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Stagnation

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Headline data

GRAFICO.16-10-2-title
Year Value Units
2016 8.2 Index
2018 8.2 Index
2020 8.2 Index
2022 8.2 Index
2024 8.2 Index

Geographical Area:

Unit of Measurement:

Footnote:

Methodological sheet of the indicator available for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

Available indicator

Degree of adoption and implementation of constitutional, legal, or policy guarantees for public access to information
Target

16.10 Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements
Goal

16- Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Definition

Scores obtained in the UNESCO questionnaire on the adoption and implementation of constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information.
Theoretical formula \[P^{t}\]

where:

$P^{t} =$ Score obtained on the questionnaire in year $t$
Frequency

Biennial
Data last updated 2026/10/23
Metadata last updated 2026/10/23

This section provides more information about the United Nations indicator or the European Union Sustainable Development Indicator, such as its rationale, international results, metadata, and other relevant statistics.

Rationale

The purpose of this indicator is to report the total of number of countries that adopted legal guarantees on ATI, as well as the main tendencies in the implementation of these guarantees.

The right of access to public information (RTI) is a component of the fundamental right of freedom of expression as set forth by Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), and the subsequent International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. These state that the fundamental right of freedom of expression encompasses the freedom “to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers”. Seeking and receiving is the dimension of the right that is immediately relevant to this SDG indicator, with the right to impart information and ideas constituting the other side of the coin.

Source: United Nations Statistics Division
Comparability between the available indicator and the UN indicator

The available indicator complies with the metadata of the United Nations indicator.
International results

Countries that adopt and implement constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information SG_INF_ACCSS UNSTATS
Link to UN metadata

Metadata 16-10-2.pdf
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