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
- Asia
- 46 / 100
- Infrastructure 39
- Market Readiness 40
- Performance 49
- Security 57
- Western Asia
- 46 / 100
- Infrastructure 39
- Market Readiness 39
- Performance 50
- Security 56
Bahrain
56 / 100
The Internet in Bahrain is more resilient on average than other countries in Western Asia, and is high for Asia. It ranks 1st in Western Asia for infrastructure, a category that evaluates the availability of infrastructure for Internet connectivity. It ranks 33rd in Asia for market readiness, a category that evaluates the overall competitiveness of the market, and the ability to offer affordable prices to consumers.
View country report for Bahrain
- Infrastructure 67
- Market Readiness 36
- Performance 63
- Security 58
Infrastructure
67
Physical infrastructure for Internet connectivity exists, and is available.
Fiber ecosystem 46
Fibre 10km reach 46
The ability of the population to have access to a fiber connection point within 10 kilometers. Source: ITU
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
Mobile connectivity 87
Network coverage 100
Country has mobile network coverage (includes 2G, 3G, and 4G). Source: Composite score provided by GSMA
Spectrum allocation 58
Mobile operators have access to spectrum that allows them to offer sufficient services to customers.
Market readiness
36
The ability of the market to offer affordable prices to consumers by maintaining diversity and competition.
Traffic localization 25
E-Government Development Index Score 77
Score on the United Nations E-Government Development Index (EGDI), which measures readiness for providing digital public services. Source: United Nations
Domain count 5
Domains registered using ccTLD. Source: DomainTools
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
Market structure 48
Upstream provider diversity 34
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 28
Calculates the level of competition in the market. This uses the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). Source: APNIC
Affordability 89
Measures the affordability of Internet connectivity for consumers. Source: ITU, A4AI
Performance
63
How well the network provides seamless and reliable Internet services to consumers.
Fixed networks 51
Download speeds 30
Download speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Responsiveness 88
Measures how quickly content reaches a user. A connection that's responsive is low in latency or lag. Source: Ookla
Consistency 93
This measures the network jitter, which shows consistency of speed and performance across networks. Source: Ookla
Upload speeds 19
Upload speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Mobile networks 70
Download speeds 83
Download speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Consistency 60
This measures the network jitter, which shows consistency of speed and performance across networks. Source: Ookla
Responsiveness 66
Measures how quickly content reaches a user. A connection that's responsive is low in latency or lag. Source: Ookla
Upload speeds 68
Upload speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Security
58
Technologies and best practices support a network’s ability to resist disruptions.
Security threat 73
DDoS protection 91
Level of protection across networks, preventing DDoS attacks against another country's networks. Source: Cybergreen
Global Cybersecurity Index Score 78
Estimates the ability of a country or economy to prevent and manage cyber incidents. Source: ITU
Secure Internet servers 49
Number of secure Internet servers per 1 million population. Source: World Bank
Enabling technologies 14
IPv6 adoption 0
Users can access online resources using IPv6, the new generation of the Internet Protocol. Sources: Akamai, Facebook, Google, APNIC
HTTPS adoption 21
Web pageloads that use HTTPS. Source: Mozilla
Routing hygiene 73
MANRS score 69
An overall score that measures routing security in a country's networks. Source: MANRS Observatory
Upstream connections 77
Shows how well a country's networks are connected with upstream providers. Source: CAIDA
Domain name system (DNS) security 61
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 23
A score showing how well DNS queries are protected by DNSSEC, across all web traffic. Source: APNIC
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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