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 'Insulting and cursing politicians on social media'? 1: Freedom of expression, 2: 2, 3: 3, 4: 4, 5: Cybercrime
Response scale: 1 to 5
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (3.69, {'5.0': '37.88%', '4.0': '20.71%', '3.0': '20.22%', '2.0': '14.77%', '1.0': '6.42%'})
Iraq: (3.29, {'5.0': '30.93%', '4.0': '21.47%', '3.0': '14.26%', '2.0': '11.86%', '1.0': '21.47%'})
Jordan: (4.10, {'4.0': '12.57%', '5.0': '60.80%', '1.0': '9.02%', '3.0': '11.24%', '2.0': '6.36%'})
Lebanon: (2.78, {'1.0': '37.94%', '5.0': '26.32%', '4.0': '11.62%', '3.0': '13.38%', '2.0': '10.74%'})
Libya: (3.06, {'5.0': '39.47%', '1.0': '34.93%', '3.0': '10.40%', '4.0': '5.87%', '2.0': '9.33%'})
Morocco: (3.58, {'2.0': '12.50%', '4.0': '20.21%', '5.0': '34.93%', '3.0': '22.43%', '1.0': '9.93%'})
Tunisia: (3.70, {'5.0': '57.18%', '1.0': '23.33%', '4.0': '7.18%', '3.0': '7.44%', '2.0': '4.87%'})
Algeria: (4.36, {'5.0': '59.26%', '4.0': '27.16%', '3.0': '7.41%', '1.0': '3.70%', '2.0': '2.47%'})
Saudi Arabia: (3.72, {'5.0': '45.51%', '2.0': '8.99%', '1.0': '12.24%', '3.0': '18.55%', '4.0': '14.72%'})
Sudan: (3.42, {'1.0': '21.60%', '5.0': '39.81%', '2.0': '9.71%', '4.0': '15.53%', '3.0': '13.35%'})
Palestine: (3.53, {'2.0': '15.58%', '5.0': '32.38%', '4.0': '21.94%', '3.0': '20.88%', '1.0': '9.23%'})
Kuwait: (3.70, {'5.0': '38.25%', '3.0': '18.07%', '4.0': '23.51%', '1.0': '9.47%', '2.0': '10.70%'})
Mauritania: (3.11, {'4.0': '14.73%', '5.0': '26.60%', '3.0': '21.62%', '2.0': '17.34%', '1.0': '19.71%'})
Qatar: (4.17, {'3.0': '8.74%', '1.0': '8.74%', '5.0': '63.93%', '4.0': '12.84%', '2.0': '5.74%'})