Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — State performance
Question: Please specify the two most important reasons that you think lead to the decline in the state's formidability. Most important reason: 1: The decline in the state's formidability is a result of the failure of state agencies to provide basic services efficiently, 2: The decline in the state's formidability is because senior officials are incompetent and/or unsuitable for their positions, 3: The decline in the state's formidability is a result of some senior officials' fear of making decisions and taking risks, 4: The decline in the state's formidability is the result of the government's frequent decision reversals, 5: The decline in the state's formidability is the result of citizens' lack of respect for the law, 6: The decline in the state's formidability is due to the government's bias towards some groups at the expense of others, 7: The decline in the state's formidability is the result of the law not being applied equally among the people, 8: The decline in the state's formidability is due to the government's lax law enforcement, 9: The decline in the state's formidability is the result of the lack of cooperation between state agencies (competition), 10: The decline in the state's formidability is the result of favouritism/interference in the completion of government transactions, 11: The decline in the state's formidability is due to unequal relations with other countries
Response scale: 1 to 11
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (1.00, {'2.0': '10.79%', '10.0': '6.37%', '6.0': '10.53%', '11.0': '2.60%', '4.0': '6.50%', '1.0': '21.46%', '3.0': '9.49%', '8.0': '6.89%', '5.0': '12.48%', '9.0': '4.81%', '7.0': '8.06%'})
Iraq: (2.00, {'7.0': '14.12%', '3.0': '7.38%', '9.0': '4.88%', '10.0': '7.12%', '8.0': '12.88%', '6.0': '6.50%', '5.0': '11.88%', '2.0': '17.38%', '1.0': '5.00%', '4.0': '8.75%', '11.0': '4.12%'})
Jordan: (2.00, {'2.0': '22.75%', '1.0': '16.32%', '4.0': '8.87%', '8.0': '6.43%', '10.0': '12.98%', '7.0': '10.03%', '9.0': '1.54%', '5.0': '8.74%', '6.0': '6.81%', '3.0': '4.88%', '11.0': '0.64%'})
Lebanon: (2.00, {'5.0': '5.84%', '8.0': '4.07%', '2.0': '25.92%', '1.0': '21.98%', '3.0': '10.29%', '7.0': '11.56%', '4.0': '4.45%', '6.0': '6.61%', '9.0': '2.03%', '10.0': '6.73%', '11.0': '0.51%'})
Libya: (2.00, {'2.0': '35.79%', '4.0': '9.15%', '1.0': '22.07%', '7.0': '4.37%', '11.0': '4.17%', '9.0': '1.19%', '5.0': '6.76%', '3.0': '9.94%', '8.0': '2.98%', '10.0': '2.19%', '6.0': '1.39%'})
Morocco: (1.00, {'6.0': '7.93%', '3.0': '10.48%', '7.0': '7.93%', '2.0': '16.02%', '5.0': '5.84%', '10.0': '6.59%', '1.0': '17.22%', '8.0': '7.78%', '4.0': '7.63%', '9.0': '8.38%', '11.0': '4.19%'})
Tunisia: (2.00, {'4.0': '6.94%', '1.0': '12.55%', '2.0': '37.65%', '5.0': '5.47%', '11.0': '6.01%', '3.0': '8.28%', '7.0': '5.61%', '8.0': '2.00%', '6.0': '5.34%', '9.0': '2.40%', '10.0': '7.74%'})
Algeria: (5.00, {'7.0': '13.21%', '8.0': '15.93%', '2.0': '9.01%', '11.0': '4.82%', '5.0': '20.96%', '4.0': '3.56%', '6.0': '3.77%', '1.0': '15.51%', '9.0': '3.14%', '3.0': '3.14%', '10.0': '6.92%'})
Saudi Arabia: (2.00, {'2.0': '34.19%', '1.0': '25.16%', '5.0': '3.23%', '8.0': '1.94%', '3.0': '7.74%', '7.0': '13.55%', '10.0': '1.94%', '4.0': '4.52%', '9.0': '2.58%', '6.0': '3.87%', '11.0': '1.29%'})
Sudan: (1.00, {'2.0': '16.99%', '4.0': '7.02%', '5.0': '5.06%', '1.0': '42.70%', '7.0': '4.07%', '10.0': '2.11%', '8.0': '4.35%', '9.0': '2.81%', '3.0': '8.15%', '11.0': '0.98%', '6.0': '5.76%'})
Palestine: (2.00, {'10.0': '9.03%', '6.0': '7.89%', '1.0': '21.63%', '5.0': '6.11%', '4.0': '4.33%', '3.0': '4.83%', '2.0': '26.59%', '7.0': '12.21%', '8.0': '3.56%', '9.0': '2.04%', '11.0': '1.78%'})
Kuwait: (1.00, {'1.0': '59.83%', '4.0': '3.45%', '2.0': '21.72%', '3.0': '7.41%', '9.0': '0.86%', '6.0': '1.38%', '10.0': '1.03%', '5.0': '1.55%', '7.0': '1.38%', '8.0': '1.21%', '11.0': '0.17%'})
Mauritania: (1.00, {'7.0': '12.17%', '5.0': '8.77%', '1.0': '36.65%', '3.0': '5.89%', '9.0': '1.31%', '2.0': '10.08%', '6.0': '12.17%', '4.0': '4.58%', '8.0': '4.84%', '11.0': '0.65%', '10.0': '2.88%'})
Qatar: (1.00, {'2.0': '17.20%', '3.0': '8.60%', '1.0': '25.81%', '5.0': '18.28%', '10.0': '1.88%', '7.0': '10.48%', '8.0': '5.38%', '4.0': '2.42%', '9.0': '1.88%', '6.0': '5.11%', '11.0': '2.96%'})