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Favorability of Libya

Next, I'd like your overall opinion of some foreign countries. What is your overall opinion of Libya? Is it very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable or very unfavorable?

Latest wave fielded February 6 to 9, 2014. Primary source: Gallup trend table: Favorability of Libya.

Trend

Favorability of Libya: trendLine chart of 8 survey waves from 2001 Feb 1-4 to 2014 Feb 6-9. Exact values are in the table below.0%10%20%30%40%50%20052010Year of fieldworkPercentVery favorable, February 1 to 4, 2001: 2%Very favorable, February 4 to 6, 2002: 2%Very favorable, February 3 to 6, 2003: 1%Very favorable, February 9 to 12, 2004: 2%Very favorable, February 6 to 9, 2006: 2%Very favorable, February 2 to 5, 2012: 3%Very favorable, February 7 to 10, 2013: 4%Very favorable, February 6 to 9, 2014: 4%Mostly favorable, February 1 to 4, 2001: 9%Mostly favorable, February 4 to 6, 2002: 13%Mostly favorable, February 3 to 6, 2003: 17%Mostly favorable, February 9 to 12, 2004: 23%Mostly favorable, February 6 to 9, 2006: 20%Mostly favorable, February 2 to 5, 2012: 22%Mostly favorable, February 7 to 10, 2013: 16%Mostly favorable, February 6 to 9, 2014: 15%Mostly unfavorable, February 1 to 4, 2001: 40%Mostly unfavorable, February 4 to 6, 2002: 41%Mostly unfavorable, February 3 to 6, 2003: 39%Mostly unfavorable, February 9 to 12, 2004: 43%Mostly unfavorable, February 6 to 9, 2006: 42%Mostly unfavorable, February 2 to 5, 2012: 43%Mostly unfavorable, February 7 to 10, 2013: 44%Mostly unfavorable, February 6 to 9, 2014: 44%Very unfavorable, February 1 to 4, 2001: 35%Very unfavorable, February 4 to 6, 2002: 27%Very unfavorable, February 3 to 6, 2003: 24%Very unfavorable, February 9 to 12, 2004: 20%Very unfavorable, February 6 to 9, 2006: 16%Very unfavorable, February 2 to 5, 2012: 23%Very unfavorable, February 7 to 10, 2013: 28%Very unfavorable, February 6 to 9, 2014: 26%No opinion, February 1 to 4, 2001: 14%No opinion, February 4 to 6, 2002: 17%No opinion, February 3 to 6, 2003: 19%No opinion, February 9 to 12, 2004: 12%No opinion, February 6 to 9, 2006: 20%No opinion, February 2 to 5, 2012: 9%No opinion, February 7 to 10, 2013: 8%No opinion, February 6 to 9, 2014: 11%
  • Very favorable
  • Mostly favorable
  • Mostly unfavorable
  • Very unfavorable
  • No opinion
Source: Gallup; see Sources below. Percentages of respondents.

Toplines

Favorability of Libya: toplines by survey wave, percent (newest first)
Field datesVery favorableMostly favorableMostly unfavorableVery unfavorableNo opinionSample (n)Margin of error
February 6 to 9, 2014415442611----
February 7 to 10, 201341644288----
February 2 to 5, 201232243239----
February 6 to 9, 2006220421620----
February 9 to 12, 2004223432012----
February 3 to 6, 2003117392419----
February 4 to 6, 2002213412717----
February 1 to 4, 2001 (^)29403514----

Pollster footnotes: ^ Asked of a half sample; * Less than 0.5%

Markers in parentheses after a date (^, #, +) are the pollster's own footnotes; their meaning is given in the pollster footnotes. "*" means less than 0.5%; "--" means not asked or not reported.

Sources

  1. Gallup trend table: Favorability of Libya, accessed October 13, 2026.
  2. Gallup World Affairs survey, survey methods, accessed October 13, 2026.

Cite

Gallup, "Favorability of Libya," in Middle East Forum, U.S. Opinion on the Middle East, https://polls.meforum.org/q/gallup-fav-libya/.