Comparison of country scores between 2007 and 2009 by subregion
| Africa | SSEAsia | EECA | LA | Caribbean | MENA | |||||||
| 2007 | 2009 | 2007 | 2009 | 2007 | 2009 | 2007 | 2009 | 2007 | 2009 | 2007 | 2009 | |
| Poorly functional | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 |
| Partially functional | 14 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Fully functional | 25 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 45 | 45 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 20 |
SSEAsia, South East Asia; EECA, Eastern Europe and Central asia; LA, Latin America; MENA, Middle East and North Africa.