MENA: share of respondents who started stocking up due to the coronavirus by country 2020

As of March 2020, 45 percent of respondents from Lebanon started to stock up on food in order to protect themselves from coronavirus (COVID-19). At the same time, a third of respondents from Jordan stocked up on water for the same reason.

Share of respondents who started stocking up to protect themselves from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Middle East and North Africa in 2020, by country

Characteristic	Food	Water
Lebanon	45%	32%
Jordan	40%	33%
Morocco	23%	9%
Saudi Arabia	22%	17%
United Arab Emirates	21%	19%
Egypt	16%	11%

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Release date

February 2020

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Region

Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, MENA

Survey time period

March 20 to 23, 2020

Number of respondents

4,500 respondents

Special properties

general population of Saudi Arabia (n=1,000) and UAE (n=1,000), urban population of Egypt (n=1,000), Jordan (n=500), Lebanon (n=500) and Morocco (n=500)

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Have you started doing any of the following specifically to protect yourself from COVID-19?" .

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