European Municipality WCAG Compliance Map

28,854 local government websites across 28 European countries scanned against WCAG 2.1 AA using axe-core. Municipalities are required to comply with EU Directive 2016/2102 (Web Accessibility Directive) since 2020.

Average WCAG score by country

Countries ranked by average municipality WCAG compliance score (automated scan)
#CountryAvg ScoreScannedScore bar
1 Slovenia 16.3 207
2 Luxembourg 26.6 108
3 Croatia 32.9 541
4 Cyprus 36.0 31
5 Romania 37.6 1014
6 Hungary 40.6 2365
7 Bulgaria 43.2 254
8 Greece 44.8 317
9 Spain 47.3 5336
10 France 47.5 3773
11 Iceland 47.8 64
12 Slovakia 51.0 2685
13 Latvia 53.9 44
14 Poland 54.2 1708
15 Portugal 55.3 272
16 Germany 57.4 990
17 Belgium 59.6 584
18 Estonia 60.1 158
19 Finland 60.6 384
20 Austria 67.5 2005
21 Czech Republic 67.7 4720
22 Denmark 73.7 110
23 Malta 79.7 7
24 Netherlands 82.0 429
25 Ireland 82.8 26
26 Lithuania 85.1 43
27 Norway 86.7 391
28 Sweden 90.2 288
European municipality WCAG compliance — country ranking by automated scan scores
CountryMunicipalities scannedAverage score
Sweden28890.2
Norway39186.7
Lithuania4385.1
Ireland2682.8
Netherlands42982.0
Malta779.7
Denmark11073.7
Czech Republic472067.7
Austria200567.5
Finland38460.6
Estonia15860.1
Belgium58459.6
Germany99057.4
Portugal27255.3
Poland170854.2
Latvia4453.9
Slovakia268551.0
Iceland6447.8
France377347.5
Spain533647.3
Greece31744.8
Bulgaria25443.2
Hungary236540.6
Romania101437.6
Cyprus3136.0
Croatia54132.9
Luxembourg10826.6
Slovenia20716.3

Scores reflect automated testing only (axe-core against WCAG 2.1 AA). Automated tools detect approximately 30–50% of WCAG criteria. A site that does not pass the automated check is certainly non-compliant. A site that passes may still have barriers detectable only through manual review.

Methodology — how this data was collected