Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — Respondant country’s elected legislature and participation in public/political affairs.
Question: To what extent do you believe you can criticize the government? 1: The government cannot be criticized, 10: The government can be criticized.
Response scale: 1 to 10
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (5.01, {'1.0': '24.13%', '10.0': '12.87%', '2.0': '3.73%', '8.0': '8.09%', '5.0': '10.50%', '6.0': '7.87%', '7.0': '11.13%', '4.0': '10.46%', '9.0': '3.77%', '3.0': '7.45%'})
Iraq: (6.61, {'5.0': '16.67%', '1.0': '7.94%', '7.0': '10.03%', '6.0': '8.10%', '2.0': '2.97%', '8.0': '7.60%', '4.0': '6.22%', '3.0': '5.64%', '9.0': '5.51%', '10.0': '29.32%'})
Jordan: (5.64, {'5.0': '17.02%', '1.0': '17.94%', '7.0': '10.15%', '10.0': '20.01%', '3.0': '4.72%', '4.0': '4.47%', '6.0': '6.91%', '2.0': '6.57%', '9.0': '5.27%', '8.0': '6.95%'})
Lebanon: (8.19, {'5.0': '6.21%', '10.0': '55.79%', '1.0': '5.63%', '2.0': '0.84%', '4.0': '2.69%', '9.0': '5.84%', '6.0': '4.91%', '3.0': '1.26%', '8.0': '8.65%', '7.0': '8.19%'})
Libya: (6.23, {'5.0': '19.05%', '6.0': '9.20%', '10.0': '26.79%', '8.0': '6.04%', '3.0': '4.81%', '2.0': '3.17%', '4.0': '6.86%', '7.0': '8.44%', '1.0': '11.49%', '9.0': '4.16%'})
Morocco: (6.43, {'7.0': '18.20%', '1.0': '5.14%', '8.0': '12.93%', '2.0': '2.87%', '6.0': '13.63%', '5.0': '11.80%', '10.0': '16.02%', '3.0': '6.62%', '9.0': '5.88%', '4.0': '6.92%'})
Tunisia: (6.40, {'7.0': '8.74%', '10.0': '28.65%', '6.0': '6.34%', '8.0': '9.05%', '5.0': '17.16%', '2.0': '2.71%', '4.0': '4.75%', '9.0': '5.14%', '1.0': '13.26%', '3.0': '4.21%'})
Algeria: (6.08, {'5.0': '27.30%', '4.0': '11.38%', '6.0': '24.59%', '7.0': '13.75%', '3.0': '2.91%', '2.0': '0.81%', '8.0': '6.10%', '9.0': '0.41%', '10.0': '11.79%', '1.0': '0.95%'})
Saudi Arabia: (3.72, {'10.0': '14.37%', '1.0': '51.52%', '5.0': '7.54%', '2.0': '5.02%', '8.0': '3.86%', '9.0': '2.86%', '3.0': '4.50%', '6.0': '3.21%', '4.0': '3.39%', '7.0': '3.74%'})
Sudan: (5.78, {'10.0': '32.71%', '2.0': '6.50%', '1.0': '23.91%', '6.0': '4.54%', '3.0': '7.28%', '5.0': '5.50%', '9.0': '5.36%', '7.0': '5.18%', '8.0': '4.12%', '4.0': '4.90%'})
Palestine: (4.64, {'7.0': '8.74%', '3.0': '9.12%', '9.0': '4.16%', '5.0': '16.08%', '2.0': '7.09%', '1.0': '24.18%', '6.0': '7.76%', '4.0': '7.51%', '8.0': '5.22%', '10.0': '10.14%'})
Kuwait: (5.23, {'2.0': '14.85%', '4.0': '7.73%', '10.0': '8.79%', '9.0': '3.78%', '8.0': '9.90%', '7.0': '15.35%', '3.0': '8.62%', '1.0': '9.68%', '5.0': '9.12%', '6.0': '12.18%'})
Mauritania: (5.28, {'2.0': '4.42%', '4.0': '9.60%', '5.0': '11.75%', '1.0': '19.55%', '6.0': '10.28%', '3.0': '7.62%', '10.0': '12.55%', '7.0': '8.30%', '8.0': '9.31%', '9.0': '6.61%'})
Qatar: (5.64, {'6.0': '7.24%', '8.0': '3.80%', '10.0': '31.98%', '4.0': '2.12%', '5.0': '7.16%', '7.0': '4.95%', '9.0': '4.59%', '3.0': '3.00%', '2.0': '6.27%', '1.0': '28.89%'})