Table 4.
Accessibility WCAG 2.1 Guidelines violated by evaluated government websites
| WCAG Guideline Reference | Number of Violations per country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Government | Canadian Government | UK Government | French Government | |
| Empty Headings [1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A; 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks (Level A); 2.4.6 Headings and Labels (Level AA)] | 1 | |||
| Missing Alternative Text [1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A)] | 1 | 1 | ||
| Broken Skip Link [2.1.1 Keyboard (Level A); 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks (Level A)] | 2 | |||
| Empty Button [1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A); 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (Level A)] | 12 | |||
| Contrast Error [1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA)] | 4 | 28 | ||
| Total Violations | 1 | 7 | 1 | 40 |
UK United Kingdom; Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1; Level A, Minimal compliance requirement; Level AA, Acceptable compliance recquirement