Overview
JavaScript leads Suriname's secondary barriers
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 94% |
| Antibot | 20.2% |
| CAPTCHA | 22.8% |
| JavaScript | 42.5% |
| Rate Limiting | 13.8% |
| TLS | 17.4% |
WAF adoption in Suriname reaches 94.0%. JavaScript is the strongest secondary barrier at 42.5%, followed by CAPTCHA (22.8%), Antibot (20.2%), Rate Limiting (13.8%), and TLS (17.4%).
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript nearly doubles CAPTCHA among secondary barriers
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 94% |
| Antibot | 20.2% |
| CAPTCHA | 22.8% |
| JavaScript | 42.5% |
| Rate Limiting | 13.8% |
| TLS | 17.4% |
| Has robots.txt | 81.7% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 14.9% |
WAF leads at 94.0%. JavaScript (42.5%) is the standout secondary barrier — nearly twice the rate of CAPTCHA (22.8%) and Antibot (20.2%). Rate Limiting (13.8%) and TLS (17.4%) are lower but present across a meaningful share of sites.
Two-barrier stacks are the most common configuration
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 3.2% |
| 1 barrier | 31.1% |
| 2 barriers | 34.6% |
| 3 barriers | 18.8% |
| 4 barriers | 8% |
| 5 barriers | 4% |
| 6 barriers | 0.3% |
34.6% of Suriname sites deploy exactly two barriers — the modal count. Single-barrier sites account for 31.1%. Zero-barrier sites are low at 3.2%. Sites with three or more barriers collectively reach 31.1%.
Most Suriname sites are Simple to access
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.6 |
The browser-based median tier is 1, meaning more than half of Suriname sites resolve at Tier 1. The mean of 1.64 reflects a distribution skewed toward low tiers, with a minority of harder sites pulling the average above the median.
Nearly nine in 10 Suriname sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 51.1% |
| 2 - Easy | 37.9% |
| 3 - Moderate | 8.1% |
| 4 - Complex | 1.7% |
| 5 - Advanced | 1.1% |
Tier 1 covers 51.1% of Suriname sites and Tier 2 a further 37.9%, for a combined 89.0%. Tier 3 adds 8.1%. Tiers 4 and 5 together represent 2.8% of the sample.
robots.txt
AI crawlers top Suriname's robots.txt bot categories
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 16.6% |
| SEO / search indexing | 13.5% |
| SEO audit tools | 13.6% |
| Commercial scrapers | 8.8% |
| Social / content scrapers | 6.5% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 4.4% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.9% |
AI crawlers are the most-cited bot category at 16.6% of all Suriname sites. SEO audit tools (13.6%) and SEO / search indexing (13.5%) follow closely. Commercial scrapers appear at 8.8%; monitoring bots at just 0.9%.
Uniform per-agent rules are the most common posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 40.3% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 35.7% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 2.2% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.5% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 3.1% |
40.3% of all Suriname sites use uniform per-agent rules and 35.7% use path-level mixed rules. Blanket Disallow: / applies to 3.1% of sites — the highest of the five posture types after the two dominant forms. Allow-only files cover 2.2%.
GPTBot is the most blocked agent in Suriname
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 12.5% | 1.8% |
| CCBot | 9.2% | 0.7% |
| ClaudeBot | 8.8% | 0.7% |
| Google-Extended | 8.7% | 1.1% |
| Bytespider | 7.4% | 0.4% |
| meta-externalagent | 3.2% | 0.2% |
| ChatGPT-User | 6.3% | 2.6% |
| PerplexityBot | 6.5% | 2.1% |
| Applebot-Extended | 5% | 0.3% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 4.3% | 2.2% |
| anthropic-ai | 4.9% | 0.7% |
12.5% of all Suriname sites name GPTBot in a Disallow rule — the highest block rate. CCBot (9.2%), PerplexityBot (6.5%), and ClaudeBot (8.8%) follow. ChatGPT-User leads explicit Allow mentions at 2.6%.
