Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — Populism
Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement: For the sake of national development the government/authorities might have to restrict the opinions of individuals opposing it. 1: Strongly agree, 2: Somewhat agree, 3: Somewhat disagree, 4: Completely disagree
Response scale: 1 to 4
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (2.90, {'4.0': '34.44%', '1.0': '7.94%', '3.0': '28.94%', '2.0': '28.68%'})
Iraq: (2.41, {'1.0': '25.37%', '4.0': '24.25%', '3.0': '17.62%', '2.0': '32.75%'})
Jordan: (2.40, {'1.0': '22.66%', '4.0': '21.30%', '3.0': '20.35%', '2.0': '35.69%'})
Lebanon: (2.59, {'4.0': '30.15%', '3.0': '20.85%', '2.0': '27.36%', '1.0': '21.65%'})
Libya: (2.25, {'1.0': '30.57%', '4.0': '20.12%', '2.0': '33.53%', '3.0': '15.78%'})
Morocco: (2.98, {'3.0': '32.08%', '4.0': '36.79%', '2.0': '23.05%', '1.0': '8.09%'})
Tunisia: (2.54, {'1.0': '29.54%', '4.0': '35.36%', '3.0': '12.98%', '2.0': '22.12%'})
Algeria: (3.62, {'4.0': '65.23%', '3.0': '31.97%', '2.0': '2.38%', '1.0': '0.43%'})
Saudi Arabia: (2.32, {'2.0': '49.62%', '1.0': '14.66%', '4.0': '10.90%', '3.0': '24.81%'})
Sudan: (2.49, {'4.0': '22.09%', '1.0': '19.85%', '3.0': '25.07%', '2.0': '32.99%'})
Palestine: (2.83, {'3.0': '38.18%', '2.0': '31.82%', '4.0': '25.06%', '1.0': '4.94%'})
Kuwait: (2.64, {'4.0': '20.00%', '2.0': '28.28%', '3.0': '37.76%', '1.0': '13.97%'})
Mauritania: (3.00, {'4.0': '34.05%', '3.0': '35.06%', '1.0': '3.42%', '2.0': '27.47%'})
Qatar: (2.24, {'2.0': '52.75%', '3.0': '20.05%', '4.0': '10.44%', '1.0': '16.76%'})