Legal
Accessibility statement.
Research that cannot be read by part of its audience is not published. This site targets WCAG 2.1 Level AA, and states below where it does not yet meet it.
What has been done.
Every ranking presented graphically is also presented as a table with the same numbers, in the same source order. The interactive map is one view of a dataset; the ranked table beside it is another, and neither carries information the other lacks.
The map is operable from the keyboard: it takes focus, arrow keys rotate it, territories are selectable, and a select control lists every government for direct navigation. Selection is announced to assistive technology through a live region. Where the geometry file fails to load, the tables remain.
Text meets AA contrast against every surface in the palette, including the inverted sections. Colour is never the only carrier of meaning: year-on-year movement is signed as well as coloured, and the choropleth is accompanied by the numeric score. Motion is limited, and all of it is disabled under prefers-reduced-motion.
Headings are nested without skipping levels, landmarks are present on every template, focus is visible and never trapped, and the layout reflows to 320 px without horizontal scrolling or loss of content.
Known limitations
Reports published as PDF are not yet fully tagged. Where a PDF is not accessible to you, the same findings are available as a web page or can be supplied in an alternative format on request.
The map’s projection is dense at small sizes; the flat-map view and the ranked table are the recommended routes on a small screen, and the region filter reduces the set in both.
Third-party embeds, where used, are not covered by this statement.
Reporting a barrier
If something here is not usable for you, write to the inquiry address with the page and what happened. Reports are acknowledged within five working days, and a barrier that prevents access to a published result is treated with the same priority as a correction.
The rest of the statement
How this was assessed, and what to do if it fails you.
-
Scope of this statement
This statement covers the pages and datasets published at globalairankings.com. It does not cover third-party content embedded from another service, external sites linked as sources, or archived files published before the date above, which are corrected on request rather than retrospectively.
-
Standards applied
The target is WCAG 2.1 Level AA. That standard is the reference point for Section 508 in the United States, for EN 301 549 in the European Union, and for the accessibility duties that apply to public bodies in several of the jurisdictions this research is read in. The site is presently partially conformant: it meets the standard other than in the respects listed opposite.
-
How it was assessed, and how honestly
Assessment is self-conducted: automated checks across every template, keyboard-only traversal of each interactive module including the map, and screen-reader passes on the ranking tables and the register navigation. No independent audit has been commissioned, and this statement says so rather than implying more assurance than exists. When an audit is complete, this page will name the auditor and the date.
-
What it should work with
The site is built to current HTML, CSS and ARIA, and is tested against recent versions of the major browsers with the screen readers commonly paired with them. JavaScript improves the map and the filters; it is not required to reach any figure, because every ranking rendered graphically is also rendered as a table with the same numbers in the same order.
-
Alternative formats
Any published result can be supplied in an accessible alternative — a tagged or plain-text document, a raw data file, or the figures themselves in the body of an email. There is no charge and no need to explain why. Requests go to [email protected] with the subject line Accessibility.
-
If the response is not good enough
Reports are acknowledged within five working days, with an expected resolution date given at that point. A barrier that prevents access to a published figure is treated as a correction-grade defect and prioritized accordingly.
If you are dissatisfied with the response, reply asking for it to be escalated and it will be reviewed by someone who was not involved the first time. If you remain dissatisfied, you may be entitled to complain to the enforcement body for accessibility in your jurisdiction; that route is yours to use, and nothing here requires the internal process to be exhausted first.
Date this statement each time the site changes materially, and replace the assessment clause the moment an independent audit exists. A stale accessibility statement is itself a compliance problem in several of the jurisdictions named above.