Regional Overview
Mean Barriers per Site by Region
Regions adopt a similar number of barriers
| Mean barriers per site | |
|---|---|
| North America | 2.119 |
| Europe | 2.090 |
| South America | 2.087 |
| Asia | 2.076 |
| Africa | 2.061 |
| Oceania | 2.065 |
At regional resolution, access barrier density looks nearly identical worldwide — all six regions sit within 0.06 of each other on the mean-barriers scale. North America's average leads by a hair, driven by slightly higher JavaScript challenge adoption rather than any fundamental difference in defensive posture. The real variation only becomes visible at country level — see the heatmaps below.
Barrier Adoption by Region
Only JavaScript and CAPTCHA show regional variation
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limiting | TLS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 93.4% | 20.9% | 23.8% | 45.7% | 13.9% | 17.7% |
| Europe | 93.4% | 19.8% | 22.9% | 46.5% | 12.7% | 17.5% |
| South America | 93.1% | 19.8% | 22.3% | 46.2% | 12.8% | 17.8% |
| Asia | 92.5% | 20.4% | 22.4% | 45.5% | 13% | 17.9% |
| Africa | 93% | 19.4% | 23.8% | 43.6% | 12% | 18% |
| Oceania | 93.3% | 20% | 24.8% | 41.4% | 12.1% | 17.1% |
WAF aside (near-universal everywhere), barrier deployment rates vary little across world regions — the web's security posture is strikingly homogeneous at regional scale. The exception is JavaScript challenge adoption: Oceania and Africa trail Europe and the Americas by a meaningful margin, reflecting the lower proportion of high-traffic, bot-targeted sites in those regions.
Barrier Adoption by Country
North America · Access Barriers
Panama and the United States lead North America's barrier table
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anguilla | 93.6% | 21.6% | 24.1% | 40.8% | 11.3% | 16.4% | 85.8% | 15.4% | Tier 2 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 94.1% | 20.2% | 24.2% | 46.1% | 14.7% | 19.6% | 84.6% | 15.4% | Tier 2 |
| Aruba | 93.1% | 21.7% | 25.7% | 43.2% | 14.3% | 18.2% | 84.9% | 15.1% | Tier 2 |
| Bahamas | 92.9% | 22.5% | 22.5% | 47.5% | 16.2% | 18.1% | 82.6% | 13.6% | Tier 2 |
| Barbados | 92.7% | 23.2% | 24.9% | 43.5% | 14.3% | 18.9% | 84.7% | 14.1% | Tier 2 |
| Belize | 91.7% | 21.5% | 25.1% | 45.9% | 14.7% | 17.5% | 81.9% | 15.1% | Tier 2 |
| Bermuda | 93% | 18.8% | 23.6% | 44.2% | 14.6% | 17.5% | 83% | 14.8% | Tier 2 |
| British Virgin Islands | 93% | 22.6% | 23.9% | 47.2% | 15.3% | 17.2% | 86.2% | 15% | Tier 2 |
| Canada | 92.9% | 22.7% | 21.8% | 47.8% | 13.9% | 18.9% | 82.8% | 14% | Tier 2 |
| Caribbean Netherlands | 94.2% | — | — | — | — | — | 84.7% | 14.4% | Tier 2 |
| Cayman Islands | 94.5% | 23.3% | 26.3% | 45% | 14.4% | 19.4% | 85.8% | 14.5% | Tier 2 |
| Costa Rica | 93% | 22% | 22.6% | 48.2% | 14.1% | 18.3% | 82.3% | 13.9% | Tier 2 |
| Curaçao | 95.1% | 21% | 23.3% | 46% | 14.7% | 17% | 84.7% | 15.2% | Tier 2 |
| Dominica | 93.3% | 19.9% | 21.6% | 42.5% | 13% | 16.7% | 86.8% | 14.2% | Tier 2 |
| Dominican Republic | 93.5% | 21.8% | 21.8% | 48.1% | 14.3% | 18.5% | 84% | 14% | Tier 2 |
