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Mass Mobilization, 2015

2015, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem's measure of mass mobilization asks how often, and on what scale, people took part in demonstrations, strikes, sit-ins and similar mass events during the year — including rallies organised by the state itself. It is an expert-coded estimate on an open-ended scale centred near zero, and a higher figure means more and larger events.

Mass Mobilization, 2015 covers 176 countries. Burkina Faso is highest, at 2.878; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at -3.437. The middle country reads 0.182. Against 2014, 99 values changed (49 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mass Mobilization · Data for 2015

HighestBurkina Faso

2.878

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

-3.437

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Mass Mobilization, 2015, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 176 countries · select a heading to sort

Mass Mobilization, 2015: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa2.878
BurundiBDIEastern Africa2.715
BeninBENWestern Africa2.627
VenezuelaVENSouth America2.452
GuatemalaGTMCentral America2.431
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa2.403
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa2.334
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa2.213
GuineaGINWestern Africa2.115
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa2.106
HaitiHTICaribbean2.097
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia2.008
GhanaGHAWestern Africa1.850
ArgentinaARGSouth America1.810
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.807
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1.801
LebanonLBNWestern Asia1.780
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe1.759
MaliMLIWestern Africa1.656
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe1.634
SyriaSYRWestern Asia1.624
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe1.614
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.594
GabonGABMiddle Africa1.557
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1.537

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Burkina Faso2.878
  2. Burundi2.715
  3. Benin2.627
  4. Venezuela2.452
  5. Guatemala2.431

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates-3.437
  2. Qatar-3.073
  3. Eritrea-2.871
  4. Oman-2.292
  5. Singapore-2.248

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.182. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 99values changed, of 176 in both
  • 49 · 50rose · fell
  • 77unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2015.

  • 173 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.066. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2015). Mass Mobilization, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mass-mobilization/2015

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