International Web Accessibility Research:
Supporting Tables

The following tables support research by Thompson, Burgstahler, Moore, Gunderson, and Hoyt (2007) in which higher education and national government websites worldwide were evaluated for accessibility. Table 1 shows the results for each country in the sample. Table 2 shows the grouping of specific countries in a pair of cluster analyses.

Table 1. Web Accessibility by Country

  % Pass rating
Country # EDU pages # GOV pages Total pages # with Scripting Nav & Orientation Text Equivalent Scripting Styling HTML Standards
Albania 4 11 15 4 17% 7% 0% 20% 42%
Algeria 17 27 44 16 22% 17% 0% 40% 37%
Andorra 1 10 11 5 19% 22% 0% 42% 41%
Angola 1 6 7 2 24% 13% 0% 31% 52%
Antigua and Barbuda 2 2 4 1 31% 19% 0% 46% 66%
Argentina 80 81 161 55 19% 33% 0% 44% 41%
Armenia 9 9 18 5 26% 29% 0% 37% 38%
Australia 50 113 163 53 39% 64% 2% 59% 63%
Austria 43 29 72 26 29% 37% 2% 56% 58%
Azerbaijan 12 7 19 6 15% 21% 0% 41% 34%
Bahamas 1 12 13 3 22% 43% 0% 58% 53%
Bahrain 8 11 19 3 15% 39% 0% 49% 40%
Bangladesh 0 19 19 2 27% 30% 0% 38% 25%
Barbados 1 11 12 4 18% 29% 0% 27% 42%
Belarus 12 10 22 8 14% 26% 0% 29% 36%
Belgium 33 39 72 15 24% 40% 0% 46% 43%
Belize 3 9 12 4 20% 51% 0% 46% 47%
Benin 1 0 1 0 22% 50%   50% 66%
Bhutan 1 0 1 0 12% 0%   16% 0%
Bolivia 22 26 48 17 14% 25% 0% 39% 41%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 7 12 4 19% 39% 0% 51% 40%
Botswana 1 3 4 1 29% 21% 0% 22% 33%
Brazil 134 85 219 88 18% 40% 5% 47% 44%
Brunei Darussalam 1 48 49 10 21% 32% 0% 27% 33%
Bulgaria 22 30 52 18 20% 25% 3% 35% 44%
Burkina Faso 1 5 6 4 29% 35% 0% 33% 42%
Cambodia 3 9 12 4 23% 22% 0% 35% 34%
Cameroon 5 2 7 2 28% 0% 0% 39% 19%
Canada 128 124 252 58 25% 57% 3% 58% 55%
Cape Verde 1 4 5 2 12% 17% 0% 52% 38%
Central African Republic 1 0 1 1 14% 0% 0% 33% 66%
Chile 56 59 115 52 16% 37% 0% 55% 42%
China 243 31 274 146 12% 22% 1% 38% 35%
Colombia 79 42 121 66 16% 29% 0% 50% 40%
Comoros 0 1 1 0 11% 0%   68% 8%
Congo, Republic of the 0 2 2 1 13% 0% 0% 12% 13%
Costa Rica 28 18 46 21 18% 40% 0% 40% 39%
Croatia 5 33 38 19 23% 22% 3% 29% 46%
Cuba 9 25 34 16 20% 32% 0% 27% 36%
Cyprus 11 10 21 5 18% 30% 0% 29% 46%
Czech Republic 24 40 64 13 37% 60% 0% 61% 61%
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 2 2 2 14% 25% 0% 58% 50%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3 0 3 2 46% 67% 0% 55% 44%
Denmark 28 84 112 49 29% 42% 2% 40% 56%
Djibouti 0 4 4 3 38% 25% 0% 19% 45%
Dominica 1 3 4 0 13% 50% 0% 62% 50%
Dominican Republic 17 22 39 13 25% 29% 0% 35% 40%
Ecuador 30 24 54 24 21% 31% 0% 39% 40%
Egypt 22 16 38 13 22% 23% 0% 34% 42%
El Salvador 18 23 41 18 19% 35% 0% 40% 44%
Eritrea 1 0 1 0 14% 0% 0% 0% 33%
Estonia 11 52 63 15 22% 19% 0% 35% 49%
Ethiopia 5 7 12 4 33% 50% 0% 23% 26%
Fiji 4 10 14 3 19% 27% 0% 14% 47%
Finland 27 57 84 23 27% 32% 0% 49% 46%
