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| Region | % of think tanks with basic data complete |
|---|---|
| Asia | 100% |
| Europe | 100% |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 100% |
| N/A | 100% |
| No | 100% |
| North Africa | 100% |
| Northern America | 100% |
| Oceania | 100% |
| Sub- Saharan Africa | 100% |
| Region | Average think tank age |
|---|---|
| Asia | 26 |
| Europe | 28 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 27 |
| North Africa | 18 |
| Northern America | 34 |
| Oceania | 26 |
| Sub- Saharan Africa | 19 |
| Region | Average budget (USD per year) |
|---|---|
| Europe | 9,979,700 |
| North Africa | 85,573 |
| Northern America | 9,665,905 |
| Oceania | 15,897,423 |
| Sub- Saharan Africa | 1,017,404 |
| Asia | 83,199,703 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 1,803,194 |
| Region | Business | For profit | Government | Government organisation | Independent | N/A | Non-profit | Other | University institute/center |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 6% | 18% | 10% | 47% | 4% | 17% | |||
| Europe | 5% | 5% | 9% | 66% | 4% | 13% | |||
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 3% | 5% | 1% | 68% | 4% | 19% | |||
| N/A | |||||||||
| No | |||||||||
| North Africa | 7% | 7% | 10% | 66% | 10% | 10% | |||
| Northern America | 1% | 0% | 9% | 77% | 1% | 13% | |||
| Oceania | 14% | 2% | 50% | 1% | 33% | ||||
| Sub- Saharan Africa | 9% | 6% | 4% | 63% | 7% | 15% |
| Region | Foundation | Government | Independent | Industry-Private sector | International Organism | N/A | Network | Other | Political party | Political party/figure | University |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 2% | 24% | 48% | 1% | 1% | 7% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 18% | |
| Europe | 3% | 8% | 58% | 2% | 2% | 9% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 14% | |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 3% | 5% | 65% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 17% | |
| N/A | |||||||||||
| No | |||||||||||
| North Africa | 14% | 55% | 3% | 3% | 10% | 3% | 7% | 3% | |||
| Northern America | 0% | 1% | 68% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 1% | 1% | 21% | ||
| Oceania | 4% | 7% | 45% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 43% | ||
| Sub- Saharan Africa | 1% | 10% | 69% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 10% | 2% | 14% |
| Region | Average staff size | Average percentage of female staff | Percentage of female leaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 238 | 34% | 15% |
| Europe | 52 | 35% | 25% |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 44 | 50% | 35% |
| N/A | |||
| No | |||
| North Africa | 59 | 39% | 22% |
| Northern America | 42 | 39% | 24% |
| Oceania | 77 | 42% | 20% |
| Sub- Saharan Africa | 24 | 43% | 24% |
| Region | Female | Male | Male & Female |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 20% | 68% | 13% |
| Europe | 17% | 69% | 13% |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 25% | 55% | 20% |
| N/A | |||
| No | |||
| North Africa | 18% | 65% | 18% |
| Northern America | 16% | 75% | 9% |
| Oceania | 14% | 75% | 11% |
| Sub- Saharan Africa | 23% | 59% | 17% |
| Region | Average publication number | Average publication per staff |
|---|---|---|
| Asia | 604 | 1 |
| Europe | 52 | 1 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 48 | 1 |
| N/A | ||
| No | ||
| North Africa | 98 | 1 |
| Northern America | 61 | 1 |
| Oceania | 47 | 2 |
| Sub- Saharan Africa | 35 | 1 |
| Region | Average Facebook likes | Average Twitter followers | Average YouTube subscribers | Average LinkedIn followers | Average Instagram followers | Average Vimeo subscribers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 9,587 | 18,009 | 6,560 | 8,863 | 6,742 | 26 |
| Europe | 12,280 | 12,737 | 3,410 | 9,440 | 5,371 | 80 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 16,727 | 27,713 | 2,701 | 9,914 | 20,324 | 0 |
| N/A | ||||||
| No | ||||||
| North Africa | 3,507 | 18,973 | 564 | 3,848 | 8,159 | |
| Northern America | 35,659 | 61,973 | 11,285 | 12,916 | 14,169 | 33 |
| Oceania | 7,501 | 26,031 | 3,675 | 12,233 | 1,457 | 18 |
| Sub- Saharan Africa | 8,286 | 11,037 | 3,500 | 11,646 | 10,791 |