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
- Europe
- 60 / 100
- Infrastructure 63
- Market Readiness 55
- Performance 59
- Security 65
- Western Europe
- 67 / 100
- Infrastructure 67
- Market Readiness 62
- Performance 65
- Security 74
Belgium
62 / 100
The Internet in Belgium is less resilient on average than other countries in Western Europe, and is about average for Europe. It ranks 6th in Western Europe for infrastructure, a category that evaluates the availability of infrastructure for Internet connectivity. It ranks 30th in Europe for performance, a category that evaluates how well the network provides seamless and reliable Internet services to consumers.
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- Infrastructure 66
- Market Readiness 59
- Performance 50
- Security 72
Infrastructure
66
Physical infrastructure for Internet connectivity exists, and is available.
Fiber ecosystem 57
Fibre 10km reach 57
The ability of the population to have access to a fiber connection point within 10 kilometers. Source: ITU
Mobile connectivity 89
Spectrum allocation 81
Mobile operators have access to spectrum that allows them to offer sufficient services to customers.
Network coverage 92
Country has mobile network coverage (includes 2G, 3G, and 4G). Source: Composite score provided by GSMA
Enabling infrastructure 53
Data center coverage 73
Score measured based on data centers per 10 million population. Source: Data Center Map
Internet Exchange Point (IXP) coverage 34
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
59
The ability of the market to offer affordable prices to consumers by maintaining diversity and competition.
Market structure 51
Affordability 98
Measures the affordability of Internet connectivity for consumers. Source: ITU, A4AI
Upstream provider diversity 31
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 31
Calculates the level of competition in the market. This uses the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). Source: APNIC
Traffic localization 67
E-Government Development Index Score 84
Score on the United Nations E-Government Development Index (EGDI), which measures readiness for providing digital public services. Source: United Nations
Domain count 100
Domains registered using ccTLD. Source: DomainTools
Peering efficiency 30
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
50
How well the network provides seamless and reliable Internet services to consumers.
Fixed networks 46
Download speeds 35
Download speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Upload speeds 18
Upload speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Responsiveness 63
Measures how quickly content reaches a user. A connection that's responsive is low in latency or lag. Source: Ookla
Consistency 85
This measures the network jitter, which shows consistency of speed and performance across networks. Source: Ookla
Mobile networks 53
Download speeds 52
Download speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Upload speeds 49
Upload speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Responsiveness 45
Measures how quickly content reaches a user. A connection that's responsive is low in latency or lag. Source: Ookla
Consistency 70
This measures the network jitter, which shows consistency of speed and performance across networks. Source: Ookla
Security
72
Technologies and best practices support a network’s ability to resist disruptions.
Enabling technologies 85
HTTPS adoption 85
Web pageloads that use HTTPS. Source: Mozilla
IPv6 adoption 87
Users can access online resources using IPv6, the new generation of the Internet Protocol. Sources: Akamai, Facebook, Google, APNIC
Domain name system (DNS) security 75
DNSSEC validation 51
A score showing how well DNS queries are protected by DNSSEC, across all web traffic. Source: APNIC
DNSSEC adoption 100
Shows whether the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) using the extra layer of security known as DNSSEC. Source: ICANN
Routing hygiene 52
Upstream connections 44
Shows how well a country's networks are connected with upstream providers. Source: CAIDA
MANRS score 61
An overall score that measures routing security in a country's networks. Source: MANRS Observatory
Security threat 82
DDoS protection 64
Level of protection across networks, preventing DDoS attacks against another country's networks. Source: Cybergreen
Secure Internet servers 81
Number of secure Internet servers per 1 million population. Source: World Bank
Global Cybersecurity Index Score 96
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.
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