Kectil youth leaders in a large-group panel discussion — Global Youth Index research community.

Youth SpeakWhat young people said.

Youth Speak asked young people what they need and how they lead. Their answers became the Global Youth Index — research youth leaders can carry into classrooms, policy rooms, and neighborhood work.

Global Youth Index Impact overview

Young people heard: 4,958
Countries: 113
Youth Speak years: 2025–2026

From listening to an index

Youth Speak is the listening series. The Global Youth Index is the public home for the findings.

The series

Youth Speak heard almost 5,000 young people in 113 countries during 2025–2026. The questions were about need, leadership, and what should change at home.

The index

Those answers became the Global Youth Index. Open GYI for the research itself.

Global Youth Index

What came next

Community projects and conferences are how colleagues put the listening to work.

Community projects

Kectil colleagues in blue program shirts waving together during a cohort gathering.

Read the index. Stay with the program story.

GYI holds Youth Speak research. Conferences, community projects, news, and apply stay here.

Global Youth Index

The Global Youth Index is the public home for Youth Speak research.

Global Youth Index Impact overview