in the latter half of 2019. Round 7 surveys started in December 2016 and completed in June 2018, covering 34 countries. Round 6 surveys began in March 2014 and ended in December 2015, covering 36 countries. Round 5 surveys took place in 35 countries between 2011 and September 2013. Round 4 surveys took place in 20 countries between March 2008 and June 2009. Round 5 surveys began in October 2011. Round 3 surveys were conducted in 18 countries from March 2005 through February 2006. Round 2 surveys were conducted from May 2002 through October 2003 in 16 countries. (Zimbabwe survey was carried out in April and May 2004). Round 1 surveys conducted from July 1999 through June 2001 in 12 countries. Predecessor surveys in 1993 in Zambia and 1994 in South Africa were carried out by the Institute for Democracy in Africa (one of the founding institutions of Afrobarometer). New subnationally geocoded data covering 1999-2015 are now available through partnership with the development research lab AidData at the College of William and Mary for Rounds 1-6. As of March 2018, Afrobarometer data and publications had been cited over 8000 times. Afrobarometer has been consistently been ranked as one of the world's Best Institutional Collaboration involving 2 or more Think Tanks by the Global Go To Think Tank Index Report published by the Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania See also Asian Barometer Survey Economy of Africa Eurobarometer Latin American Public Opinion Project Latinobarómetro World Values Survey References External links Afrobarometer homepage Ghana Center for Democratic Development homepage Institute for Justice and Reconciliation homepage Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa IDASA homepage MSU Department of Political Science homepage IREEP homepage DARU homepage African studies Polling Statistical data sets