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Report Summary

  • 15

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    27% of other websites

  • 77

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 44% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    74% of websites

imf.org

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Page Load Speed

2.4 sec in total

First Response

12 ms

Resources Loaded

1.3 sec

Page Rendered

1.1 sec

imf.org screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing IMF content for Azerbaijan. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about imf.org

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) works to achieve sustainable growth and prosperity for all of its 191 member countries. It does so by supporting economic policies that promote financial stabilit...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Imf.org page load time and found that the first response time was 12 ms and then it took 2.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

imf.org performance score

15

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.3 s

17/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.5 s

17/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,120 ms

23/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.351

31/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value23.3 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

Home

12 ms

fullwidth-css

160 ms

satelliteLib-834e3fe4ac4ea890c36d061e19fc6cfc1b5dc5d0.js

42 ms

modernizr-js

53 ms

js

73 ms

Our browser made a total of 68 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 79% of them (54 requests) were addressed to the original Imf.org, 9% (6 requests) were made to Gateway.foresee.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Platform.twitter.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (654 ms) belongs to the original domain Imf.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 759.1 kB (20%)

Content Size

3.8 MB

After Optimization

3.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Imf.org main page is 3.8 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 80% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 2.8 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 67.6 kB

  • Original 82.6 kB
  • After minification 61.8 kB
  • After compression 15.0 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 20.8 kB, which is 25% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 67.6 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 156.6 kB

  • Original 2.8 MB
  • After minification 2.6 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. IMF images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-38%

Potential reduce by 206.1 kB

  • Original 545.6 kB
  • After minification 534.9 kB
  • After compression 339.5 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 206.1 kB or 38% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 328.7 kB

  • Original 374.5 kB
  • After minification 373.3 kB
  • After compression 45.7 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Imf.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 328.7 kB or 88% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 26 (45%)

Requests Now

58

After Optimization

32

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 58 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of IMF. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 24 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

Home

Home

12 ms

fullwidth-css

fullwidth-css

160 ms

satelliteLib-834e3fe4ac4ea890c36d061e19fc6cfc1b5dc5d0.js

satelliteLib-834e3fe4ac4ea890c36d061e19fc6cfc1b5dc5d0.js

42 ms

modernizr-js

modernizr-js

53 ms

js

js

73 ms

googlepdf.js

googlepdf.js

28 ms

CoveoFullSearch.min.css

CoveoFullSearch.min.css

34 ms

CoveoForSitecore.css

CoveoForSitecore.css

28 ms

CoveoJsSearch.Lazy.min.js

CoveoJsSearch.Lazy.min.js

44 ms

CoveoForSitecore.Lazy.min.js

CoveoForSitecore.Lazy.min.js

37 ms

en.js

en.js

34 ms

jquery-3.5.1.min.js

jquery-3.5.1.min.js

41 ms

common-js

common-js

128 ms

sharethis.js

sharethis.js

41 ms

SocialScript.js

SocialScript.js

42 ms

CommonScript.js

CommonScript.js

42 ms

cdscripts-js

cdscripts-js

67 ms

piwik.js

piwik.js

47 ms

TwitterQuote.js

TwitterQuote.js

47 ms

jquery.proquo.js

jquery.proquo.js

67 ms

p.js

p.js

33 ms

imf-live-rgb-h.ashx

imf-live-rgb-h.ashx

272 ms

css

css

108 ms

imf-seal-shadow-sep2019-update.ashx

imf-seal-shadow-sep2019-update.ashx

654 ms

imf-logo-eng-sep2019-update.ashx

imf-logo-eng-sep2019-update.ashx

139 ms

rotator-final-gourinchas-weo-podcast.ashx

rotator-final-gourinchas-weo-podcast.ashx

45 ms

BLOG-2656x1077-APD-REO-iStock-842809822-c-estherpoon.ashx

BLOG-2656x1077-APD-REO-iStock-842809822-c-estherpoon.ashx

93 ms

kristalina-georgieva-at-milken-institute-global-conference-may-2024.ashx

kristalina-georgieva-at-milken-institute-global-conference-may-2024.ashx

44 ms

fdmd-gita-gopinath-homepage-belt-may-2024.ashx

fdmd-gita-gopinath-homepage-belt-may-2024.ashx

95 ms

middle-east-and-north-africa-and-the-caucasus-and-central-asia-regions-regional-economic-outlook-apr.ashx

middle-east-and-north-africa-and-the-caucasus-and-central-asia-regions-regional-economic-outlook-apr.ashx

94 ms

banners-blog.ashx

banners-blog.ashx

134 ms

banners-factsheets.ashx

banners-factsheets.ashx

133 ms

country-focus-ENG.ashx

country-focus-ENG.ashx

134 ms

weo-nodate.ashx

weo-nodate.ashx

135 ms

gfsr-nodate.ashx

gfsr-nodate.ashx

136 ms

fm-nodate.ashx

fm-nodate.ashx

136 ms

REOs.ashx

REOs.ashx

137 ms

FD0324-cover.ashx

FD0324-cover.ashx

137 ms

AR2023-600.ashx

AR2023-600.ashx

137 ms

Person-Group.ashx

Person-Group.ashx

258 ms

youth-icon.ashx

youth-icon.ashx

160 ms

Newspaper.ashx

Newspaper.ashx

258 ms

Bank.ashx

Bank.ashx

160 ms

Career.ashx

Career.ashx

261 ms

Phone-Landline.ashx

Phone-Landline.ashx

259 ms

LightBulb.ashx

LightBulb.ashx

260 ms

IMF-seal.ashx

IMF-seal.ashx

259 ms

Giving.ashx

Giving.ashx

258 ms

IMF_seal.png

IMF_seal.png

258 ms

272A42_1_0.woff

272A42_1_0.woff

172 ms

fa-brands-400.woff

fa-brands-400.woff

562 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

172 ms

fa-light-300.woff

fa-light-300.woff

172 ms

fa-solid-900.woff

fa-solid-900.woff

559 ms

SDR-module3.ashx

SDR-module3.ashx

478 ms

datamapper.gif

datamapper.gif

478 ms

272A42_0_0.woff

272A42_0_0.woff

380 ms

272A42_2_0.woff

272A42_2_0.woff

380 ms

fa-regular-400.woff

fa-regular-400.woff

41 ms

gateway.min.js

gateway.min.js

32 ms

widgets.js

widgets.js

23 ms

fa-brands-400.ttf

fa-brands-400.ttf

25 ms

fs.feedback.js

fs.feedback.js

21 ms

fs.survey.js

fs.survey.js

31 ms

fs.trigger.js

fs.trigger.js

49 ms

fs.utils.js

fs.utils.js

32 ms

fs.compress.js

fs.compress.js

32 ms

widget_iframe.2f70fb173b9000da126c79afe2098f02.html

widget_iframe.2f70fb173b9000da126c79afe2098f02.html

33 ms

Accessibility Review

imf.org accessibility score

77

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[role] values are not valid

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

imf.org best practices score

58

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

imf.org SEO score

92

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Imf.org can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Imf.org main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

imf.org

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of IMF. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: