Access and experience by state
Each line connects the access score of a state (left) with its experience score (right). A downward slope indicates that access exceeds experience; an upward slope indicates the reverse. The gradient is proportional to the gap.
Bivariate distribution of access and experience
States are classified into terciles of access and of experience in this domain, relative to the other nine states, and shaded accordingly.
Source: A-SCOPE MENA, Arab Access and Experience Dataset 2026 · non-probability samples; scores describe respondents.
The ten states in this domain
Ranking
Walking alone in the area after dark; victimisation by crime or assault in the past year.
Feeling safe after dark and in the area; satisfaction with public and personal safety; the expected likelihood of police protection, of abuse of power and of prosecution of officers.
Findings
Access exceeds experience in all ten states, from 0.6 points in Iraq to 23.6 in Tunisia and 21.7 in Lebanon. Every Tunisian respondent reports walking alone after dark and no victimisation (access 100.0). Morocco follows (71.4 and 70.3); Iraq is lowest on both measures (43.8 and 43.2).
Safety is one of the domains that carry the ranking of states (r = 0.92).
AccessExperienceDotted lines: regional averages
Sorted by the gap between access and experience.
Gulf and Arabian PeninsulaLevant and IraqNorth Africa
Dashed line: access equals experienceDotted lines: regional averages
