Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — State performance
Question: In some countries, some individuals or parties impose semi-periodic protection rackets, demanding a payoff in exchange for protection or other services, on some people or business owners. Is such a phenomenon prevalent in your country? 1: Yes, it is widespread, 2: Yes but it is not widespread, 3: Yes, but it is rare, 4: No, it is unheard of
Response scale: 1 to 4
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (3.08, {'4.0': '49.71%', '3.0': '19.09%', '2.0': '20.59%', '1.0': '10.62%'})
Iraq: (2.14, {'3.0': '13.69%', '4.0': '19.68%', '2.0': '27.32%', '1.0': '39.31%'})
Jordan: (2.41, {'3.0': '22.25%', '4.0': '21.74%', '2.0': '31.65%', '1.0': '24.36%'})
Lebanon: (1.90, {'1.0': '51.73%', '2.0': '22.41%', '4.0': '15.37%', '3.0': '10.49%'})
Libya: (1.84, {'1.0': '45.63%', '2.0': '34.61%', '4.0': '9.74%', '3.0': '10.02%'})
Morocco: (2.73, {'2.0': '23.65%', '4.0': '30.57%', '1.0': '17.19%', '3.0': '28.59%'})
Tunisia: (2.03, {'1.0': '43.58%', '4.0': '19.25%', '2.0': '28.61%', '3.0': '8.56%'})
Algeria: (3.20, {'4.0': '54.94%', '3.0': '20.21%', '1.0': '10.57%', '2.0': '14.29%'})
Saudi Arabia: (3.30, {'4.0': '63.83%', '1.0': '8.50%', '2.0': '16.38%', '3.0': '11.29%'})
Sudan: (2.48, {'1.0': '27.16%', '2.0': '23.41%', '4.0': '25.94%', '3.0': '23.49%'})
Palestine: (2.82, {'4.0': '39.13%', '2.0': '25.76%', '1.0': '15.86%', '3.0': '19.25%'})
Kuwait: (3.10, {'3.0': '17.62%', '1.0': '7.49%', '4.0': '49.79%', '2.0': '25.11%'})
Mauritania: (3.37, {'4.0': '64.77%', '3.0': '14.04%', '2.0': '15.00%', '1.0': '6.19%'})
Qatar: (No data, {})