Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — State performance
Question: Please specify the two most important reasons that you think lead to the decline in the state's formidability. The second most important reason: 1: The decline in the state's formidability is a result of the failure of state agencies to provide basic services efficiently, 2: The decline in the state's formidability is because senior officials are incompetent and/or unsuitable for their positions, 3: The decline in the state's formidability is a result of some senior officials' fear of making decisions and taking risks, 4: The decline in the state's formidability is the result of the government's frequent decision reversals, 5: The decline in the state's formidability is the result of citizens' lack of respect for the law, 6: The decline in the state's formidability is due to the government's bias towards some groups at the expense of others, 7: The decline in the state's formidability is the result of the law not being applied equally among the people, 8: The decline in the state's formidability is due to the government's lax law enforcement, 9: The decline in the state's formidability is the result of the lack of cooperation between state agencies (competition), 10: The decline in the state's formidability is the result of favouritism/interference in the completion of government transactions, 11: The decline in the state's formidability is due to unequal relations with other countries
Response scale: 1 to 11
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (7.00, {'4.0': '5.53%', '8.0': '11.46%', '7.0': '14.69%', '6.0': '12.26%', '3.0': '9.70%', '5.0': '13.61%', '10.0': '10.24%', '9.0': '6.20%', '2.0': '7.95%', '11.0': '3.10%', '1.0': '5.26%'})
Iraq: (5.00, {'6.0': '8.74%', '2.0': '10.15%', '3.0': '7.46%', '8.0': '11.70%', '10.0': '8.35%', '1.0': '5.27%', '7.0': '12.47%', '9.0': '6.68%', '4.0': '9.13%', '5.0': '13.88%', '11.0': '6.17%'})
Jordan: (10.00, {'6.0': '11.76%', '5.0': '8.02%', '2.0': '12.70%', '7.0': '13.10%', '1.0': '6.95%', '8.0': '6.68%', '10.0': '15.91%', '4.0': '12.30%', '3.0': '9.89%', '9.0': '2.14%', '11.0': '0.53%'})
Lebanon: (2.00, {'10.0': '11.39%', '5.0': '10.21%', '9.0': '2.75%', '6.0': '11.91%', '2.0': '15.31%', '8.0': '7.46%', '1.0': '7.98%', '3.0': '10.34%', '7.0': '11.13%', '4.0': '10.73%', '11.0': '0.79%'})
Libya: (4.00, {'3.0': '10.44%', '2.0': '17.78%', '8.0': '4.67%', '10.0': '4.44%', '1.0': '11.33%', '11.0': '3.33%', '6.0': '6.22%', '7.0': '8.44%', '4.0': '19.56%', '9.0': '2.89%', '5.0': '10.89%'})
Morocco: (3.00, {'4.0': '6.70%', '5.0': '6.70%', '7.0': '8.15%', '3.0': '13.77%', '10.0': '11.05%', '1.0': '11.96%', '2.0': '11.96%', '9.0': '6.70%', '6.0': '10.33%', '8.0': '9.24%', '11.0': '3.44%'})
Tunisia: (2.00, {'6.0': '8.02%', '5.0': '10.34%', '4.0': '12.19%', '10.0': '9.10%', '7.0': '10.03%', '3.0': '14.97%', '1.0': '4.94%', '2.0': '16.36%', '11.0': '6.33%', '9.0': '3.55%', '8.0': '4.17%'})
Algeria: (5.00, {'1.0': '9.66%', '2.0': '14.49%', '5.0': '16.76%', '3.0': '7.67%', '10.0': '10.51%', '8.0': '15.06%', '9.0': '3.98%', '11.0': '2.56%', '6.0': '5.40%', '7.0': '8.81%', '4.0': '5.11%'})
Saudi Arabia: (2.00, {'9.0': '4.80%', '8.0': '7.20%', '7.0': '16.80%', '2.0': '18.40%', '1.0': '8.80%', '3.0': '14.40%', '4.0': '14.40%', '10.0': '3.20%', '11.0': '2.40%', '5.0': '5.60%', '6.0': '4.00%'})
Sudan: (2.00, {'3.0': '9.71%', '4.0': '12.03%', '5.0': '8.84%', '1.0': '9.13%', '2.0': '22.75%', '6.0': '10.00%', '8.0': '7.25%', '7.0': '10.14%', '10.0': '5.07%', '9.0': '3.19%', '11.0': '1.88%'})
Palestine: (7.00, {'7.0': '14.53%', '3.0': '10.08%', '1.0': '11.39%', '6.0': '14.14%', '9.0': '2.36%', '8.0': '5.89%', '2.0': '12.30%', '5.0': '10.47%', '10.0': '12.04%', '4.0': '5.89%', '11.0': '0.92%'})
Kuwait: (2.00, {'2.0': '34.61%', '3.0': '18.61%', '6.0': '5.91%', '4.0': '11.30%', '10.0': '5.57%', '7.0': '4.52%', '1.0': '7.83%', '5.0': '6.61%', '9.0': '2.26%', '8.0': '2.43%', '11.0': '0.35%'})
Mauritania: (6.00, {'4.0': '7.66%', '6.0': '15.59%', '5.0': '13.47%', '7.0': '12.02%', '3.0': '11.76%', '8.0': '6.74%', '2.0': '12.95%', '1.0': '10.30%', '10.0': '5.55%', '9.0': '3.04%', '11.0': '0.92%'})
Qatar: (7.00, {'6.0': '7.78%', '10.0': '9.28%', '5.0': '12.28%', '4.0': '3.59%', '2.0': '12.87%', '9.0': '5.39%', '8.0': '11.98%', '3.0': '8.08%', '1.0': '9.58%', '11.0': '4.19%', '7.0': '14.97%'})