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
Liechtenstein
73 / 100
The Internet in Liechtenstein is more resilient on average than other countries in Western Europe, and is high for Europe. It ranks 1st in Western Europe for performance, a category that evaluates how well the network provides seamless and reliable Internet services to consumers. It ranks 33rd in Europe for infrastructure, a category that evaluates the availability of infrastructure for Internet connectivity.
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- Infrastructure 53
- Market Readiness 67
- Performance 93
- Security 79
Infrastructure
53
Physical infrastructure for Internet connectivity exists, and is available.
Fiber ecosystem 59
Fibre 10km reach 59
The ability of the population to have access to a fiber connection point within 10 kilometers. Source: ITU
Mobile connectivity 26
Network coverage 15
Country has mobile network coverage (includes 2G, 3G, and 4G). Source: Composite score provided by GSMA
Spectrum allocation 50
Mobile operators have access to spectrum that allows them to offer sufficient services to customers.
Enabling infrastructure 73
Data center coverage 100
Score measured based on data centers per 10 million population. Source: Data Center Map
Internet Exchange Point (IXP) coverage 45
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
67
The ability of the market to offer affordable prices to consumers by maintaining diversity and competition.
Market structure 57
Affordability 100
Measures the affordability of Internet connectivity for consumers. Source: ITU, A4AI
Market competition 24
Calculates the level of competition in the market. This uses the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). Source: APNIC
Upstream provider diversity 60
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 76
Domain count 100
Domains registered using ccTLD. Source: DomainTools
E-Government Development Index Score 88
Score on the United Nations E-Government Development Index (EGDI), which measures readiness for providing digital public services. Source: United Nations
Peering efficiency 49
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
93
How well the network provides seamless and reliable Internet services to consumers.
Mobile networks 100
Download speeds 100
Download speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Consistency 100
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
Fixed networks 83
Upload speeds 90
Upload speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Download speeds 57
Download speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Consistency 95
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
Security
79
Technologies and best practices support a network’s ability to resist disruptions.
Enabling technologies 82
HTTPS adoption 100
Web pageloads that use HTTPS. Source: Mozilla
IPv6 adoption 39
Users can access online resources using IPv6, the new generation of the Internet Protocol. Sources: Akamai, Facebook, Google, APNIC
Domain name system (DNS) security 89
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 77
A score showing how well DNS queries are protected by DNSSEC, across all web traffic. Source: APNIC
Routing hygiene 74
MANRS score 87
An overall score that measures routing security in a country's networks. Source: MANRS Observatory
Upstream connections 61
Shows how well a country's networks are connected with upstream providers. Source: CAIDA
Security threat 70
Global Cybersecurity Index Score 35
Estimates the ability of a country or economy to prevent and manage cyber incidents. Source: ITU
DDoS protection 100
Level of protection across networks, preventing DDoS attacks against another country's networks. Source: Cybergreen
Secure Internet servers 87
Number of secure Internet servers per 1 million population. Source: World Bank
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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