9.1 %; International issues 0.1 % vs 0.2 %.

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  • North Macedonia
  • EU portal (reference)

The EU-portal profile is a reference, not a target: 49.2 % of its records come from Germany.

Source: data.europa.eu, S1, 2026-10-08 22:22 UTC · ·

No cross-country theme mapping is used where a reliable taxonomy crosswalk is unavailable. North Macedonia is compared only with the EU portal, which uses the same EU data-theme vocabulary; the other national portals keep their own category schemes.

Provenance

Germany supplies 49.2 % of the EU portal's records; North Macedonia supplies none

Records on data.europa.eu by provenance value, top 12 plus North Macedonia · S1

Composition of an aggregator, not a comparison of countries.

In words: Records by provenance: Germany 849,715, France 183,232, Spain 130,642, Italy 88,721, United Kingdom 60,878, Austria 60,107, EUROPE (portal label) 55,238, Czechia 30,476, Netherlands 30,122, Poland 25,888, Sweden 25,120, Ireland 22,904, North Macedonia 0.

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  • Records harvested by the EU aggregator
  • North Macedonia

EUROPE is shown as the portal labels it.

Source: data.europa.eu, S1, 2026-10-08 22:22 UTC · ·

National catalogues as harvested by the EU portal (validation)

  • Germany

    Catalogue on data.europa.eu
    "govdata" on data.europa.eu
    Harvested records
    169,161
    National canonical count
    169,074 datasets
    Note
    Harvested copy: timing and filters differ

  • Netherlands

    Catalogue on data.europa.eu
    "dataportaal-van-de-nederlandse-overheid" on data.europa.eu
    Harvested records
    19,355
    National canonical count
    20,791 register records
    Note
    Harvested copy: timing and filters differ

  • United Kingdom

    Catalogue on data.europa.eu
    "data-gov-uk" on data.europa.eu
    Harvested records
    59,572
    National canonical count
    59,491 directory records
    Note
    Harvested copy: timing and filters differ

  • Spain

    Catalogue on data.europa.eu
    "datos-gob-es" on data.europa.eu
    Harvested records
    115,815
    National canonical count
    115,980 datasets
    Note
    Harvested copy: timing and filters differ

  • France

    Catalogue on data.europa.eu
    "plateforme-ouverte-des-donnees-publiques-francaises" on data.europa.eu
    Harvested records
    76,548
    National canonical count
    74,635 datasets
    Note
    Harvested copy: timing and filters differ

  • Serbia

    Catalogue on data.europa.eu
    "open-data-portal-serbia" on data.europa.eu
    Harvested records
    3,527
    National canonical count
    3,509 datasets
    Note
    Harvested copy: timing and filters differ
Harvested copies are validation evidence: timing and filters differ from the national snapshot, so the national canonical count keeps the main position. Explained in methodology

Access and reuse

European Uniondata.europa.euEU aggregator
API availability
Available

Search API and SPARQL

Machine-readable formats
Not collected
Metadata standard
Available

DCAT-AP

Licensing information
Not collected

Licence per record; coverage not collected

HVD information
Available

27,706 records flagged HVD

Publisher information
Limited

38 provenance values; catalogue count not reliably available

Metadata activity
Not collected

Not measured with the common CKAN query

Validation readings

Validation readings: 9 October 2026, before 11:13 UTC. Canonical values keep the main position; later readings are validation evidence, and earlier readings are superseded.

Validation readings: European Union

  • datasets found

    Visible value
    1,728,300
    Kind
    Later validation reading
    Reading time
    9 Oct 2026, after S2 and before 11:13 UTC (exact capture time not recorded)
    Difference from canonical
    −323 (−0.019 %)
    Note
    No note
    Record

  • datasets (earlier homepage)

    Visible value
    1,726,841
    Kind
    Earlier reading (superseded)
    Reading time
    8 Oct 2026, between 21:46 and 22:20 UTC
    Difference from canonical
    −1,782 (−0.103 %)
    Note
    No note
    Record

Comparability notes

Count definition
Records in the data.europa.eu search index
Includes non-open records
Not documented by the portal.
Comparability note
AGGREGATOR: overlaps national totals; shown in a separate panel, never ranked with national portals

Count definitions differ between portals; see the data and comparability limitations. Explained in methodology

Sources

  • data.europa.eu search API, datasets with facets

    data.europa.eu · API snapshot · S1 · Aggregated records, HVD, themes, provenance, catalogue copies

    Open official source (opens in a new tab)

  • data.europa.eu dataset search

    data.europa.eu · Manual screenshot (validation) · V (later reading) · Validation

    Open source (opens in a new tab)

  • data.europa.eu homepage (earlier reading)

    data.europa.eu · Official page reading · Earlier reading · Validation

    Open official source (opens in a new tab)

  • data.europa.eu API and SPARQL manual

    data.europa.eu · Documentation · Docs · API access; DCAT-AP

    Open source (opens in a new tab)

  • OpenDataScope Final Phase 1 Research Report (sections A3, D)

    OpenDataScope project · Report · Docs · Access-matrix facts whose underlying document was not itemised

    Internal project document

Compare with North Macedonia

Other portals

North Macedoniadata.gov.mkNational portal768 datasets
United Kingdomdata.gov.ukNational portal59,491 directory records
United Statesdata.govNational portal590,168 metadata records
Germanygovdata.deNational portal169,074 datasets
Francedata.gouv.frNational portal74,635 datasets
Netherlandsdata.overheid.nlNational portal20,791 register records
Spaindatos.gob.esNational portal115,980 datasets
Serbiadata.gov.rsRegional context3,509 datasets