Abstract
Afrobarometer is a pan-African, non-partisan research network that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, and related issues in more than 35 countries in Africa. Afrobarometer surveys collect and publish high-quality, reliable statistical data on Africa, which is freely available to the public.
The latest round of the Afrobarometer Survey (Round 7 - 2016/2018), for the first time, collected also opinions and perceptions around land-related issues, including women land rights and corruption in the land sector.
The Land Portal presents only a subset of the data gathered during the 7th round of the Afrobarometer survey, focusing only on indicators that are land-related.
For instance, corruption in the land sector emerged as a crucial and widespread concern, with almost four of every five respondents believing that is likely or very likely that:
For more information on the Afrobarometer, please visit the website afrobarometer.org (link is external).
With more than 250,000 African citizens reached since 1999, Afrobarometer is the most important independent opinion poll in Africa.
The latest round of the Afrobarometer Survey (Round 7 - 2016/2018) is of particular interest for the land governance community. Indeed, for the first time, Afrobarometer collected also opinions and perceptions around land-related issues, including women land rights and corruption in the land sector.
Completing more than 50,000 interviews in 34 countries, Afrobarometer has successfully wrapped up data collection for its seventh pan-African round of public-attitude surveys.
Data from round 7 are already available on-line