Accessibility Report
EU Website Accessibility
EAA / Web Accessibility Directive
2,774 European websites scanned for EN 301 549 compliance under the European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive. 86.9% failed.
Sites Scanned
2,774
European domains
Fail Rate
86.9%
2,410 of 2,774 sites
Average Score
21
out of 100
Critical Violations
69%
1,913 sites
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Accessibility Score Distribution
64.9% of EU sites scored 0-10. Only 1.6% achieved 91-100.
Top 10 Violations
Ranked by occurrence across all 2,774 scans.
Public sector sites must publish an accessibility statement per WAD Article 7
eu-accessibility-statement
All page content should be contained by landmarks
region
Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholds
color-contrast
Links must have discernible text
link-name
All touch targets must be 24px large or leave sufficient space
target-size
Landmarks should have a unique role or accessible name combination
landmark-unique
Heading levels should only increase by one
heading-order
Images must have alternative text
image-alt
Buttons must have discernible text
button-name
Document should have one main landmark
landmark-one-main
EU Jurisdiction-Specific Findings
71.9% of sites (1,995 of 2,774) had at least one EU-specific violation.
Public sector sites must publish an accessibility statement per WAD Article 7 (Directive 2016/2102). Private sector sites under EAA should publish compliance information.
eu-accessibility-statement
1,988
71.7% of sites
The page lang attribute must match the actual content language (EN 301 549 Section 11.1.1). A German site must declare lang="de", not lang="en".
eu-lang-mismatch
36
1.3% of sites
National Transpositions of the EAA
How EU member states have implemented the European Accessibility Act.
Germany
DE
Barrierefreiheitsstarkungsgesetz (BFSG)
France
FR
Loi n 2005-102; Decret n 2019-768 (RGAA 4.1)
Netherlands
NL
Tijdelijk besluit digitale toegankelijkheid overheid
Spain
ES
Real Decreto 1112/2018
Italy
IT
Legge 4/2004 (Legge Stanca); D.Lgs. 82/2022
Best Performers
Worst Performers
Lighthouse Averages
Average Lighthouse scores across 2,765 audited sites.
78
Accessibility
56
Performance
81
SEO
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