France 215 106 321 146 27% 34% 2% 44% 51%
Gambia 0 6 6 1 28% 30% 0% 53% 39%
Georgia 7 7 14 2 15% 32% 0% 25% 35%
Germany 248 134 382 95 30% 48% 4% 58% 52%
Ghana 11 12 23 9 19% 27% 0% 28% 45%
Greece 42 44 86 34 21% 26% 0% 37% 47%
Grenada 1 7 8 0 24% 42% 0% 40% 41%
Guatemala 9 10 19 10 21% 39% 0% 47% 47%
Guinea 1 6 7 2 38% 19% 0% 31% 37%
Guinea Bissau 0 1 1 0 42% 0% 0% 66% 66%
Guyana 1 16 17 4 20% 36% 0% 48% 49%
Haiti 1 2 3 0 4% 0% 0% 72% 11%
Honduras 6 8 14 12 23% 24% 0% 36% 51%
Hungary 32 35 67 24 23% 27% 0% 45% 40%
Iceland 9 18 27 3 31% 33% 33% 42% 64%
India 147 297 444 146 20% 30% 0% 33% 31%
Indonesia 65 26 91 35 19% 27% 0% 28% 43%
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 80 16 96 49 16% 28% 0% 29% 39%
Iraq 12 10 22 11 16% 25% 5% 32% 29%
Ireland 21 78 99 27 31% 51% 22% 48% 60%
Israel 17 37 54 43 15% 24% 0% 26% 37%
Italy 81 93 174 43 26% 49% 0% 50% 50%
Jamaica 3 26 29 17 15% 27% 0% 15% 36%
Japan 515 99 614 342 24% 40% 1% 43% 67%
Jordan 23 22 45 10 17% 20% 0% 37% 34%
Kazakhstan 9 5 14 4 14% 37% 0% 42% 40%
Kenya 14 22 36 10 19% 30% 0% 27% 44%
Kuwait 4 12 16 5 16% 21% 0% 40% 31%
Kyrgyzstan 8 10 18 4 26% 27% 0% 30% 25%
Lao People's Democratic Republic 1 2 3 2 31% 50% 0% 40% 18%
Latvia 16 32 48 15 17% 29% 0% 34% 43%
Lebanon 19 30 49 18 18% 28% 0% 33% 36%
Lesotho 0 4 4 1 25% 19% 0% 8% 41%
Liberia 3 1 4 0 21% 50%   59% 17%
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 7 0 7 4 12% 40% 0% 29% 40%
Liechtenstein 2 6 8 2 25% 29% 0% 39% 54%
Lithuania 14 41 55 25 19% 39% 0% 35% 47%
Luxembourg 2 40 42 18 26% 58% 0% 45% 47%
Madagascar 4 10 14 1 31% 26% 0% 25% 35%
Malawi 1 1 2 0 21% 17%   23% 33%
Malaysia 29 73 102 43 16% 28% 0% 36% 43%
Maldives 0 15 15 6 24% 35% 0% 39% 39%
Mali 1 3 4 0 31% 46%   21% 17%
Malta 3 23 26 12 20% 43% 0% 42% 48%
Marshall Islands 0 1 1 1 75% 50% 0% 40% 66%
Mauritania 0 3 3 0 15% 13%   36% 44%
Mauritius 1 58 59 54 15% 2% 0% 7% 62%
Mexico 116 58 174 68 16% 32% 0% 51% 38%
Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 5 5 3 31% 50% 0% 26% 46%
Moldova 10 5 15 1 15% 33% 0% 60% 31%
Monaco 1 3 4 2 25% 33% 0% 37% 46%
Mongolia 2 10 12 4 19% 33% 0% 50% 36%
Montenegro 1 0 1 0 14% 0%   0% 33%
Morocco 17 22 39 14 17% 27% 0% 38% 40%
Mozambique 4 7 11 8 18% 23% 0% 35% 41%
Myanmar 0 11 11 2 23% 13% 0% 33% 29%
Namibia 0 11 11 3 20% 26% 0% 34% 35%
Nepal 6 27 33 3 18% 23% 0% 42% 23%
Netherlands 27 71 98 35 33% 43% 1% 60% 51%
New Zealand 8 84 92 33 46% 62% 0% 53% 64%
Nicaragua 10 27 37 16 21% 34% 0% 30% 47%
Nigeria 29 7 36 12 22% 27% 0% 36% 39%
Norway 20 71 91 19 38% 35% 3% 36% 62%
Oman 2 6 8 2 22% 34% 0% 52% 23%
Pakistan 84 33 117 58 17% 24% 0% 29% 37%
Palau 0 1 1 0 12% 50%   16% 66%
Panama 12 21 33 11 20% 40% 8% 53% 36%
Papua New Guinea 5 11 16 3 28% 18% 0% 34% 31%
Paraguay 7 13 20 10 15% 34% 0% 35% 41%
Peru 45 28 73 40 15% 33% 0% 41% 37%
Philippines 63 80 143 54 18% 36% 0% 35% 39%
