16 Jul 2025
The Internet Resilience Index (IRI) is an important measure of overall Internet health and development. As part of our iterative approach to Pulse improvements, we’ve taken the chance to make it a little easier to navigate and (we hope) more straightforward to understand what the IRI is and why it matters. Most of the changes relate to content and layout.
What's New
Unique URLs at country and territory level
You can now link to an individual country’s Internet Resilience Score page, with the breakdown of the pillars and dimensions—without losing the context of how it compares with the region and sub-region it’s part of.
Improvements
All essential information is on the main page
We removed the tabs, which can be difficult to navigate between, and got rid of the map and chart views so that average scores by region and subregion are easy to see without extra effort. We also added a country dropdown, so you can navigate right to a specific country.
When you select a country, the detailed breakdown of dimensions and individual indicators appears below the overview cards. The data labels for each indicator are also visible on the page without having to hover.
More ways to see comparisons
When you select a country, you’ll now see it alongside the regional and sub-regional average, broken down by each of the 4 pillar types. We’ve also added a programmatically-generated paragraph of text that helps give context and show where countries are doing better or less well in Internet resilience.
Removed the map (for now)
The map was difficult to navigate and understand, and the purpose of it wasn’t clear. It was also difficult to zoom in or out. We’re exploring other map types and ways to present data geographically, but for now, we didn’t believe it added enough value or helped explain what resilience is or why it matters.
Switched from percentage view to score out of 100
The Internet Resilience Index uses a weighted score that has 3 levels. It’s made up of pillars, dimensions and indicators.
The indicators at the heart of the calculation are indexed scores and not percentages. This means that the countries and territories ranked best for each indicator gets a score of 100 and the countries and territories ranked worst get 0, and every other country gets a score somewhere in between. Using percentages was confusing as it led people to ask “56 per cent of what?” We hope this reduces the confusion.