Accessibility
2.51 avg. issues per page (across websites)
A leaderboard? Nah. A loserboard for NZ Govt automated accessibility data
Web accessibility is about ensuring websites work for disabled people. Every quarter, the NZ Government releases automated accessibility test data for most of its public websites, as part of the CWAC monitoring programme.
Note: automated accessibility tests find ~20% of issues.
Manual audits are
required to detect the rest.
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67.15% of tested websites fail
Plain language
12.05 avg. SMOG reading grade
Keyboard focus
0.84 avg. focus issues per page
A closer look at accessibility — all participants
The charts below track one measure across the selected group’s websites and agencies, quarter by quarter: Avg. issues per page for each website/agency, scanned with axe-core.
The spread of scores each quarter
One dot per website, one row per quarter, showing its average issues per page. The yellow line marks the median. Lower values magnified. See the full website loserboard
How every website has changed
One line per website, showing its average issues per page. Lower values magnified. See the full website loserboard
How every agency has changed
One line per agency, showing its average issues per page. Lower values magnified. See the full agency loserboard
How many websites at each score
Oct 26. Websites grouped by avg. issues per page.
Percentage of websites with no automatically detectable issues
The goal is 100% (which is actually an absurdly low bar). Automated tests detect about 20% of accessibility issues, so hitting 100% is a fairly... moderate goal
When will all websites have 0 issues?
The percentage of websites with zero issues has been increasing by roughly 8.0 percentage points a year. The dashed line continues that pace until it reaches 100%. This is a prediction that assumes websites keep improving at the same pace, which is currently supported by an R2 of 0.82.
🥳 All websites are projected to pass automated accessibility tests on May 2036
Method: ordinary least squares fitted to n = 7 quarterly percentages of websites with zero issues; slope 8.0 percentage points/year; R² = 0.82.