| El Salvador | 93.9% | 19.4% | 23% | 47.5% | 12.5% | 18.5% | 85.7% | 15.3% | Tier 2 |
| Greenland | 94.5% | 16.5% | 25.3% | 48.7% | 12.4% | 15.2% | 87.1% | 15.9% | Tier 1 |
| Grenada | 92.8% | 20.9% | 23.8% | 44.5% | 13.7% | 19% | 85.8% | 14.6% | Tier 2 |
| Guadeloupe | 93.6% | — | — | — | — | — | 83.7% | 12% | Tier 2 |
| Guatemala | 93.4% | 21.3% | 22.8% | 48.1% | 13.9% | 17.9% | 83.2% | 14% | Tier 2 |
| Haiti | 92.7% | 19.6% | 22.6% | 43% | 13.8% | 17.4% | 83.9% | 16.1% | Tier 2 |
| Honduras | 92.8% | 20.6% | 22.7% | 45.9% | 13.7% | 17.3% | 83.4% | 14% | Tier 2 |
| Jamaica | 92% | 22.6% | 22.8% | 46.9% | 14.7% | 18% | 82.1% | 13% | Tier 2 |
| Martinique | 92.3% | — | — | — | — | — | 82.9% | 13.6% | Tier 2 |
| Mexico | 92.5% | 20.7% | 20.6% | 47.5% | 13.9% | 18.3% | 82% | 13.4% | Tier 2 |
| Montserrat | 93.6% | 16.2% | 23% | 48.9% | 11.3% | 18.6% | 86.8% | 20.6% | Tier 2 |
| Nicaragua | 93.9% | 20.3% | 22.1% | 46% | 14.4% | 17.8% | 84.3% | 15% | Tier 2 |
| Panama | 93.1% | 21.9% | 23.8% | 47.4% | 14.1% | 18.4% | 83.4% | 14% | Tier 2 |
| Puerto Rico | 92.7% | 22.7% | 22.9% | 47.5% | 16% | 17.8% | 81.7% | 13.7% | Tier 2 |
| Saint Barthélemy | 92.4% | 16.6% | 28.9% | 41.2% | 10.5% | 15.2% | 83.8% | 14.4% | Tier 1 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 94.7% | 22.6% | 24.3% | 44% | 14% | 16.9% | 86.2% | 14.5% | Tier 2 |
| Saint Lucia | 93.8% | 21.9% | 25% | 46.3% | 13.9% | 18.9% | 86% | 14.6% | Tier 2 |
| Saint Martin | 93.6% | 18.6% | 21.7% | 42.9% | 14.6% | 15.5% | 84.5% | 16.1% | Tier 2 |
| Saint Pierre-Miquelon | 96.6% | 17.3% | 28.2% | 46.2% | 10.2% | 12.9% | 85% | 22.1% | Tier 2 |
| Saint Vincent | 94.4% | 20.8% | 25.6% | 42.2% | 13.2% | 15.8% | 86.8% | 15.9% | Tier 2 |
| Sint Maarten | 94.5% | 21.1% | 23.5% | 47.5% | 14.8% | 16.5% | 86% | 15.5% | Tier 2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 94.2% | 21.7% | 23.5% | 46.2% | 13.8% | 19.9% | 85.3% | 14.3% | Tier 2 |
| Turks and Caicos | 93.6% | 23.6% | 25.7% | 44.4% | 15.8% | 18.9% | 83.4% | 16.3% | Tier 2 |
| United States | 93.2% | 23% | 22.3% | 47.5% | 14.9% | 18.9% | 83.1% | 13.2% | Tier 2 |
| US Virgin Islands | 93.7% | 20.6% | 24.8% | 45.3% | 15.1% | 18.3% | 83.5% | 14.2% | Tier 2 |
The Caribbean islands dominate the top of North America's barrier table — their web estates skew heavily toward financial services, gaming, and e-commerce domains where CAPTCHA and rate limiting are standard. Central American countries consistently lead the region on JavaScript challenge penetration, while Greenland and the US mainland sit near the regional mean across all six barriers.
Europe · Access Barriers
Russia and Belarus post the lowest barrier rates in Europe
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Åland Islands | 93.9% | 17% | 23.7% | 48.2% | 11.7% | 14.9% | 84.8% | 15.3% | Tier 1 |
| Albania | 93.4% | 20.9% | 22% | 46.9% | 14.2% | 17.3% | 83.3% | 13.8% | Tier 2 |
| Andorra | 92.8% | 19.3% | 22.6% | 45.8% | 11.7% | 16.4% | 83.2% | 13.5% | Tier 1 |
| Austria | 93.6% | 19.6% | 24% | 44.2% | 11.6% | 18% | 86% | 14.1% | Tier 2 |
