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Gap profile and summary

The profile reports the gap in each of the eleven domains; the summary reports access, experience, the gap and the gap types identified.

Access exceeds experience in 10 of the 11 domains. Large gaps (20 points or more) occur in family and social relationships (+34.3); health and care (+27.9); and leisure and community participation (+20.4) (access above experience). The gap is under 5 points in 3 of the ten public-service domains. Gap types: Access–Delivery Gap, Access–Experience Alignment.

Source: A-SCOPE MENA, Arab Access and Experience Dataset 2026 · non-probability samples; scores describe respondents.

Where it sits

Eleven domains at a glance

AccessExperienceMean of ten
52.9Access
40.4Experience
+12.5Gap
13.1Mean absolute gap
▲2 ▼0Large gaps, public-service domains
101n
Figure 1Iraq: access most exceeds experience in family and social relationships

AccessExperienceDotted lines: regional averages

Sorted by the gap between access and experience.

A-SCOPE MENA, Arab Access and Experience Dataset 2026, ten states, N = 1,861. Wave 1 · Release 1.0 · September 2026.Image (PNG)

Access exceeds experience in 10 of the 11 domains. Large gaps (20 points or more) occur in family and social relationships (+34.3); health and care (+27.9); and leisure and community participation (+20.4) (access above experience). The gap is under 5 points in 3 of the ten public-service domains. Gap types: Access–Delivery Gap, Access–Experience Alignment.

Where access most exceeds experience

Experience furthest ahead of access

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Samples are not representative: scores describe respondents, not national populations. Comparisons are indicative and small differences carry no weight. See Data and methods. A-SCOPE MENA, Arab Access and Experience Dataset 2026, ten states, N = 1,861. Wave 1 · Release 1.0 · September 2026.