Perception Gap Index Data

Current Daily Score

5.3

Diverging Narratives

June 1, 2026

PGI Tributaries

The seven tributary measurements that feed into the overall Perception Gap Index.

PGI-GP

Geopolitical

5.2

PGI-IW

Information Warfare

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PGI-WR

Women's Rights

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PGI-EC

Economics

6.1

PGI-TE

Technology & Ethics

—

PGI-HE

Health & Environment

4.7

PGI-CL

Climate

5.3

Most Divergent Region Pairs (Past 7 Days)

Europe ↔ South Asia

9.2

Africa ↔ Middle East

9.2

Global ↔ South Asia

9.2

Africa ↔ Europe

9.2

Europe ↔ Middle East

9.2

Africa ↔ South Asia

9.2

Europe ↔ Global

9.2

Africa ↔ Global

9.2

Global ↔ Middle East

9.2

Middle East ↔ South Asia

9.2

Perception Gap Index Data

Current Daily Score

PGI Tributaries

Top Scored Stories (Past 7 Days)

Household crisis management is becoming a common governance frame across regions

US sanctions Gaza flotilla organizers

Rights reporting links UAE-trained Colombian mercenaries to Sudan’s RSF

ICC sanctions fight widens as former prosecutor urges EU blocking statute against US measures

UN documented nearly 10,000 cases of conflict-related sexual violence in 2025

Most Divergent Region Pairs (Past 7 Days)

China removes tariffs for some African trade as US tariff pressure reshapes alignments

UN conflict-sexual-violence reporting is moving toward a core war-monitoring metric

Sudan’s famine risk and acute hunger burden kept worsening

Yemen’s humanitarian plan stayed badly underfunded as needs rose

Global wildfires have already burned more than 150 million hectares in early 2026, with El Niño threatening a worse second half