| Belarus | 93.7% | 19% | 23.2% | 45.6% | 14.1% | 16.5% | 83.8% | 13.8% | Tier 2 |
| Belgium | 92.8% | 20% | 22.3% | 47.3% | 12.2% | 17.7% | 84.4% | 13.8% | Tier 2 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 93% | 19.7% | 22.2% | 45.7% | 13.3% | 17.4% | 84.1% | 13.7% | Tier 2 |
| Bulgaria | 92.4% | 20.5% | 21.6% | 47.8% | 13% | 18.6% | 82.9% | 13.1% | Tier 2 |
| Croatia | 93.2% | 20.7% | 21.7% | 47% | 13.1% | 17.9% | 85.7% | 14.5% | Tier 2 |
| Cyprus | 93.4% | 20.8% | 21.8% | 46% | 13.1% | 17.8% | 84.1% | 13.1% | Tier 2 |
| Czechia | 93.4% | 20.6% | 23% | 48.1% | 12.5% | 16.7% | 84.7% | 14.7% | Tier 2 |
| Denmark | 93.6% | 20.4% | 22.6% | 47.2% | 12.1% | 18.6% | 85.6% | 14.7% | Tier 2 |
| Estonia | 93% | 18.9% | 21.3% | 47.8% | 12.7% | 16.8% | 85.7% | 13.9% | Tier 2 |
| Faroe Islands | 94.9% | 14.3% | 23.6% | 49.5% | 10.1% | 15.5% | 88.1% | 16.9% | Tier 1 |
| Finland | 93.5% | 19.9% | 22.4% | 47.3% | 12% | 17.1% | 84.6% | 14.3% | Tier 2 |
| France | 92.3% | 19.7% | 22.7% | 45.8% | 12.1% | 18.3% | 84% | 12.6% | Tier 2 |
| Germany | 93.5% | 21.2% | 22.8% | 45.2% | 12.2% | 18.5% | 85.2% | 14.1% | Tier 2 |
| Gibraltar | 93.5% | — | — | — | — | — | 82.7% | 13% | Tier 1 |
| Greece | 93.2% | 20.8% | 22.2% | 45.4% | 12.8% | 18.2% | 84.9% | 13.2% | Tier 2 |
| Guernsey | 94.6% | 22.6% | 29.3% | 46.6% | 14.5% | 19.6% | 82.9% | 13.7% | Tier 2 |
| Hungary | 92.9% | 19.5% | 21.5% | 46.1% | 11.8% | 18% | 85.7% | 14.9% | Tier 2 |
| Iceland | 93.6% | 21.2% | 22.7% | 47.6% | 13.1% | 17.7% | 84.4% | 13.3% | Tier 2 |
| Ireland | 92.6% | 20.8% | 21.6% | 47% | 13% | 17.7% | 83.7% | 14.2% | Tier 2 |
| Isle of Man | 93.8% | 20.2% | 25.6% | 46.6% | 13.7% | 17.3% | 84.8% | 14.7% | Tier 2 |
| Italy | 93.1% | 20.1% | 24% | 45.6% | 12.2% | 18.8% | 84.2% | 13.2% | Tier 2 |
| Jersey | 93.2% | 20.1% | 26.4% | 45.6% | 13.1% | 16.8% | 84.1% | 12.7% | Tier 2 |
| Latvia | 93.1% | 19.1% | 21.4% | 47.2% | 13.3% | 17.4% | 84% | 13.2% | Tier 2 |
| Liechtenstein | 94.3% | 15% | 21.8% | 44.4% | 11.1% | 14.3% | 86.2% | 15% | Tier 2 |
| Lithuania | 93.1% | 19.7% | 21.2% | 46.9% | 13.1% | 16.7% | 83.9% | 14% | Tier 2 |
| Luxembourg | 93.6% | 19.7% | 21.8% | 46.7% | 12.4% | 17.1% | 85% | 13.9% | Tier 2 |
| Malta | 93.9% | 20.5% | 23.9% | 47.1% | 12.6% | 16.9% | 84.2% | 14.2% | Tier 2 |
| Moldova | 93.6% | 20.8% | 22.4% | 47% | 13.6% | 17.8% | 85.5% | 13.7% | Tier 2 |
| Monaco | 94.5% | 21.3% | 24.3% | 47.3% | 14.6% | 18.5% | 85.4% | 13.8% | Tier 2 |
| Montenegro | 94.3% | 18.5% | 21.8% | 45.7% | 11.6% | 17.1% | 86.2% | 13.6% | Tier 2 |
| Netherlands | 93.5% | 20% | 21.9% | 46.8% | 12.6% | 18.4% | 84.7% | 13.8% | Tier 2 |
| North Macedonia | 93.3% | 21.9% | 23.1% | 48.3% | 13% | 19% | 84.8% | 14.6% | Tier 2 |
| Norway | 93.3% | 22% | 22.8% | 48.8% | 13.2% | 18.4% | 84% | 13.9% | Tier 2 |
| Poland | 94% | 18.9% | 22.4% | 46.4% | 11% | 17.4% | 86.2% | 14.4% | Tier 2 |
| Portugal | 92.8% | 21% | 22.3% | 47.1% | 13.2% | 19.2% | 83.3% | 14.4% | Tier 2 |
| Romania | 93.7% | 20.1% | 22.1% | 46.1% | 13.6% | 18.3% | 84.7% | 14% | Tier 2 |
