Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — State performance
Question: In your opinion, what should be the third 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: (9.00, {'13.0': '3.95%', '1.0': '11.10%', '9.0': '22.58%', '7.0': '5.61%', '8.0': '9.57%', '4.0': '9.69%', '5.0': '11.48%', '3.0': '6.12%', '21.0': '5.23%', '2.0': '4.97%', '6.0': '3.70%', '10.0': '5.99%'})
Iraq: (9.00, {'10.0': '23.06%', '9.0': '25.00%', '5.0': '12.78%', '7.0': '4.72%', '21.0': '1.39%', '6.0': '5.83%', '4.0': '5.42%', '8.0': '19.17%', '1.0': '0.69%', '3.0': '1.94%'})
Jordan: (9.00, {'1.0': '11.52%', '5.0': '16.19%', '9.0': '17.56%', '7.0': '2.61%', '2.0': '6.17%', '10.0': '4.39%', '21.0': '9.05%', '4.0': '12.48%', '8.0': '13.17%', '6.0': '1.92%', '3.0': '4.94%'})
Lebanon: (5.00, {'6.0': '4.82%', '3.0': '6.78%', '21.0': '7.43%', '1.0': '9.78%', '10.0': '4.30%', '5.0': '17.21%', '7.0': '7.95%', '9.0': '17.08%', '8.0': '10.04%', '2.0': '3.78%', '4.0': '10.82%'})
Libya: (6.00, {'6.0': '15.57%', '4.0': '15.57%', '2.0': '4.92%', '9.0': '13.11%', '5.0': '15.57%', '1.0': '11.48%', '21.0': '8.20%', '7.0': '6.56%', '8.0': '2.46%', '3.0': '5.74%', '10.0': '0.82%'})
Morocco: (9.00, {'9.0': '17.18%', '3.0': '3.57%', '7.0': '5.78%', '5.0': '14.12%', '12.0': '3.40%', '13.0': '5.27%', '6.0': '4.93%', '4.0': '9.52%', '10.0': '6.63%', '8.0': '12.93%', '1.0': '7.14%', '21.0': '4.76%', '2.0': '4.76%'})
Tunisia: (5.00, {'3.0': '8.28%', '6.0': '8.58%', '8.0': '9.88%', '10.0': '7.99%', '2.0': '5.81%', '7.0': '3.92%', '5.0': '15.26%', '1.0': '11.48%', '4.0': '14.39%', '13.0': '1.89%', '9.0': '10.17%', '21.0': '2.33%'})
Algeria: (9.00, {'21.0': '10.91%', '4.0': '9.26%', '2.0': '10.49%', '9.0': '15.02%', '8.0': '13.99%', '10.0': '8.64%', '5.0': '12.55%', '1.0': '11.11%', '13.0': '2.88%', '6.0': '1.65%', '7.0': '2.06%', '3.0': '1.44%'})
Saudi Arabia: (4.00, {'6.0': '4.33%', '9.0': '13.00%', '8.0': '9.33%', '2.0': '7.00%', '4.0': '16.33%', '21.0': '11.00%', '7.0': '3.00%', '5.0': '13.67%', '10.0': '5.67%', '3.0': '11.00%', '1.0': '5.67%'})
Sudan: (5.00, {'21.0': '6.95%', '1.0': '10.50%', '7.0': '4.40%', '10.0': '7.23%', '3.0': '4.40%', '5.0': '16.60%', '6.0': '4.26%', '14.0': '7.66%', '4.0': '11.63%', '8.0': '8.09%', '9.0': '12.48%', '2.0': '4.82%', '15.0': '0.99%'})
Palestine: (9.00, {'4.0': '11.77%', '2.0': '8.86%', '5.0': '16.80%', '15.0': '1.46%', '9.0': '17.33%', '21.0': '8.33%', '1.0': '12.43%', '8.0': '15.61%', '10.0': '3.31%', '7.0': '2.91%', '6.0': '1.19%'})
Kuwait: (5.00, {'2.0': '8.11%', '21.0': '11.49%', '10.0': '5.24%', '1.0': '12.84%', '5.0': '14.36%', '9.0': '10.14%', '3.0': '7.94%', '6.0': '8.78%', '4.0': '11.99%', '7.0': '1.52%', '8.0': '7.60%'})
Mauritania: (9.00, {'9.0': '14.49%', '5.0': '11.18%', '4.0': '13.72%', '10.0': '8.13%', '8.0': '8.51%', '7.0': '4.70%', '11.0': '4.70%', '2.0': '6.99%', '6.0': '3.30%', '1.0': '9.15%', '21.0': '8.39%', '3.0': '6.73%'})
Qatar: (5.00, {'21.0': '7.20%', '4.0': '8.00%', '9.0': '20.80%', '2.0': '3.47%', '10.0': '7.73%', '5.0': '24.53%', '1.0': '4.53%', '6.0': '4.27%', '3.0': '6.93%', '8.0': '10.93%', '7.0': '1.60%'})