Country Dashboard

Welcome to the DARE Index Country Profiles Database!

Here you will find 137 individual country report cards for States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities tracking their progress in implementing digital accessibility. Each country report includes key country facts, rankings and details of the country DARE Index scores (Digital Accessibility Rights Evaluation Index), as well as country information and resources on digital accessibility.

The number of countries surveyed by region in 2020 is as follows: Africa (33 countries), Central Asia (8 countries), East Asia and Pacific (18 countries), Europe (25 countries), Latin American and Caribbean (27 countries), Middle East and North Africa (16 countries), Northern America (2 countries) and South Asia (8 countries).

Country report cards for the Republic of Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo are only available for the DARE Index 2018 (1st edition) due to lack of completion of the validation process for the 2020 (2nd edition). The European Union remains as a benchmark for the European countries’ data analysis.

What's New?

In October 2021, G3ict released the latest accompanying report to the DARE Index 2020, "Supporting Qualitative Country Data Shared by Respondents". This compendium provides the unedited raw data shared by local advocates in support of their evaluations of local digital accessibility rights as of the end of 2019 or early 2020. It includes locally available references that document their evaluations to the best of their knowledge.

The DARE Index 2020 edition relies on an upgraded data collection, with 26 new countries compared to the 2018 edition, and on an expanded methodology featuring three new variables and incorporating qualitative research for the top 16 performing countries to document in-country specific laws, regulations, and policies serving as an additional informative resource. The 16 Countries Qualitative Analysis, available in the country dashboard, include: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Malta, Oman, Qatar, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America and Uruguay.

The DARE Index 2020 also offers advanced analysis, such as the relationship between ratification date and DARE Index Points and a separate comparative analysis for 105 countries that participated in 2018 and 2020 DARE Index editions. Furthermore, the two 2020 accompanying key report highlights have been translated into four languages (Arabic, English, French, and Spanish).

Languages

Arabic
DARE Index 2020 - مؤشر تقييم الحق بالوصول الرقمي
DARE Index 2020 - لحق بالوصول الرقمي النتائ المصادقة على الاتفاقية الدولية

إعلان صحفي_G3ICT_إطلاق مؤشر DARE (8 October 2020)

English
DARE Index 2020 - Top Performing Countries
DARE Index 2020 - Global Progress by CRPD States Parties
Press Release (8 October 2020)

French
DARE Index 2020 - Les Pays les Plus Performants
DARE Index 2020 - Progres Mondial Par les Etats Parties de la CPDH
Communiqué de Presse (8 octobre 2020)

Spanish
DARE Index 2020 - Países con Mejor Desempeño
DARE Index 2020 - Avance Global de los Estados Miembros de la CDPD
Comunicado de Prensa (8 de octubre de 2020)