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8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
+254 725 91 61 45/
+254 776 36 89 46
library.pu.ac.ke
OPEN DATA SOURCES
Open data is research data that is freely available on the Internet for anyone to download, modify, and distribute without any legal or financial restrictions. Open data sources provide data that is free for anyone to reuse, modify and share.
A number of benefits can be realized through the open sharing of data:
- Increases reproducibility of research
- Promotes future research growth
- Supports research integrity
- Prevents duplication and loss of research
- Provides opportunities for collaboration
- Strengthens the economy
- Is recognized as an important aspect of research across many research communities.
Local sources
- Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)
- Kenya Law Database
- Free and Open Access to Biodiversity Data
International sources
- Covid-19 Visualizer
- World Bank Open Data
- WHO (COVID-19) Situation Dashboard
- World Poverty Clock
- Our World in Data
- World Health Organization (WHO) Open Data Repository
- Worldometer
- Google Public Data Explorer
- Google Dataset Search
- European Union Open Data Portal
- Data.Gov
- UNICEF Dataset
- NextStrain
- Visual Capitalist - Datastream