In a survey conducted between 2018 and 2019, about 60 percent of the people interviewed in Jamaica said a military coup would be justifiable in case of high crime. This was the highest level of tolerance of military coups due to crime in all the Latin American and Caribbean countries surveyed. At the other end of the spectrum, less than 24 percent of the voting-age adults interviewed in Uruguay would justify a military coup in case of high levels of crime.
Tolerance of military coups under high crime in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2019
The source does not specify the number of respondents. In the previous edition of the study, the sample amounted to approximately 1,500 respondents in each country.
This statistic represents the share of respondents who agreed with the following statement: "A military take-over of the state would be justified: - When there is a lot of corruption".
The wording chosen for this statistic may slightly differ from the original.
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Vanderbilt University. (October 13, 2019). Tolerance of military coups under high crime in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1068270/latin-america-military-coup-tolerance-crime-country/
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