| Russia | 93.2% | 17.2% | 23.6% | 44.7% | 12.2% | 15.6% | 86.6% | 14% | Tier 1 |
| San Marino | 93% | 16% | 25.4% | 45.2% | 13.1% | 16.9% | 84.1% | 13.3% | Tier 1 |
| Serbia | 92.4% | 20.5% | 21% | 46.5% | 13.1% | 18.6% | 84.1% | 13.8% | Tier 2 |
| Slovakia | 93.9% | 19.7% | 22.7% | 46.7% | 12.7% | 17.3% | 85.6% | 13.7% | Tier 2 |
| Slovenia | 92.9% | 19.8% | 22.4% | 47.5% | 12.4% | 17.9% | 84.8% | 13.7% | Tier 2 |
| Spain | 92.6% | 20.2% | 23.2% | 46.9% | 11.9% | 17.1% | 84.5% | 14.3% | Tier 2 |
| Svalbard | 97.4% | — | — | — | — | — | 98.7% | 10.4% | Tier 2 |
| Sweden | 94.1% | 20.3% | 21.8% | 47.8% | 12.1% | 16.8% | 84.5% | 14.8% | Tier 2 |
| Switzerland | 92.9% | 20.5% | 23.3% | 45.6% | 12.4% | 17.6% | 84.6% | 14.6% | Tier 2 |
| Ukraine | 93.4% | 21.6% | 22.8% | 47.4% | 13.8% | 17.6% | 84.2% | 13% | Tier 2 |
| United Kingdom | 93.4% | 21.5% | 22.1% | 46.7% | 13.1% | 18.4% | 84.8% | 14.3% | Tier 2 |
| Vatican City | 92.4% | 15.9% | 24.9% | 38% | 11.5% | 15.6% | 84.9% | 13.4% | Tier 1 |
Europe's barrier landscape is shaped by shared CDN infrastructure and a common regulatory environment that pulls most countries toward similar deployment rates. Guernsey, Jersey, and Monaco sit at the top: their financial and gaming-sector concentration drives elevated CAPTCHA and antibot adoption well above the European norm. At the other end, Russia and Belarus trail markedly on JavaScript challenges.
South America · Access Barriers
Colombia and Venezuela lead South America's barrier table
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 92.9% | 19.8% | 22.2% | 46.9% | 12.7% | 17.9% | 83.8% | 13.4% | Tier 2 |
| Bolivia | 92.9% | 19.2% | 22.1% | 47.5% | 12.6% | 17.4% | 83.5% | 14.1% | Tier 2 |
| Brazil | 92.6% | 20.3% | 22.9% | 46.9% | 12.9% | 17.6% | 80.6% | 12.3% | Tier 2 |
| Chile | 92.8% | 19.6% | 23.4% | 47.4% | 12.4% | 17.1% | 83% | 13.8% | Tier 2 |
| Colombia | 93.1% | 21.3% | 22.5% | 47% | 13.5% | 19.4% | 84.2% | 14.5% | Tier 2 |
| Ecuador | 93.2% | 20.5% | 20.9% | 46.8% | 12.3% | 17.6% | 84.1% | 13.5% | Tier 2 |
| Falkland Islands | 95.3% | 13.3% | 17.5% | 41% | 9% | 16.1% | 91.9% | 15.2% | Tier 1 |
| French Guiana | 93.8% | — | — | — | — | — | 84.1% | 14.5% | Tier 1 |
| Guyana | 92.8% | 19.8% | 23.9% | 44.8% | 13.8% | 18.5% | 85.1% | 14.4% | Tier 2 |
| Paraguay | 92.6% | 20.6% | 23.8% | 46.4% | 12.9% | 17.8% | 83.5% | 13.6% | Tier 2 |
| Peru | 92.9% | 21% | 23% | 46.8% | 13.6% | 18% | 83.3% | 13.9% | Tier 2 |
| Suriname | 94% | 20.2% | 22.8% | 45.9% | 13.8% | 17.4% | 85.6% | 14.9% | Tier 2 |
| Uruguay | 92.8% | 20.2% | 21.9% | 46.5% | 12.9% | 18.1% | 83.2% | 14.1% | Tier 2 |
| Venezuela | 93.6% | 21% | 22.9% | 46.7% | 14.3% | 18.7% | 83.2% | 13.3% | Tier 2 |
South America's fourteen countries share infrastructure platforms, common language markets, and similar e-commerce sector composition — factors that produce unusually consistent barrier rates across the continent. Colombia and Venezuela lead on CAPTCHA and antibot; the Falkland Islands sit at the low end, reflecting a very thin web estate rather than any deliberate policy choice.
