Regional Spotlights
Each regional spotlight pairs the quantitative findings with the quotes, contexts, and policy signals that surface at the regional level. For full country and respondent coverage across the 2025 and 2026 surveys, open the Data Explorer.
Browse regions
Spotlights cover the 2025 and 2026 surveys, with consistent top-theme rankings, year-over-year context, and curated youth quotes. Use the Data Explorer to compare all published countries, regions, themes, and respondent counts.
Full dataset coverage
The published 2025-2026 dataset covers 4,958 survey responses from 113 home countries. Regional spotlight cards below are curated story entry points.
Kenya · Uganda · Ethiopia · Tanzania · Rwanda · South Sudan
581 survey responses across the listed countries, led by Kenya and Uganda. The Health Index score is highest here, with Governance close behind.
Nigeria · Ghana · Benin · Togo · Senegal · Côte d'Ivoire
1,273 survey responses across the listed countries make this the largest spotlight grouping, led by Nigeria and Ghana. Health and Governance Index scores are highest.
Peru · Mexico · Colombia · Argentina · Brazil · Chile
672 survey responses across the listed countries, led by Peru. The Environment Index score is highest here — the highest regional theme score in any spotlight.
Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bangladesh · Sri Lanka
589 survey responses across the listed countries, led by Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Governance Index score is highest here.
Zambia · South Africa · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Namibia
587 survey responses across the listed countries, led by Zambia. Index scores here sit lower than in other spotlights, with Health at the top of the list.
Egypt · Morocco · Tunisia · Lebanon · Jordan
89 survey responses across the listed countries, led by Egypt — the smallest spotlight grouping, so read these results as directional only. The Jobs Index score is highest.
2026 slide preview
Selected slides show the high-level regional framing behind the public spotlight pages.
Slide 26
A regional storytelling slide for the public regional overview.
Slide 27
A regional storytelling slide for the public regional overview.
Slide 28
A regional storytelling slide for MENA interpretation.
Slide 3
A final-deck regional summary for overview and regional pages.
Compare regions across 2025 and 2026
Browse focused questions by theme and region, then export the aggregate rows as CSV.
2025 & 2026
Comparable YoY
Across both survey years
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