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Mass Mobilization, 1990

1990, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mass Mobilization, 1990 covers 166 countries. Lithuania is highest, at 3.516; Singapore is lowest, at -3.566. The middle country reads 0.055.

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Mass Mobilization · Data for 1990

HighestLithuania

3.516

LowestSingapore

-3.566

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Mass Mobilization, 1990, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 166 countries · select a heading to sort

Mass Mobilization, 1990: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe3.516
El SalvadorSLVCentral America3.370
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa3.263
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia3.073
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa3.042
NepalNPLSouthern Asia2.696
GhanaGHAWestern Africa2.497
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia2.395
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia2.340
CubaCUBCaribbean2.297
RussiaRUSEastern Europe2.283
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia2.174
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe2.156
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia2.154
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia2.152
BeninBENWestern Africa2.142
HaitiHTICaribbean2.123
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa2.038
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe1.980
BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.948
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.945
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia1.921
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1.854
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa1.726
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa1.666

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Lithuania3.516
  2. El Salvador3.370
  3. Algeria3.263
  4. Azerbaijan3.073
  5. Central African Republic3.042

Lowest

  1. Singapore-3.566
  2. United Arab Emirates-3.437
  3. Eritrea-3.177
  4. Uganda-2.489
  5. Namibia-2.488

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.055. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.

  • 165 distinct values among 166

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.892. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 166 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1990). Mass Mobilization, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mass-mobilization/1990

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06Questions

Mass Mobilization, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mass mobilization in Mass Mobilization, 1990?

Lithuania, at 3.516, of the 166 countries in the file.

What year does Mass Mobilization, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Mass Mobilization, 1990 cover?

166.

Where can I download Mass Mobilization, 1990?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Mass Mobilization, 1990 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Mass Mobilization, 2025.

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