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While all regions have improved over time, the pace of progress varies. South Asia shows the fastest gains - and the only notable decline (since 2000).

Global safety for women is improving, but the gap between regions is only slowly reducing.

Stark regional disparities persist although all regions have seen gradual improvements in women's safety 1990-2024. North America and Europe lead with consistently high scores, and both Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia remain below the global average.

Countries vary in overall women’s safety scores, and in the dimensions on which perform best. Some lead in equity and protection of bodily integrity, while others are stronger in access to resources. We can identify specific strengths (and gaps) in each country’s approach to women’s safety. For instance, India is high in access to resources and low in equity within the South Asia region.

Intimate partner violence increases as the foundations of women’s safety decline: The relationship is evidence-based.

Notably, East Asia & Pacific spans across a broad range of country safety scores and prevalence of intimate partner violence. It is a globally-representative region because the wide-ranging global variation is present in this one region.