Poland 110 42 152 44 21% 37% 1% 42% 49%
Portugal 50 79 129 42 17% 39% 4% 45% 39%
Qatar 1 6 7 3 15% 33% 0% 40% 49%
Republic of Korea 120 82 202 105 12% 22% 9% 66% 30%
Romania 49 29 78 31 22% 31% 0% 43% 45%
Russian Federation 176 26 202 55 21% 30% 0% 32% 34%
Rwanda 2 7 9 5 28% 38% 0% 37% 41%
Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 1 4 0 10% 25%   75% 50%
Saint Lucia 0 13 13 3 26% 49% 0% 32% 23%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2 2 0 20% 29%   21% 0%
Samoa 0 4 4 1 36% 13% 0% 43% 41%
San Marino 1 5 6 1 18% 28% 0% 26% 47%
Sao Tome and Principe 0 1 1 1 22% 0% 0% 33% 33%
Saudi Arabia 34 10 44 27 17% 30% 0% 30% 34%
Senegal 2 3 5 0 12% 50%   66% 33%
Serbia 12 0 12 1 25% 26% 0% 37% 47%
Seychelles 0 7 7 0 26% 36%   28% 33%
Sierra Leone 2 1 3 1 10% 45% 25% 65% 33%
Singapore 3 42 45 15 13% 31% 0% 63% 25%
Slovakia 17 27 44 13 23% 41% 0% 43% 48%
Slovenia 3 48 51 12 19% 20% 0% 46% 52%
Solomon Islands 0 2 2 1 38% 25% 0% 17% 50%
Somalia 7 0 7 1 31% 21% 0% 38% 37%
South Africa 21 49 70 26 18% 26% 0% 40% 37%
Spain 74 70 144 33 34% 52% 8% 64% 59%
Sri Lanka 15 23 38 13 20% 32% 0% 33% 39%
Sudan 15 3 18 5 25% 29% 0% 42% 40%
Suriname 1 2 3 0 19% 33%   16% 33%
Swaziland 1 4 5 1 23% 27% 0% 20% 13%
Sweden 32 122 154 36 41% 40% 3% 54% 68%
Switzerland 35 65 100 28 41% 44% 5% 54% 65%
Syrian Arab Republic 5 8 13 5 23% 24% 0% 34% 44%
Tajikistan 0 1 1 0 28% 0%   33% 33%
Thailand 40 69 109 38 14% 30% 0% 42% 37%
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 5 14 19 6 15% 28% 0% 48% 41%
Togo 1 2 3 0 13% 17%   39% 55%
Tonga 0 2 2 0 6% 0%   58% 0%
Trinidad and Tobago 2 20 22 13 19% 24% 0% 30% 43%
Tunisia 17 15 32 15 17% 25% 0% 35% 38%
Turkey 73 56 129 70 15% 25% 1% 31% 39%
Tuvalu 0 1 1 0 14% 50%   16% 66%
Uganda 9 21 30 11 23% 24% 0% 18% 41%
Ukraine 44 13 57 18 20% 35% 0% 36% 36%
United Arab Emirates 21 8 29 13 17% 26% 0% 36% 41%
United Kingdom 156 290 446 99 43% 64% 11% 57% 71%
United Republic of Tanzania 9 16 25 4 18% 41% 0% 29% 38%
United States of America 2614 455 3069 1374 24% 45% 3% 40% 50%
Uruguay 6 24 30 8 16% 24% 0% 50% 36%
Uzbekistan 14 4 18 3 27% 33% 0% 33% 46%
Vanuatu 0 2 2 2 6% 25% 0% 16% 33%
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 29 21 50 26 17% 34% 0% 41% 40%
Viet Nam 19 8 27 3 18% 27% 0% 23% 42%
Yemen 7 8 15 5 15% 33% 0% 37% 32%
Zambia 2 9 11 2 13% 15% 0% 27% 31%
Zimbabwe 1 5 6 2 21% 24% 0% 41% 45%
Totals 7239 5281 12520 4841          

Table 2. Country groupings according to patterns of web accessibility cluster anslysis

Group 1, Subgroup 1 (the "Top Ten")

Group 1, Subgroup 2

Group 2

References

Thompson, T., Burgstahler, S., Moore, E., Gunderson, J., and Hoyt, N. (2006). International Research on Web Accessibility for Persons With Disabilities. Submitted to Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) International Conference.