Seven sectors unanimously name at least one bot to restrict
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Food & Beverages | 100% |
| Machinery | 100% |
| Newspapers | 100% |
| Printing | 100% |
| Retail | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Airlines | 90% |
| Automotive | 90% |
| Biotech | 90% |
| Computer & Video Games | 90% |
| Construction | 90% |
| Foreign Language | 90% |
| General | 90% |
Design, Entertainment, Food & Beverages, Machinery, Newspapers, Printing, and Retail each see every site name at least one bot in a Disallow rule. A further eight sectors — including Airlines, Automotive, and Biotech — reach 90%.
Airlines leads sectors on explicit bot Allow rules in Suriname
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Airlines | 80% |
| Performing Arts | 71.4% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Printing | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Retail | 70% |
| Recreational Facilities | 62.5% |
| Automotive | 60% |
| Consulting | 60% |
| Import & Export | 60% |
| Non-Profit | 60% |
| Public Policy | 60% |
| Real Estate | 60% |
| Restaurants | 60% |
| Software & Dev | 60% |
Airlines sites carry explicit Allow rules naming at least one bot on 80.0% of their files — the top rate in Suriname. Performing Arts follows at 71.4%, and Photography, Printing, Publishing, and Retail each reach 70.0%.
Industry Patterns
Hospitality is the hardest sector to access programmatically in Suriname
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality | 90% | 20% | 0% | 60% | 30% | 40% | 50% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Jewellery & Luxury | 100% | 20% | 0% | 50% | 50% | 50% | 70% | 0% | Tier 3 |
| Food & Beverages | 100% | 50% | 30% | 70% | 30% | 0% | 100% | 50% | Tier 3 |
| Renewable Energy | 100% | 10% | 40% | 80% | 20% | 20% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 90% | 10% | 20% | 60% | 20% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Retail | 100% | 10% | 0% | 70% | 10% | 10% | 100% | 50% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 80% | 10% | 10% | 20% | 50% | 40% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Wine & Spirits | 100% | 40% | 30% | 70% | 40% | 20% | 80% | 50% | Tier 2 |
| Real Estate | 100% | 20% | 10% | 60% | 60% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Computer Hardware | 90% | 20% | 10% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 80% | 10% | 10% | 50% | 20% | 40% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Transport & Logistics | 80% | 30% | 10% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 100% | 50% | 30% | 60% | 40% | 10% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 90% | 30% | 30% | 80% | 30% | 0% | 50% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 100% | 60% | 50% | 50% | 50% | 10% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
Hospitality records the highest mean tier (2.90) and a median of Tier 3, making it the hardest sector to scrape in Suriname. Jewellery & Luxury follows at mean 2.80 and median 3. Food & Beverages also holds median Tier 3, at mean 2.15.
Advertising and Manufacturing share Suriname's most accessible floor
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mail & Delivery | 80% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Airlines | 100% | 20% | 10% | 60% | 30% | 20% | 90% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Design | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 100% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Furniture | 100% | 10% | 0% | 40% | 20% | 10% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Oil & Gas | 100% | 20% | 30% | 60% | 0% | 20% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Science | 100% | 20% | 0% | 40% | 30% | 10% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Automotive | 80% | 10% | 0% | 20% | 30% | 30% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Computers & Electronics | 80% | 10% | 20% | 30% | 0% | 20% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Construction | 100% | 0% | 10% | 30% | 0% | 0% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Ecology & Environment | 100% | 20% | 10% | 50% | 0% | 10% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Maritime | 90% | 20% | 0% | 50% | 20% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Restaurants | 80% | 30% | 20% | 70% | 30% | 30% | 60% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Telecom | 90% | 0% | 10% | 60% | 0% | 30% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Advertising & Mktg | 100% | 20% | 50% | 50% | 0% | 20% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Manufacturing | 90% | 20% | 10% | 50% | 0% | 20% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
The most accessible sectors in Suriname are Advertising & Marketing and Manufacturing, both recording a mean tier of 1.80 with a median of Tier 2. The remaining bottom-15 sectors range from mean 1.90 to 2.10.