Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — Respondant country’s elected legislature and participation in public/political affairs.
Question: On a scale from 1–5, where would you place 'Publishing news that is true but impacts state security'? 1: Freedom of expression, 2: 2, 3: 3, 4: 4, 5: Cybercrime
Response scale: 1 to 5
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (3.73, {'1.0': '12.90%', '5.0': '48.23%', '3.0': '15.16%', '2.0': '10.65%', '4.0': '13.06%'})
Iraq: (3.39, {'5.0': '34.98%', '4.0': '18.02%', '2.0': '12.46%', '1.0': '18.47%', '3.0': '16.07%'})
Jordan: (4.21, {'4.0': '9.04%', '3.0': '8.59%', '5.0': '67.85%', '1.0': '9.04%', '2.0': '5.48%'})
Lebanon: (3.12, {'5.0': '31.94%', '3.0': '18.96%', '1.0': '27.01%', '4.0': '12.24%', '2.0': '9.85%'})
Libya: (3.47, {'1.0': '25.93%', '5.0': '51.06%', '3.0': '11.90%', '4.0': '3.97%', '2.0': '7.14%'})
Morocco: (3.35, {'1.0': '14.19%', '2.0': '17.82%', '4.0': '19.90%', '3.0': '17.47%', '5.0': '30.62%'})
Tunisia: (3.76, {'5.0': '57.99%', '1.0': '20.88%', '2.0': '6.19%', '4.0': '8.25%', '3.0': '6.70%'})
Algeria: (4.85, {'5.0': '88.46%', '4.0': '8.97%', '2.0': '1.28%', '3.0': '1.28%'})
Saudi Arabia: (4.19, {'2.0': '6.64%', '1.0': '10.14%', '5.0': '69.58%', '4.0': '6.64%', '3.0': '6.99%'})
Sudan: (3.14, {'5.0': '33.09%', '2.0': '13.38%', '3.0': '15.82%', '1.0': '25.55%', '4.0': '12.17%'})
Palestine: (3.70, {'3.0': '16.42%', '5.0': '45.78%', '1.0': '12.50%', '2.0': '10.84%', '4.0': '14.46%'})
Kuwait: (3.71, {'5.0': '43.39%', '3.0': '16.05%', '4.0': '16.40%', '1.0': '7.94%', '2.0': '16.23%'})
Mauritania: (3.64, {'5.0': '41.75%', '4.0': '13.21%', '3.0': '24.29%', '2.0': '8.49%', '1.0': '12.26%'})
Qatar: (4.35, {'4.0': '11.91%', '3.0': '8.03%', '5.0': '70.08%', '1.0': '6.65%', '2.0': '3.32%'})