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.

About the Internet Resilience Index

Global Internet Resilience Score

The overall Internet Resilience Score for all 249 countries and territories combined, based on data from October 2023

45 / 100
global average

Infrastructure

Physical infrastructure for Internet connectivity exists, and is available.

41 / 100
global average

Market Readiness

The ability of the market to offer affordable prices to consumers by maintaining diversity and competition.

40 / 100
global average

Performance

Consumers have seamless and reliable Internet services.

44 / 100
global average

Security

Technologies and best practices support a network’s ability to resist disruptions.

56 / 100
global average

Internet Resilience Score

  • Americas
  • 46 / 100
  • Infrastructure 41
  • Market Readiness 42
  • Performance 47
  • Security 52
  • Caribbean
  • 43 / 100
  • Infrastructure 34
  • Market Readiness 39
  • Performance 50
  • Security 50

Barbados

46 / 100

The Internet in Barbados is more resilient on average than other countries in Caribbean, and is about average for Americas. It ranks 1st in Caribbean for performance, a category that evaluates how well the network provides seamless and reliable Internet services to consumers. It ranks 34th in Americas 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 Barbados

  • Infrastructure 32
  • Market Readiness 34
  • Performance 81
  • Security 37
Jul 2019Jan 2020Jul 2020Jan 2021Jul 2021Jan 2022Jul 2022Jan 2023Jul 2023020406080100
Index ScoreInfrastructureMarket ReadinessPerformanceSecurity

Infrastructure Permanent link 32

Physical infrastructure for Internet connectivity exists, and is available.

Fiber ecosystem 29

Fibre 10km reach 29

The ability of the population to have access to a fiber connection point within 10 kilometers. Source: ITU

Mobile connectivity 67

Spectrum allocation 33

Mobile operators have access to spectrum that allows them to offer sufficient services to customers.

Network coverage 82

Country has mobile network coverage (includes 2G, 3G, and 4G). Source: Composite score provided by GSMA

Enabling infrastructure 0

Data center coverage 0

Score measured based on data centers per 10 million population. Source: Data Center Map

Internet Exchange Point (IXP) coverage 0

Shows how well large population centers (defined as more than 300,000 people) are served by IXPs. Sources: Packet Clearing House (PCH), Peering DB

Market readiness Permanent link 34

The ability of the market to offer affordable prices to consumers by maintaining diversity and competition.

Market structure 44

Affordability 76

Measures the affordability of Internet connectivity for consumers. Source: ITU, A4AI

Upstream provider diversity 55

Uses the GINI Coefficient to measure the level of inequality when it comes to dependency on upstream connections. Source: Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ)

Market competition 12

Calculates the level of competition in the market. This uses the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). Source: APNIC

Traffic localization 23

Domain count 8

Domains registered using ccTLD. Source: DomainTools

E-Government Development Index Score 71

Score on the United Nations E-Government Development Index (EGDI), which measures readiness for providing digital public services. Source: United Nations

Peering efficiency 0

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

Performance Permanent link 81

How well the network provides seamless and reliable Internet services to consumers.

Fixed networks 68

Download speeds 34

Download speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla

Consistency 93

This measures the network jitter, which shows consistency of speed and performance across networks. Source: Ookla

Responsiveness 96

Measures how quickly content reaches a user. A connection that's responsive is low in latency or lag. Source: Ookla

Upload speeds 67

Upload speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla

Mobile networks 90

Download speeds 68

Download speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla

Consistency 98

This measures the network jitter, which shows consistency of speed and performance across networks. Source: Ookla

Responsiveness 100

Measures how quickly content reaches a user. A connection that's responsive is low in latency or lag. Source: Ookla

Upload speeds 100

Upload speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla

Security Permanent link 37

Technologies and best practices support a network’s ability to resist disruptions.

Enabling technologies 66

HTTPS adoption 94

Web pageloads that use HTTPS. Source: Mozilla

IPv6 adoption 0

Users can access online resources using IPv6, the new generation of the Internet Protocol. Sources: Akamai, Facebook, Google, APNIC

Domain name system (DNS) security 19

DNSSEC adoption 0

Shows whether the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) using the extra layer of security known as DNSSEC. Source: ICANN

DNSSEC validation 37

A score showing how well DNS queries are protected by DNSSEC, across all web traffic. Source: APNIC

Routing hygiene 27

Upstream connections 26

Shows how well a country's networks are connected with upstream providers. Source: CAIDA

MANRS score 28

An overall score that measures routing security in a country's networks. Source: MANRS Observatory

Security threat 52

Secure Internet servers 56

Number of secure Internet servers per 1 million population. Source: World Bank

DDoS protection 96

Level of protection across networks, preventing DDoS attacks against another country's networks. Source: Cybergreen

Global Cybersecurity Index Score 17

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