Muslims' views on religion do not impede views about relations
December 7, 2011
Countries in Africa rank highest on Gallup's inaugural Muslim-West Perceptions Index, which measures how positively people in majority-Muslim and Western countries view relations between these two societies. Countries in the Arab Gulf are not far behind.
Residents of Qatar and Oman are the most optimistic about their economies of 16 countries Gallup surveyed in the Middle East and North Africa in early 2011. Residents of Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, the Palestinian Territories, and Bahrain are among the least optimistic.
Countries with the highest wellbeing tend to be the most peaceful
May 13, 2011
The countries with the highest wellbeing tend to be the most peaceful and those with the lowest wellbeing are the least likely to be peaceful. The findings are from a new Gallup analysis revealing a strong relationship between Gallup's life evaluation measure and two indicators of country stability.
Potential migrants in Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria particularly drawn to France
April 29, 2011
Twenty-six percent of North African adults said they would choose to move to another country permanently if they could, even before unrest in North Africa prompted thousands to flee to other countries. Fourteen percent who want to migrate said they planned to move in the next year.
Majorities in 19 out of 124 countries "thriving," mostly in Europe and the Americas
April 19, 2011
Gallup's global wellbeing surveys from 2010 reveal that a median of 21% across 124 countries were "thriving" last year, based on how people rated their lives at the current time and in the next five years. The percentage who were thriving ranged from a high of 72% in Denmark to a low of 1% in Chad.
Last fall, 41% of respondents said they had trouble affording shelter in the past year
March 31, 2011
As anti-government protests continue in Bahrain, recent surveys reveal the country's housing shortage is among the public's most pressing economic concerns. In October 2010, 41% of adults surveyed in Bahrain said there were times in the past year when they did not have enough money to pay for adequate shelter.
At the Obama administration's halfway mark, approval of U.S. leadership worldwide is still higher than during the Bush administration's last years. Across 116 countries, median approval of U.S. leadership in 2010 stood at 47% -- relatively unchanged from the 49% median across 111 countries in 2009.
Many young Arabs less likely to say leaders harness their talents
February 9, 2011
Young people in several Arab countries became less likely in 2010 to believe their leadership fully uses their human capital. Young Egyptians' perceptions experienced one of the largest declines: fewer than 3 in 10 say Egypt's leadership maximizes youth potential, down from almost 4 in 10 in 2009.
Traditional economic indicators paint an incomplete picture of life in these countries
February 2, 2011
Wellbeing in Egypt and Tunisia decreased significantly over the past few years, even as GDP increased. The data underscore how traditional economic metrics can paint an incomplete picture of life in a given country.
Those planning to start a business in the next 12 months more likely to be employed
November 17, 2010
Young people in the Arab League are nearly four times as likely as those in North America or Europe to plan to start businesses in the next year, according to 2010 findings from The Silatech Index: Voices of Young Arabs.
