The 95 economies represented in the 2025 GPEI were grouped into the following 15 regions:
World Regions
Regional Comparison
Between 2021 and 2023, the philanthropic environment was favorable in 10 of the 15 regions. Western Europe offers the most favorable philanthropic environment with average scores well above 3.5 on all six factors, and Latin America remains the most challenging philanthropic environment with average scores below 3.5 on five of the six factors.
Comparing regions over time (2018 GPEI, 2022 GPEI, 2025 GPEI):
- Sub-Saharan Africa (3.07 to 3.90) and the Middle East and North Africa (3.33 to 3.75) both reported significant improvements in the ease of operating a philanthropic organization.
- Latin America now joins the Middle East and North Africa and South and Southeast Asia as the three most challenging regions to process cross-border philanthropic flows (2.81, 2.77, and 2.89).
- The socio-cultural environment improved in Sub-Saharan Africa (3.33 to 3.75) and tax incentives were enhanced in the Balkans (3.18 to 3.67).