The Asia Foundation

Afghanistan in 2012: A Survey of the Afghan People

At Kabul and Washington, D.C. launch events, The Asia Foundation has released findings from Afghanistan in 2012: A Survey of the Afghan People, the broadest public opinion poll in the country. In June 2012, 742 Afghan pollsters—both men and women—fanned out across all 34 provinces to gather first-hand opinions from nearly 6,300 Afghan citizens on a wide range of topics critical to the future of Afghanistan. This marks the eighth in the Foundation's series of surveys in Afghanistan.
 

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Check out our online data visualization tool, Visualizing Afghanistan below.

Is Afghanistan headed in the right direction? National results:

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Click on a year button to compare results from 2006 through 2012.

The above graphic shows annual survey results for the question, "Is Afghanistan headed in the right direction?" For in-depth regional results for this and other questions, as well as seven years of downloadable survey data, visit Visualizing Afghanistan.

Resource Archive

View prior years' surveys at the Resource Archive.