Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — State performance
Question: In your opinion, what should be the first 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: (1.00, {'1.0': '28.41%', '5.0': '15.27%', '4.0': '9.14%', '21.0': '6.88%', '2.0': '5.51%', '7.0': '1.63%', '13.0': '2.00%', '3.0': '9.51%', '9.0': '13.02%', '8.0': '2.63%', '10.0': '4.88%', '6.0': '1.13%'})
Iraq: (1.00, {'1.0': '20.58%', '4.0': '15.06%', '2.0': '20.33%', '21.0': '16.94%', '3.0': '14.68%', '6.0': '2.13%', '8.0': '1.63%', '5.0': '7.28%', '7.0': '0.63%', '9.0': '0.50%', '10.0': '0.25%'})
Jordan: (1.00, {'9.0': '11.39%', '1.0': '25.32%', '21.0': '12.15%', '8.0': '9.62%', '5.0': '9.49%', '3.0': '4.81%', '2.0': '7.22%', '4.0': '16.96%', '10.0': '2.03%', '7.0': '0.63%', '6.0': '0.38%'})
Lebanon: (1.00, {'5.0': '17.38%', '4.0': '7.93%', '2.0': '5.42%', '21.0': '8.19%', '3.0': '11.08%', '9.0': '14.23%', '1.0': '27.20%', '8.0': '4.91%', '10.0': '1.64%', '7.0': '1.26%', '6.0': '0.76%'})
Libya: (1.00, {'5.0': '15.07%', '1.0': '17.77%', '21.0': '11.89%', '9.0': '6.86%', '3.0': '10.29%', '8.0': '3.68%', '6.0': '5.76%', '2.0': '10.42%', '4.0': '15.07%', '10.0': '1.10%', '7.0': '2.08%'})
Morocco: (5.00, {'5.0': '15.55%', '2.0': '8.48%', '21.0': '9.90%', '13.0': '1.93%', '4.0': '12.85%', '7.0': '3.86%', '3.0': '3.98%', '1.0': '15.42%', '9.0': '12.60%', '12.0': '2.96%', '8.0': '5.53%', '10.0': '3.47%', '6.0': '3.47%'})
Tunisia: (1.00, {'1.0': '21.36%', '21.0': '2.56%', '4.0': '17.77%', '8.0': '5.63%', '5.0': '20.20%', '2.0': '4.48%', '9.0': '9.08%', '10.0': '7.29%', '3.0': '6.65%', '6.0': '2.43%', '13.0': '1.79%', '7.0': '0.77%'})
Algeria: (1.00, {'1.0': '17.31%', '9.0': '17.31%', '6.0': '3.46%', '5.0': '12.42%', '7.0': '3.67%', '10.0': '15.48%', '2.0': '6.72%', '13.0': '4.89%', '4.0': '6.72%', '8.0': '9.16%', '21.0': '2.24%', '3.0': '0.61%'})
Saudi Arabia: (8.00, {'8.0': '27.60%', '3.0': '6.64%', '4.0': '14.63%', '21.0': '6.64%', '6.0': '2.56%', '5.0': '9.80%', '9.0': '7.24%', '7.0': '3.32%', '1.0': '6.03%', '10.0': '2.87%', '2.0': '4.22%', '12.0': '8.30%', '13.0': '0.15%'})
Sudan: (1.00, {'1.0': '35.39%', '4.0': '18.03%', '8.0': '2.89%', '9.0': '7.11%', '21.0': '8.42%', '5.0': '9.21%', '10.0': '4.61%', '2.0': '7.11%', '3.0': '4.08%', '14.0': '0.66%', '7.0': '1.45%', '6.0': '1.05%'})
Palestine: (1.00, {'5.0': '13.46%', '9.0': '9.81%', '21.0': '10.44%', '4.0': '9.94%', '1.0': '30.44%', '2.0': '12.70%', '6.0': '1.51%', '8.0': '9.56%', '10.0': '0.75%', '7.0': '0.50%', '15.0': '0.88%'})
Kuwait: (1.00, {'1.0': '43.65%', '8.0': '2.17%', '5.0': '5.85%', '4.0': '11.37%', '21.0': '11.71%', '3.0': '6.69%', '9.0': '1.51%', '2.0': '13.21%', '10.0': '1.34%', '6.0': '2.34%', '7.0': '0.17%'})
Mauritania: (1.00, {'1.0': '36.22%', '3.0': '4.51%', '10.0': '2.88%', '4.0': '8.90%', '9.0': '12.78%', '2.0': '13.53%', '21.0': '6.39%', '8.0': '4.26%', '5.0': '7.14%', '7.0': '0.50%', '6.0': '0.88%', '11.0': '2.01%'})
Qatar: (1.00, {'1.0': '50.12%', '4.0': '18.45%', '10.0': '0.25%', '2.0': '4.99%', '21.0': '7.48%', '3.0': '1.75%', '7.0': '0.50%', '9.0': '4.49%', '5.0': '6.48%', '8.0': '3.99%', '6.0': '1.50%'})