🔍 Public opinion data can reveal citizens’ priorities across countries and demographics.
🧭 Objective
Provide an interactive exploration of what people identify as the most important problems by country, sex, age, and socio-economic status.
📊 Visualization
🧰 What the app does
- Explore concerns country by country: select a country and see which issues citizens cite most: the economy, health, education, corruption, and the rest.
- Compare several countries: put the distributions side by side and read where priorities diverge.
- Filter by demographics: sex, age and socio-economic status.
- Interactive visualisations: dynamic charts, custom filters, and automatic ranking of the most frequently cited problems.
- Run your own analysis: the interface is built for exploration, not for a fixed narrative.
📚 Data & tools
- Source: Afrobarometer Round 9 (2021–2023)
- Tools: R, Shiny,
dplyr,ggplot2,plotly,DT
🎯 Who it is for
- Governments aligning policy with stated public priorities
- NGOs and donors targeting interventions where concern is highest
- Researchers and students exploring survey data without writing code
📱 A note on mobile
On a smartphone, turn the device to landscape: the comparison charts need the width.
💬 Feedback
Remarks, suggestions and ideas for improvement are always welcome.
🗓 Completion
June 2025
