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Mass Mobilization, 2021

2021, 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, 2021 covers 176 countries. Myanmar is highest, at 3.574; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at -3.068. The middle country reads -0.078. Against 2020, 159 values changed (82 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mass Mobilization · Data for 2021

HighestMyanmar

3.574

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

-3.068

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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia3.574
ColombiaCOLSouth America3.276
SudanSDNNorthern Africa3.265
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe2.945
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2.866
HaitiHTICaribbean2.743
IraqIRQWestern Asia2.650
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia2.452
PolandPOLEastern Europe2.291
MaliMLIWestern Africa2.289
GuineaGINWestern Africa2.257
United StatesUSANorthern America2.199
PeruPERSouth America2.170
GhanaGHAWestern Africa2.114
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia2.024
ArgentinaARGSouth America1.999
ChadTCDMiddle Africa1.976
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa1.972
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.935
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.929
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa1.913
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe1.812
LebanonLBNWestern Asia1.713
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa1.627
GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.597

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Myanmar3.574
  2. Colombia3.276
  3. Sudan3.265
  4. Slovenia2.945
  5. Thailand2.866

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates-3.068
  2. Saudi Arabia-3.057
  3. Singapore-3.035
  4. Oman-2.850
  5. Togo-2.791

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.078. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 159values changed, of 176 in both
  • 82 · 77rose · fell
  • 17unchanged

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 2021.

  • 171 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.519. 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 (2021). Mass Mobilization, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mass-mobilization/2021

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