Asia · Access Barriers
Japan scores the lowest barrier rate in Asia
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 93.8% | 20.8% | 22.8% | 44.3% | 12.5% | 16.6% | 85.1% | 14.6% | Tier 2 |
| Armenia | 93.6% | 21.9% | 22.9% | 46.7% | 13.6% | 18.6% | 83.5% | 13.7% | Tier 2 |
| Azerbaijan | 92.8% | 20% | 23% | 45.9% | 12.7% | 17.3% | 84.6% | 13% | Tier 2 |
| Bahrain | 93.5% | 21.6% | 22.3% | 45.9% | 12.8% | 18.2% | 83.5% | 13.8% | Tier 2 |
| Bangladesh | 93.2% | 21.5% | 22.3% | 46.7% | 13.8% | 18.6% | 83.4% | 13.2% | Tier 2 |
| Bhutan | 93.7% | 18.9% | 26.1% | 42.8% | 11.1% | 16.7% | 84.9% | 14.8% | Tier 1 |
| Brunei | 93.1% | 20.7% | 24.1% | 43.9% | 12.2% | 18.9% | 84% | 14.9% | Tier 2 |
| Cambodia | 92.4% | 20.3% | 22.1% | 44.8% | 13.1% | 18.6% | 83.8% | 14.3% | Tier 2 |
| China | 92.2% | 22.9% | 22.9% | 46.3% | 13.6% | 19.2% | 82.8% | 13.7% | Tier 2 |
| Georgia | 93.2% | 20.8% | 22.2% | 47.3% | 13.4% | 17.2% | 83.4% | 13.6% | Tier 2 |
| Hong Kong SAR | 91.8% | 20.4% | 21.4% | 47% | 13.8% | 17.6% | 81.6% | 14.4% | Tier 2 |
| India | 92.7% | 21.7% | 22.7% | 46.8% | 13.2% | 18.9% | 83.3% | 13.8% | Tier 2 |
| Indonesia | 91.9% | 21.6% | 23.1% | 45.8% | 13.6% | 18.9% | 83.1% | 14.2% | Tier 2 |
| Iraq | 92.8% | 20.9% | 22.5% | 46.5% | 14.5% | 18.3% | 83.1% | 13.2% | Tier 2 |
| Israel | 93.3% | 20.9% | 21.6% | 46.6% | 13.3% | 18.7% | 83.8% | 14.3% | Tier 2 |
| Japan | 86.4% | 15.8% | 18.7% | 44.4% | 10.3% | 15.4% | 77.1% | 12.3% | Tier 1 |
| Jordan | 92.6% | 21.3% | 22.6% | 44.8% | 13.5% | 18.2% | 83.6% | 14.5% | Tier 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 93.1% | 20.2% | 23.7% | 46.2% | 13.6% | 17.4% | 85.4% | 13.8% | Tier 2 |
| Kuwait | 93% | 20.9% | 21.3% | 44.6% | 13.5% | 19% | 83.2% | 12.9% | Tier 2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 92.7% | 18.1% | 22.7% | 43.5% | 12.4% | 16.1% | 84.2% | 13.6% | Tier 2 |
| Laos | 92.9% | 19.1% | 23.1% | 44.2% | 11.9% | 18.5% | 83.8% | 14.1% | Tier 2 |
| Lebanon | 93.1% | 21.1% | 22% | 46.5% | 13.9% | 17.6% | 84.1% | 13.4% | Tier 2 |
| Macao SAR | 90.8% | 20.5% | 21.6% | 44.7% | 12.3% | 17.7% | 80.9% | 12.7% | Tier 2 |
| Malaysia | 92.6% | 20.8% | 22% | 47.2% | 14.4% | 17.5% | 81.9% | 13.4% | Tier 2 |
| Maldives | 92.4% | 20% | 23.8% | 43.8% | 11.6% | 17.4% | 83.9% | 14% | Tier 2 |
| Mongolia | 92.7% | 20.4% | 22.8% | 46.5% | 14.4% | 16.3% | 83.4% | 14.1% | Tier 2 |
| Nepal | 93.1% | 20.6% | 22.2% | 46.4% | 13.5% | 18.4% | 83.1% | 14.6% | Tier 2 |
| Oman | 92.3% | 21.3% | 23.1% | 46.6% | 13.4% | 19.1% | 82.7% | 12.6% | Tier 2 |
| Pakistan | 93.1% | 21.6% | 21.5% | 47.8% | 13.8% | 19.9% | 83.6% | 13.6% | Tier 2 |
| Palestine | 92.5% | 21.1% | 23.2% | 47.1% | 13.6% | 18.8% | 82.2% | 14.1% | Tier 2 |
| Philippines | 92.8% | 22.4% | 21.5% | 47.5% | 14.3% | 18.6% | 83.2% | 14.1% | Tier 2 |
| Qatar | 92.6% | 21.4% | 20.4% | 46.5% | 12.5% | 18.1% | 83.1% | 14% | Tier 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 92.8% | 20.6% | 21.4% | 43.7% | 11.9% | 19.3% | 83.2% | 13.9% | Tier 2 |
| Singapore | 92.3% | 20.6% | 21.8% | 46.5% | 12.8% | 17.7% | 83.2% | 14.1% | Tier 2 |
| South Korea | 92.4% | 21.9% | 22.7% | 45.2% | 13.6% | 17.6% | 82.5% | 13.7% | Tier 2 |
| Sri Lanka | 92.3% | 20.9% | 22.5% | 46.8% | 12.6% | 19.1% | 83.2% | 13.8% | Tier 2 |
| Taiwan | 90.9% | 21.9% | 22.3% | 47.1% | 13.2% | 18.7% | 82.1% | 13.9% | Tier 2 |
