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Mass Mobilization, 2017

2017, 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, 2017 covers 176 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 3.747; Qatar is lowest, at -3.073. The middle country reads 0.313. Against 2016, 99 values changed (51 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mass Mobilization · Data for 2017

HighestVenezuela

3.747

LowestQatar

-3.073

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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
VenezuelaVENSouth America3.747
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa3.301
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.620
PolandPOLEastern Europe2.616
IraqIRQWestern Asia2.337
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa2.253
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa2.213
United StatesUSANorthern America2.203
TogoTGOWestern Africa2.165
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa2.106
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2.027
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa1.920
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa1.913
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean1.866
ArgentinaARGSouth America1.810
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa1.793
GuineaGINWestern Africa1.759
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa1.732
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.713
MaliMLIWestern Africa1.656
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.594
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa1.584
GhanaGHAWestern Africa1.535
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1.519
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia1.445

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Venezuela3.747
  2. Zimbabwe3.301
  3. South Korea2.620
  4. Poland2.616
  5. Iraq2.337

Lowest

  1. Qatar-3.073
  2. United Arab Emirates-3.068
  3. Oman-2.743
  4. Saudi Arabia-2.249
  5. Singapore-2.248

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.313. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 99values changed, of 176 in both
  • 51 · 48rose · 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 2017.

  • 174 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -0.699. 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 (2017). Mass Mobilization, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mass-mobilization/2017

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