Africa Development Detailed Tables

Return to the full report → Burkina Faso Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Nigeria Senegal South Arica Tanzania Uganda % % % % % % % % % Very big problem Crime 86 59 84 71 83 87 79 80 69 Energy shortages, such as electricity blackouts or fuel scarcity 64 71 94 33 77 67 72 […]

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	Burkina Faso	Ethiopia	Ghana	Kenya	Nigeria	Senegal	South Arica	Tanzania	Uganda
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Very big problem
Crime	86	59	84	71	83	87	79	80	69
Energy shortages, such as electricity blackouts or fuel scarcity	64	71	94	33	77	67	72	72	70
Food shortages	88	50	60	53	69	85	56	64	63
Government corruption	70	n/a	88	74	86	71	78	92	82
Lack of access to clean toilets	46	51	65	33	57	62	54	65	62
Lack of clean drinking water	90	65	76	45	69	90	55	77	77
Lack of employment opportunities	88	66	92	75	83	92	79	92	89
Too few citizens participating in politics	32	37	41	25	54	39	50	52	34
Pollution and other forms of environmental damage	50	40	64	36	65	62	55	61	44
Poor health care	89	54	90	51	81	89	57	88	82
Poor infrastructure, such as roads and bridges	65	48	78	46	72	66	57	73	65
Poor quality schools	77	49	87	63	87	87	61	87	81

Most important priority for our country
Education	11	15	23	28	23	14	29	29	19
Supply of energy, such as electricity or petrol	0	14	21	4	15	3	18	2	3
Agriculture and the supply of food	18	10	11	15	13	25	12	9	11
Government effectiveness, such as reducing corruption	0	15	6	13	15	1	17	8	15
Health care	66	38	34	33	31	56	16	45	44
Infrastructure, such as roads and bridges	3	7	5	7	3	1	8	7	8

Confident that __ will help solve major problems in our country
Domestic companies	60	65	65	66	73	71	69	79	63
Foreign companies doing business in our country	52	58	70	67	68	58	58	67	60
Foreign aid organizations, such as the United Nations	65	66	76	74	70	68	59	76	81
Naitonal government	69	n/a	60	80	86	81	68	83	76

Government is run for the benefit of all or for the benefit of a few groups
Benefit of a few	31	n/a	67	53	61	58	59	60	58
Benefit of all	65	n/a	32	46	36	39	30	38	42

Rather have lower taxes even with fewer government services or higher taxes so the government can provide more services
Lower taxes, even with fewer government services	46	19	42	54	38	34	30	43	52
Higher taxes so the government can provide more services	39	77	53	42	47	60	41	49	45

Impression of foreign aid received
A lot of aid	37	36	40	32	39	41	22	41	36
Some aid	29	36	30	37	27	28	32	32	26
Very little aid	25	9	20	24	15	16	17	17	28

Perception of amount of aid needed
More aid	85	49	68	73	59	89	26	67	85
About the same amount of aid as now	6	16	7	8	10	2	18	8	6
Less aid	5	17	18	16	15	3	26	17	6

__ describes programs funded by foreign aid organizations well
Effective	57	69	74	77	76	62	58	68	66
Benefit people in need	26	75	68	70	60	41	49	53	60
Corrupt	58	40	43	60	53	33	40	70	60
Inefficient	37	47	38	52	51	29	41	54	45

Foreign companies in the [mining/oil and petrol] industry have a __ impact on the country
Negative	32	11	36	20	13	22	29	33	23
Positive	63	66	59	77	74	62	53	58	71

__ describes foreign companies in the [mining/oil and petrol] industry well
Ruin the environment	69	36	76	67	71	45	58	61	59
Mines/oil rigs are unsafe for workers	62	34	61	53	54	34	48	51	51
Don’t pay their share of taxes	22	33	50	48	50	19	45	37	48
Contribute to country’s economic growth	59	73	58	82	68	58	57	59	80
Provide jobs for local workers	67	72	68	83	67	56	59	59	74

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