Internet Resilience Index
For people to experience the full benefits of access, the Internet itself needs to be able to adapt to challenges. The Pulse Internet Resilience Index (IRI) tracks a range of indicators and assigns a weighted score for each country, measured out of 100. It’s a holistic score that measures how well an Internet connection can withstand things like sudden changes in Internet traffic, suspicious activity, or unexpected outages.
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Infrastructure
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Physical infrastructure for Internet connectivity exists, and is available.
41 / 100global average -
Market Readiness
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The ability of the market to offer affordable prices to consumers by maintaining diversity and competition.
40 / 100global average -
Performance
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Consumers have seamless and reliable Internet services.
44 / 100global average -
Security
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Technologies and best practices support a network’s ability to resist disruptions.
56 / 100global average
Internet Resilience Score
- Oceania
- 44 / 100
- Infrastructure 43
- Market Readiness 39
- Performance 29
- Security 63
- Australia and New Zealand
- 64 / 100
- Infrastructure 71
- Market Readiness 61
- Performance 56
- Security 68
Australia
59 / 100
The Internet in Australia is slightly less resilient on average than other countries in Australia and New Zealand, and is high for Oceania. It ranks 2nd in Australia and New Zealand for infrastructure, a category that evaluates the availability of infrastructure for Internet connectivity. It ranks 5th in Oceania for security, a category that evaluates the use of technologies and best practices that support a network’s ability to resist disruptions.
View country report for Australia
- Infrastructure 65
- Market Readiness 59
- Performance 51
- Security 61
Fiber ecosystem 20
Fibre 10km reach 20
The ability of the population to have access to a fiber connection point within 10 kilometers. Source: ITU
Enabling infrastructure 100
Internet Exchange Point (IXP) coverage 100
Shows how well large population centers (defined as more than 300,000 people) are served by IXPs. Sources: Packet Clearing House (PCH), Peering DB
Data center coverage 100
Score measured based on data centers per 10 million population. Source: Data Center Map
Mobile connectivity 91
Network coverage 96
Country has mobile network coverage (includes 2G, 3G, and 4G). Source: Composite score provided by GSMA
Spectrum allocation 79
Mobile operators have access to spectrum that allows them to offer sufficient services to customers.
Market readiness
59
The ability of the market to offer affordable prices to consumers by maintaining diversity and competition.
Market structure 49
Market competition 36
Calculates the level of competition in the market. This uses the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). Source: APNIC
Affordability 97
Measures the affordability of Internet connectivity for consumers. Source: ITU, A4AI
Upstream provider diversity 19
Uses the GINI Coefficient to measure the level of inequality when it comes to dependency on upstream connections. Source: Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ)
Traffic localization 69
Peering efficiency 26
RScore that uses the ratio of networks that peer at Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), compared with the total number of networks in a country. Sources: Packet Clearing House (PCH), PeeringDB
Domain count 100
Domains registered using ccTLD. Source: DomainTools
E-Government Development Index Score 96
Score on the United Nations E-Government Development Index (EGDI), which measures readiness for providing digital public services. Source: United Nations
Fixed networks 43
Download speeds 20
Download speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Consistency 90
This measures the network jitter, which shows consistency of speed and performance across networks. Source: Ookla
Upload speeds 17
Upload speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Responsiveness 68
Measures how quickly content reaches a user. A connection that's responsive is low in latency or lag. Source: Ookla
Mobile networks 57
Download speeds 69
Download speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Consistency 70
This measures the network jitter, which shows consistency of speed and performance across networks. Source: Ookla
Responsiveness 55
Measures how quickly content reaches a user. A connection that's responsive is low in latency or lag. Source: Ookla
Upload speeds 38
Upload speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Enabling technologies 82
HTTPS adoption 92
Web pageloads that use HTTPS. Source: Mozilla
IPv6 adoption 58
Users can access online resources using IPv6, the new generation of the Internet Protocol. Sources: Akamai, Facebook, Google, APNIC
Domain name system (DNS) security 62
DNSSEC adoption 100
Shows whether the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) using the extra layer of security known as DNSSEC. Source: ICANN
DNSSEC validation 25
A score showing how well DNS queries are protected by DNSSEC, across all web traffic. Source: APNIC
Routing hygiene 45
Upstream connections 37
Shows how well a country's networks are connected with upstream providers. Source: CAIDA
MANRS score 52
An overall score that measures routing security in a country's networks. Source: MANRS Observatory
Security threat 64
Secure Internet servers 85
Number of secure Internet servers per 1 million population. Source: World Bank
DDoS protection 0
Level of protection across networks, preventing DDoS attacks against another country's networks. Source: Cybergreen
Global Cybersecurity Index Score 97
Estimates the ability of a country or economy to prevent and manage cyber incidents. Source: ITU
About the Internet Resilience Index
The Pulse Internet Resilience Index (IRI) draws from a range of data sources, to track some of the key building blocks that underpin the Internet. The IRI enables comparison between countries, regions, and sub-regions, with a balanced set of metrics that accounts for the Internet’s complex ecosystem and varied landscape.
Each country is assigned an Internet Resilience Score, calculated out of 100. It reflects four broad pillars, each representing a range of different components that contribute to the overall resilience of the Internet. Scores are weighted, so a drop or a rise in one indicator can mean an improvement in this country, or that others are over- or under-performing in that area.
Learn more about how we choose indicators and data sources, and about our weighting scheme and aggregation method in the methodology document [PDF].
Origins of the IRI
The Internet Resilience Index developed out of the Measuring Internet Resilience in Africa (MIRA) project. It uses best practices according to the EU-JRC and the OECD Handbook on Constructing Composite Indicators and the same methodology as currently existing indices such as the GSMA Mobile Connectivity Index, the Facebook/EIU Inclusive Internet Index and the Web Foundation Web Index.
API Access
You can access the data underpinning the Internet Resilience Index via our API.