France: data.gouv.fr
Official portal: data.gouv.fr (opens in a new tab)Why snapshot data?Open-data catalogue totals are dynamic measurements rather than fixed statistics. OpenDataScope therefore uses a timestamped research snapshot as its canonical analytical dataset. Later official-page readings are retained as validation evidence and demonstrate normal catalogue drift over time.Research snapshot: 8 October 2026, 22:21–23:03 UTC9 October 2026, 00:21–01:03 in Skopje (UTC+2)Live portals can change after the research snapshot.How the snapshot was taken
Catalogue size
Partially comparableSimilar idea, but definitions or units differ.Units differ between portals; this count is comparable only in scale.Catalogue size (canonical count)
74,635datasets
- Unit
- France counts datasets only; files and APIs are counted separately, and the homepage's rounded "76K" combines datasets and APIs.
- Count definition
- udata dataset objects
- Snapshot layer and time
- S1 · 2026-10-08 22:22:36 UTC
- Comparability note
- Homepage shows rounded 76K datasets AND APIs: not a dataset count
At a glance
Resources
391,335files or links
Data services (APIs)
1,264APIs
Registered organisations
6,756organisations
Datasets tagged HVD
763datasets
Publishers and organisations
6,756 registered organisations; active count not collected
Registered, not active, organisations.
Themes
No fixed theme facet
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.
Access and reuse
| Feature | Francedata.gouv.fr |
|---|---|
| API availability | Available REST API /api/1/, no key; SPARQL available Directly comparableSame or closely comparable unit and query.Whether a public metadata API exists is the same yes/no question everywhere; API types differ. |
| Machine-readable formats | Not collected 391,335 files counted separately; format shares not collected |
| Metadata standard | Available DCAT-AP Not directly comparableUseful background, not quantitatively comparable.European profile. |
| Licensing information | Not collected Licence per dataset; coverage not collected |
| HVD information | Available 763 datasets tagged hvd Not directly comparableUseful background, not quantitatively comparable.A tag count on one portal; the EU portal counts flagged aggregated records. |
| Publisher information | Limited 6,756 registered organisations; active count not collected Not directly comparableUseful background, not quantitatively comparable.Registered, not active, organisations. |
| Metadata activity | Not collected Not measured with the common CKAN query |
Francedata.gouv.fr
- API availability
- Available
REST API /api/1/, no key; SPARQL available
Directly comparableSame or closely comparable unit and query.Whether a public metadata API exists is the same yes/no question everywhere; API types differ. - Machine-readable formats
- Not collected
391,335 files counted separately; format shares not collected
- Metadata standard
- Available
DCAT-AP
Not directly comparableUseful background, not quantitatively comparable.European profile. - Licensing information
- Not collected
Licence per dataset; coverage not collected
- HVD information
- Available
763 datasets tagged hvd
Not directly comparableUseful background, not quantitatively comparable.A tag count on one portal; the EU portal counts flagged aggregated records. - Publisher information
- Limited
6,756 registered organisations; active count not collected
Not directly comparableUseful background, not quantitatively comparable.Registered, not active, organisations. - 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.
| Reading | Visible value | Kind | Reading time | Difference from canonical | Note | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| datasets AND APIs (rounded) | 76K | Later validation reading | 9 Oct 2026, after S2 and before 11:13 UTC (exact capture time not recorded) | Not applicable | Combines datasets + APIs; rounded | |
| files (rounded) | 393K | Later validation reading | 9 Oct 2026, after S2 and before 11:13 UTC (exact capture time not recorded) | Not applicable | No note | |
| organisations (rounded) | 7K | Later validation reading | 9 Oct 2026, after S2 and before 11:13 UTC (exact capture time not recorded) | Not applicable | No note |
Validation readings: France
datasets AND APIs (rounded)
- Visible value
- 76K
- Kind
- Later validation reading
- Reading time
- 9 Oct 2026, after S2 and before 11:13 UTC (exact capture time not recorded)
- Difference from canonical
- Not applicable
- Note
- Combines datasets + APIs; rounded
- Record
files (rounded)
- Visible value
- 393K
- Kind
- Later validation reading
- Reading time
- 9 Oct 2026, after S2 and before 11:13 UTC (exact capture time not recorded)
- Difference from canonical
- Not applicable
- Note
- No note
- Record
organisations (rounded)
- Visible value
- 7K
- Kind
- Later validation reading
- Reading time
- 9 Oct 2026, after S2 and before 11:13 UTC (exact capture time not recorded)
- Difference from canonical
- Not applicable
- Note
- No note
- Record
Comparability notes
- Count definition
- udata dataset objects
- Includes non-open records
- Not documented by the portal.
- Comparability note
- Homepage shows rounded 76K datasets AND APIs: not a dataset count
Sources
data.europa.eu search API, datasets with facets
data.europa.eu · API snapshot · S1 · Aggregated records, HVD, themes, provenance, catalogue copies
data.gouv.fr site metrics API
data.gouv.fr (udata API) · API snapshot · S1 · Datasets, resources, data services, organisations
data.gouv.fr datasets tagged hvd
data.gouv.fr (udata API) · API snapshot · S1 · HVD datasets
data.gouv.fr homepage
data.gouv.fr · Manual screenshot (validation) · V (later reading) · Validation
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