| Tajikistan | 93% | 16.7% | 23.6% | 41% | 12.5% | 14.9% | 84.9% | 12.6% | Tier 1 |
| Thailand | 91.9% | 19.8% | 21.4% | 47.5% | 13.1% | 17.4% | 84.4% | 14.9% | Tier 2 |
| Timor-Leste | 91% | 17.4% | 23.7% | 40.1% | 12% | 16.4% | 83.5% | 15.3% | Tier 1 |
| Turkey | 93.2% | 20.8% | 23% | 47.6% | 13% | 17.5% | 84.3% | 13.5% | Tier 2 |
| Turkmenistan | 93.7% | 14.9% | 22.1% | 42.3% | 12.5% | 16.7% | 84.2% | 15.2% | Tier 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 92.4% | 20.8% | 21% | 45.9% | 12.7% | 18.4% | 83.4% | 13.8% | Tier 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 93.1% | 18.8% | 20% | 46.1% | 12.5% | 16.1% | 85.8% | 14% | Tier 2 |
| Vietnam | 91.4% | 20.8% | 21.4% | 45.7% | 12.8% | 18.7% | 83.3% | 13.4% | Tier 2 |
| Yemen | 92.4% | 20.4% | 24.8% | 43.3% | 12.6% | 18.3% | 83.7% | 13.3% | Tier 2 |
Asia shows the widest intra-regional spread of any zone. Japan stands apart as a persistent low-barrier outlier across WAF, CAPTCHA, and JavaScript — a combination of localised infrastructure and web culture that differs sharply from global norms. At the other end, Gulf Cooperation Council states, Hong Kong SAR, and Singapore reflect the high-barrier profiles typical of financial-hub web estates.
Africa · Access Barriers
South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria lead Africa's barrier table
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 92.9% | 20.8% | 20.9% | 47.7% | 12.7% | 17.1% | 83.6% | 13.5% | Tier 2 |
| Angola | 91.4% | 19.3% | 21.8% | 44.8% | 12.3% | 17.7% | 83% | 13.3% | Tier 2 |
| Benin | 93.6% | 19% | 21.4% | 44.1% | 12% | 16.4% | 84.3% | 14.2% | Tier 2 |
| Botswana | 91.9% | 21.9% | 23.4% | 44.4% | 11.9% | 17.8% | 85.6% | 14.5% | Tier 2 |
| British Indian Ocean Terr. | 85.4% | 20.5% | 26.3% | 48.6% | 13.5% | 21.6% | 81.3% | 18.1% | Tier 2 |
| Burkina Faso | 93.8% | 19.4% | 24.4% | 43.8% | 11.6% | 17.7% | 83.6% | 14.2% | Tier 2 |
| Burundi | 93.2% | 18.4% | 20.9% | 40.9% | 10.9% | 16.8% | 85.3% | 14.4% | Tier 1 |
| Cabo Verde | 93.9% | 16.7% | 24.1% | 43.7% | 10.4% | 17.4% | 85.3% | 14.7% | Tier 2 |
| Cameroon | 93% | 19.8% | 23% | 43.6% | 12.6% | 18% | 85% | 13.9% | Tier 2 |
| Central African Republic | 94.8% | 14% | 28% | 38.2% | 9.1% | 20.1% | 86.3% | 17% | Tier 1 |
| Chad | 91.8% | 18% | 24.8% | 42.2% | 13.3% | 18.6% | 84.4% | 14% | Tier 1 |
| Comoros | 90.9% | 12.3% | 19.1% | 42.7% | 10.5% | 18.2% | 86.6% | 18.2% | Tier 1 |
| Congo | 92.5% | 18.2% | 24.7% | 42.4% | 12.3% | 17.7% | 83.5% | 12.8% | Tier 2 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 93.5% | 19.8% | 23% | 44.4% | 13% | 17.2% | 84.1% | 12.1% | Tier 2 |
| Djibouti | 91.5% | 18.8% | 21.5% | 42.5% | 11.5% | 18.5% | 82.6% | 15.2% | Tier 2 |
| DR Congo | 93.6% | 19.9% | 23.1% | 41.9% | 11.8% | 16.6% | 85.1% | 13.6% | Tier 2 |
| Egypt | 92.1% | 19.9% | 20.2% | 47% | 13.1% | 19.3% | 82.6% | 13.3% | Tier 2 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 93.6% | 18.6% | 24.9% | 43.2% | 11.6% | 17.5% | 85.1% | 13.7% | Tier 2 |
| Eritrea | 93.5% | 16.1% | 25.3% | 43% | 9.8% | 15.7% | 86.6% | 18.1% | Tier 1 |
| Eswatini | 94.5% | 21.1% | 28.5% | 39.9% | 13.3% | 17% | 85.3% | 15.1% | Tier 1 |
| Ethiopia | 92.1% | 21.1% | 22.4% | 45.5% | 13.1% | 17.9% | 82.9% | 12.8% | Tier 2 |
| Gabon | 93.3% | 18.2% | 22.2% | 42.3% | 11.4% | 17.3% | 84.9% | 14.5% | Tier 2 |
