This statistic shows the opinions of the Arab youth on governmental subsidies for energy, electricity, and transportation fuel (such as gasoline and diesel) for the people in the Middle East and North Africa as of February 2016. A 13 percent share of the respondents stated that they were not in favor of state subsidies for energy and fuel.
Do you think energy, electricity, and transport fuel should be subsidized by your government?*
* The phrasing of this survey question as it appears in the report is as follows:"Do you think energy, electricity, and transportation fuel such as gasoline and diesel should be subsidised by your government?".
The countries covered by this survey were Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, and Yemen.
The survey did not include Syria due to the ongoing civil war there.
Respondents were exclusively comprised of citizens of the countries outlined above, with 50% male and 50% female respondents.
The margin of error for this survey is +/-1.65 per cent.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates had 300 respondents. Iraq had 250 respondents and Palestine had 150. Each remaining country had 200 respondents.
The majorty of respondents were from urban areas.
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Asdaa Burson Marsteller, & PSB Research. (April 12, 2016). Do you think energy, electricity, and transport fuel should be subsidized by your government?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/662417/mena-arab-youth-opinion-on-state-subsidies-for-energy-and-fuel/
Asdaa Burson Marsteller, und PSB Research. "Do you think energy, electricity, and transport fuel should be subsidized by your government?*." Chart. April 12, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/662417/mena-arab-youth-opinion-on-state-subsidies-for-energy-and-fuel/
Asdaa Burson Marsteller, PSB Research. (2016). Do you think energy, electricity, and transport fuel should be subsidized by your government?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/662417/mena-arab-youth-opinion-on-state-subsidies-for-energy-and-fuel/
Asdaa Burson Marsteller, and PSB Research. "Do You Think Energy, Electricity, and Transport Fuel Should Be Subsidized by Your Government?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Apr 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/662417/mena-arab-youth-opinion-on-state-subsidies-for-energy-and-fuel/
Asdaa Burson Marsteller & PSB Research, Do you think energy, electricity, and transport fuel should be subsidized by your government?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/662417/mena-arab-youth-opinion-on-state-subsidies-for-energy-and-fuel/ (last visited December 04, 2024)
Do you think energy, electricity, and transport fuel should be subsidized by your government?* [Graph], Asdaa Burson Marsteller, & PSB Research, April 12, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/662417/mena-arab-youth-opinion-on-state-subsidies-for-energy-and-fuel/