Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — State performance
Question: In your opinion, what should be the second priority in your country's budget? 1: Establishing projects to invest and tap into natural resources in the country, 2: Increasing jobs in the public sector, 3: Equipping the Army, 4: Developing the extent and quality of state education, 5: Developing and improving government health services (hospitals, health centers, clinics), 6: Improving the country's road network, 7: Improving public transport, 8: Establishing factories and major investment projects, 9: Subsidizing the prices of basic resources (food/fuel, etc.), 10: Developing the agricultural sector (crop farming), 11: Developing the fishing sector, 12: Establishing projects that tap into marine resources, 13: Developing the tourism sector, 14: Development of the agricultural sector (livestock rearing/animal husbandry), 15: Equipping the Security Services, 16: Improving water and electricity networks, 17: Housing provision, 18: Tackling unemployment, 19: Taking care of domestic security, 20: Improving standard of living and tackling poverty and high prices, 21: Increasing the salaries of government employees
Response scale: 1 to 21
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (5.00, {'5.0': '24.40%', '9.0': '18.24%', '1.0': '7.92%', '2.0': '4.78%', '8.0': '8.43%', '6.0': '2.64%', '4.0': '10.06%', '3.0': '4.40%', '21.0': '4.28%', '7.0': '5.28%', '13.0': '2.52%', '10.0': '7.04%'})
Iraq: (4.00, {'7.0': '4.74%', '21.0': '10.01%', '6.0': '7.38%', '2.0': '4.48%', '5.0': '19.89%', '4.0': '21.61%', '3.0': '11.86%', '10.0': '0.79%', '9.0': '4.87%', '8.0': '14.36%'})
Jordan: (5.00, {'21.0': '11.07%', '9.0': '13.38%', '3.0': '5.28%', '5.0': '19.69%', '4.0': '14.54%', '1.0': '13.90%', '8.0': '9.27%', '7.0': '2.19%', '2.0': '8.24%', '10.0': '1.80%', '6.0': '0.64%'})
Lebanon: (5.00, {'9.0': '16.94%', '8.0': '5.44%', '21.0': '8.60%', '1.0': '9.86%', '2.0': '4.42%', '4.0': '13.27%', '3.0': '8.22%', '10.0': '2.91%', '5.0': '24.27%', '6.0': '3.03%', '7.0': '3.03%'})
Libya: (5.00, {'4.0': '21.19%', '2.0': '8.09%', '3.0': '10.98%', '8.0': '5.20%', '9.0': '5.78%', '5.0': '21.77%', '21.0': '13.49%', '10.0': '0.77%', '1.0': '4.82%', '6.0': '5.97%', '7.0': '1.93%'})
Morocco: (5.00, {'7.0': '5.71%', '21.0': '8.27%', '5.0': '16.98%', '1.0': '7.13%', '8.0': '12.27%', '4.0': '8.42%', '13.0': '3.71%', '6.0': '5.14%', '9.0': '14.12%', '10.0': '4.71%', '2.0': '6.13%', '3.0': '2.71%', '12.0': '4.71%'})
Tunisia: (5.00, {'21.0': '2.53%', '4.0': '19.57%', '5.0': '27.03%', '13.0': '1.73%', '7.0': '2.13%', '3.0': '11.05%', '8.0': '7.06%', '10.0': '4.66%', '1.0': '6.39%', '9.0': '7.19%', '6.0': '6.66%', '2.0': '3.99%'})
Algeria: (1.00, {'2.0': '17.38%', '5.0': '12.47%', '1.0': '21.27%', '21.0': '6.95%', '9.0': '13.09%', '13.0': '2.86%', '3.0': '1.23%', '10.0': '9.61%', '4.0': '8.18%', '8.0': '4.29%', '6.0': '1.64%', '7.0': '1.02%'})
Saudi Arabia: (4.00, {'10.0': '7.00%', '7.0': '4.75%', '1.0': '10.00%', '5.0': '18.75%', '9.0': '6.75%', '4.0': '19.50%', '8.0': '8.25%', '21.0': '10.50%', '6.0': '5.50%', '2.0': '2.00%', '3.0': '7.00%'})
Sudan: (5.00, {'9.0': '11.56%', '6.0': '3.36%', '5.0': '18.41%', '3.0': '6.18%', '4.0': '16.67%', '21.0': '10.89%', '1.0': '11.02%', '8.0': '6.05%', '10.0': '4.17%', '2.0': '6.18%', '7.0': '3.76%', '14.0': '1.75%'})
Palestine: (5.00, {'5.0': '19.07%', '21.0': '11.24%', '4.0': '15.28%', '2.0': '9.72%', '9.0': '13.89%', '1.0': '11.74%', '8.0': '12.12%', '7.0': '2.02%', '6.0': '2.40%', '10.0': '2.15%', '15.0': '0.38%'})
Kuwait: (4.00, {'3.0': '10.22%', '2.0': '10.55%', '21.0': '14.91%', '8.0': '4.86%', '4.0': '20.44%', '9.0': '3.52%', '5.0': '16.92%', '6.0': '5.70%', '10.0': '2.85%', '1.0': '8.38%', '7.0': '1.68%'})
Mauritania: (5.00, {'5.0': '18.99%', '8.0': '8.55%', '4.0': '14.47%', '9.0': '10.69%', '1.0': '7.67%', '6.0': '2.14%', '3.0': '7.17%', '21.0': '10.19%', '2.0': '7.67%', '7.0': '3.65%', '11.0': '4.03%', '10.0': '4.78%'})
Qatar: (4.00, {'5.0': '21.09%', '21.0': '14.84%', '10.0': '5.47%', '1.0': '5.21%', '8.0': '7.29%', '2.0': '2.86%', '4.0': '26.56%', '9.0': '9.64%', '3.0': '3.91%', '6.0': '2.60%', '7.0': '0.52%'})