| Gambia | 93.4% | 20.1% | 24.5% | 40% | 11.9% | 18.3% | 85.9% | 14.5% | Tier 1 |
| Ghana | 92.8% | 22.7% | 23.8% | 46.6% | 13.9% | 18.4% | 83.1% | 13.8% | Tier 2 |
| Guinea | 93.3% | 19.6% | 26.8% | 41% | 12% | 18.6% | 84.4% | 13% | Tier 1 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 94.1% | 18.2% | 24.3% | 42.9% | 11.9% | 19% | 84.7% | 15.1% | Tier 1 |
| Kenya | 93.3% | 22.4% | 23.3% | 46.7% | 14.3% | 19% | 82.9% | 13.1% | Tier 2 |
| Lesotho | 93.5% | 19.3% | 25.8% | 42.9% | 12.1% | 16.6% | 86.2% | 15% | Tier 1 |
| Liberia | 92.9% | 19% | 22.9% | 41.4% | 11.9% | 17.7% | 86% | 13.5% | Tier 1 |
| Madagascar | 92.6% | 20.1% | 23.2% | 44.8% | 13.1% | 17.5% | 84.4% | 13.5% | Tier 2 |
| Malawi | 92.2% | 20.9% | 26.7% | 43.5% | 12.2% | 16.9% | 84.8% | 13.7% | Tier 1 |
| Mali | 92.8% | 20.4% | 25.1% | 39.8% | 10.4% | 18.2% | 84.5% | 13.2% | Tier 1 |
| Mauritania | 95.2% | 22.1% | 25.6% | 42.5% | 12.8% | 18.3% | 86.1% | 15.8% | Tier 2 |
| Mauritius | 92.8% | 19.9% | 22.6% | 45% | 12.9% | 17.2% | 83.2% | 13.4% | Tier 2 |
| Mayotte | 92.2% | — | — | — | — | — | 82.9% | 13% | Tier 2 |
| Morocco | 93.1% | 21.6% | 23.2% | 46.5% | 12.8% | 18.1% | 84.5% | 14.8% | Tier 2 |
| Mozambique | 92.9% | 20.4% | 24.5% | 43.2% | 11.6% | 18.4% | 84% | 13.5% | Tier 2 |
| Niger | 93.1% | 19.2% | 23.8% | 43.6% | 11.6% | 17.1% | 85.8% | 13.5% | Tier 2 |
| Nigeria | 93.7% | 20.9% | 22.8% | 45.8% | 13.3% | 18.3% | 84.9% | 14.4% | Tier 2 |
| Réunion | 94.5% | — | — | — | — | — | 86.5% | 12.9% | Tier 1 |
| Rwanda | 92.5% | 22.8% | 22.7% | 44.6% | 12.4% | 17.7% | 84% | 13.1% | Tier 2 |
| Saint Helena | 93.2% | 11.4% | 31.8% | 47.6% | 8% | 26.1% | 92% | 19.3% | Tier 2 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 91.3% | 18% | 25.5% | 42.7% | 13.8% | 17.7% | 82.1% | 14.6% | Tier 1 |
| Senegal | 92.5% | 19.6% | 24.5% | 45.8% | 11.9% | 17.3% | 83.1% | 12.7% | Tier 2 |
| Seychelles | 92.1% | 21.9% | 23% | 42.5% | 12.2% | 17.5% | 83.6% | 12.8% | Tier 2 |
| Sierra Leone | 93.2% | 17.5% | 22.8% | 41.5% | 11.7% | 16.8% | 85.7% | 14.9% | Tier 1 |
| Somalia | 94.3% | 21.3% | 24% | 44.1% | 11.7% | 18.8% | 84.4% | 14.2% | Tier 2 |
| South Africa | 93.2% | 20.8% | 23.1% | 44.9% | 12.6% | 18.5% | 84.4% | 14.4% | Tier 2 |
| South Sudan | 93.5% | 16.6% | 23.9% | 39% | 9.1% | 16.1% | 85.7% | 14.6% | Tier 1 |
| Tanzania | 93% | 21.4% | 22.9% | 45.5% | 13% | 17.7% | 84.9% | 15.2% | Tier 2 |
| Togo | 93% | 17.4% | 22.5% | 42.4% | 10.4% | 16.5% | 85.2% | 13% | Tier 2 |
| Tunisia | 93.8% | 21.5% | 21.7% | 45.7% | 13% | 18.6% | 84.5% | 12.9% | Tier 2 |
| Uganda | 92.4% | 20.8% | 21.3% | 45.7% | 11.9% | 17.9% | 83.6% | 14.2% | Tier 2 |
| Zambia | 92.8% | 20.6% | 24% | 41.2% | 12% | 18.6% | 84% | 15% | Tier 2 |
| Zimbabwe | 92.3% | 20% | 22.8% | 44.4% | 11.8% | 18.7% | 84.5% | 13.7% | Tier 2 |
Africa's top-ranked countries by barrier count are small island or offshore territories — their site mix skews toward financial and gaming domains rather than representing broad-based domestic infrastructure. Among continental African markets, South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria sit in the upper tier. Francophone West and Central African countries consistently occupy the lower half, reflecting lower e-commerce penetration and a thinner base of bot-targeted web assets.
