MENA: opinion on progressing the Arab world by factors 2020

The results of a survey in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in 2020 about the Arab youth, showed that the highest percentage of respondents who were young Arabs of about 36 percent thought that the top priority for the Arab world to move forward and progress would be to crack down on government corruption. The average share of respondents who believed that government corruption was widespread in the MENA region in that year was 41 percent.

Youth opinion on ways to progress the Arab world in the Middle East and North Africa region in 2020, by factors

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Release date

October 2020

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Region

MENA

Survey time period

January 19 to August 26, 2020

Number of respondents

4,000 respondents

Age group

18-24 years

Special properties

Interview conducted in Arabic and English

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview, online survey

Supplementary notes

The survey question was as follows: "Now thinking about the next 10 years, which of the following, if any, are the most important things necessary for the Arab world to progress and move forward? Please choose up to three priorities."
The study was conducted in in two parts:
The first part was The Main Survey conducted in 17 countries between January 19 and March 3 2020 before the coronavirus outbreak with a count of 3,400 face-to face interviews, Covered countries were Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Yemen. Syria and Sudan were recently added to the latest year's version of the survey in 2020. Each country had 200 respondent. Margin of error for this survey was +/-1.7 percent.
The second COVID-19 Pulse Survey between August 18 and 26, 2020 following the COVID-19 crisis with a count of 600 face-to-face and online interviews divided equally between six countries: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, Lebanon, Algeria, and Egypt. Margin of error for this survey was +/-4.0 percent.
All respondents were exclusively citizens of their countries and they were 50% male and female.

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