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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 7 of the 11 domains. Large gaps (20 points or more) occur in family and social relationships (+25.6); housing (+21.4); and civic participation and voice (+20.9) (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
60.7Access
52.4Experience
+8.3Gap
12.0Mean absolute gap
▲2 ▼0Large gaps, public-service domains
129n
Figure 1Kuwait: 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 7 of the 11 domains. Large gaps (20 points or more) occur in family and social relationships (+25.6); housing (+21.4); and civic participation and voice (+20.9) (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.