Oceania · Access Barriers
Australia and New Zealand lead Oceania's barrier table
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Samoa | 95% | 23% | 27.3% | 43.5% | 11.4% | 17.4% | 84.2% | 17.2% | Tier 2 |
| Australia | 92.9% | 21.6% | 24.4% | 46.2% | 13.5% | 17.6% | 83.7% | 14.5% | Tier 2 |
| Cook Islands | 93.1% | 21.3% | 28.4% | 41.2% | 14% | 17.2% | 85.8% | 22% | Tier 2 |
| Fiji | 92.4% | 20% | 24.6% | 43.5% | 12.5% | 17% | 83.8% | 14.7% | Tier 2 |
| French Polynesia | 94% | 22.1% | 22.4% | 42.2% | 11% | 16.5% | 86.1% | 16% | Tier 2 |
| Guam | 92.3% | 20.7% | 23.5% | 42.3% | 13.5% | 18% | 84.4% | 14.2% | Tier 2 |
| Kiribati | 93% | 20.9% | 23.5% | 41% | 7.3% | 14.5% | 86% | 17.7% | Tier 2 |
| Marshall Islands | 92.6% | 19.2% | 28.5% | 38.5% | 11.9% | 18.8% | 86.7% | 18.5% | Tier 2 |
| Micronesia | 93.1% | 21.6% | 25.3% | 44.3% | 13% | 17.2% | 83.7% | 19.3% | Tier 1 |
| Nauru | 93.5% | 14.4% | 25.3% | 38.2% | 10.4% | 14.4% | 81.5% | 16.3% | Tier 1 |
| New Caledonia | 93% | 18.9% | 25.3% | 40.5% | 10.3% | 18.2% | 85.7% | 15% | Tier 2 |
| New Zealand | 93% | 21.8% | 23.1% | 45.9% | 13.3% | 18.4% | 83.6% | 14.3% | Tier 2 |
| Niue | 100% | 20.6% | 17.6% | 29.4% | — | — | 100% | 17.6% | Tier 1 |
| Norfolk Island | 93.7% | 18% | 26.4% | 41% | 10.3% | 17% | 86.1% | 13.6% | Tier 1 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 93.9% | 19.5% | 22.4% | 42.8% | 15.5% | 16.9% | 83.8% | 15.2% | Tier 2 |
| Palau | 93.9% | 18.6% | 27.1% | 44.2% | 15.7% | 14.8% | 85% | 22% | Tier 2 |
| Papua New Guinea | 92.2% | 20.9% | 24.6% | 42.6% | 12.3% | 17.8% | 83.4% | 16.4% | Tier 2 |
| Samoa | 93.2% | 22.5% | 26.4% | 38.8% | 13.2% | 20.7% | 86.5% | 18% | Tier 2 |
| Solomon Islands | 93.6% | 20.6% | 24.6% | 40.8% | 11.8% | 17.6% | 84.6% | 15.3% | Tier 2 |
| Tonga | 94.2% | 19.2% | 25.6% | 37.4% | 12% | 15.7% | 85% | 17.3% | Tier 1 |
| Tuvalu | 92.3% | — | — | — | — | — | 89.7% | 20.2% | Tier 1 |
| Vanuatu | 94.3% | 21.9% | 22.4% | 40.7% | 11.3% | 18.9% | 86.5% | 16.6% | Tier 2 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 92.8% | 12.9% | 27.3% | 45.2% | 10.1% | 14.4% | 79.9% | 15.1% | Tier 1 |
Oceania is the most stratified region in the dataset: Australia and New Zealand sit clearly above the global mean across all six barriers, while Pacific island economies — Nauru, Niue, Kiribati, and others — occupy the bottom of the global distribution. The gap reflects web estate size and sector mix rather than geography; islands whose online presence is dominated by government and tourism sites have little commercial incentive to deploy JavaScript challenges or antibot middleware.