Data for 1998
Mass Mobilization, 1998
1998, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Mass Mobilization, 1998 covers 172 countries. Indonesia is highest, at 3.187; Singapore is lowest, at -3.566. The middle country reads -0.196. Against 1997, 53 values changed (25 up, 28 down), 1 country joined.
Mass Mobilization · Data for 1998
HighestIndonesia
3.187LowestSingapore
-3.566Shaded 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, 1998, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 172 countries · select a heading to sort
| 3.187 | |
| 2.893 | |
| 2.871 | |
| 2.193 | |
| 2.155 | |
| 2.077 | |
| 1.981 | |
| 1.978 | |
| 1.951 | |
| 1.901 | |
| 1.839 | |
| 1.625 | |
| 1.605 | |
| 1.577 | |
| 1.461 | |
| 1.445 | |
| 1.362 | |
| 1.362 | |
| 1.326 | |
| 1.300 | |
| 1.276 | |
| 1.219 | |
| 1.131 | |
| 1.127 | |
| 1.060 | |
| 1.053 | |
| 1.047 | |
| 1.046 | |
| 1.033 | |
| 1.008 | |
| 0.992 | |
| 0.979 | |
| 0.960 | |
| 0.885 | |
| 0.880 | |
| 0.872 | |
| 0.801 | |
| 0.776 | |
| 0.776 | |
| 0.756 | |
| 0.717 | |
| 0.704 | |
| 0.696 | |
| 0.647 | |
| 0.635 | |
| 0.628 | |
| 0.624 | |
| 0.606 | |
| 0.598 | |
| 0.594 | |
| 0.571 | |
| 0.554 | |
| 0.525 | |
| 0.524 | |
| 0.449 | |
| 0.389 | |
| 0.387 | |
| 0.373 | |
| 0.353 | |
| 0.296 | |
| 0.263 | |
| 0.210 | |
| 0.208 | |
| 0.202 | |
| 0.200 | |
| 0.184 | |
| SomalilandXSLEastern Africa | 0.181 |
| 0.132 | |
| 0.114 | |
| 0.089 | |
| 0.075 | |
| 0.074 | |
| 0.007 | |
| -0.005 | |
| -0.053 | |
| -0.067 | |
| -0.107 | |
| -0.107 | |
| -0.107 | |
| -0.127 | |
| -0.139 | |
| -0.145 | |
| -0.146 | |
| -0.163 | |
| -0.175 | |
| -0.194 | |
| -0.197 | |
| -0.250 | |
| -0.265 | |
| -0.267 | |
| -0.314 | |
| -0.342 | |
| -0.345 | |
| -0.366 | |
| -0.370 | |
| -0.432 | |
| -0.443 | |
| -0.456 | |
| -0.569 | |
| -0.575 | |
| -0.592 | |
| -0.636 | |
| -0.655 | |
| -0.687 | |
| -0.699 | |
| -0.724 | |
| -0.726 | |
| -0.744 | |
| -0.751 | |
| -0.756 | |
| -0.757 | |
| -0.795 | |
| -0.831 | |
| -0.849 | |
| -0.850 | |
| -0.862 | |
| -0.885 | |
| -0.896 | |
| -0.906 | |
| -1.020 | |
| -1.022 | |
| -1.038 | |
| -1.046 | |
| -1.050 | |
| -1.068 | |
| -1.110 | |
| -1.122 | |
| -1.146 | |
| -1.177 | |
| -1.185 | |
| -1.202 | |
| -1.258 | |
| -1.275 | |
| -1.279 | |
| -1.282 | |
| -1.313 | |
| -1.326 | |
| -1.336 | |
| -1.337 | |
| -1.422 | |
| -1.462 | |
| -1.547 | |
| -1.559 | |
| -1.617 | |
| -1.626 | |
| -1.632 | |
| -1.633 | |
| -1.636 | |
| -1.661 | |
| -1.760 | |
| -1.778 | |
| -1.785 | |
| -1.798 | |
| -1.819 | |
| -1.822 | |
| -1.836 | |
| -1.875 | |
| -2.012 | |
| -2.026 | |
| -2.052 | |
| -2.092 | |
| -2.144 | |
| -2.147 | |
| -2.219 | |
| -2.249 | |
| -2.270 | |
| -2.429 | |
| -2.620 | |
| -2.878 | |
| -2.912 | |
| -3.437 | |
| -3.566 |
02In 1998
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Indonesia3.187
Timor-Leste2.893
Ghana2.871
Cuba2.193
Benin2.155
Lowest
Singapore-3.566
United Arab Emirates-3.437
Uzbekistan-2.912
Saudi Arabia-2.878
Qatar-2.620
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.196. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031997 → 1998
Since 1997
What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +1 / −0countries joined / left
- 53values changed, of 171 in both
- 25 · 28rose · fell
- 118unchanged
Rose most
Indonesia0.905 → 3.187+2.282
Timor-Leste1.356 → 2.893+1.537
Burkina Faso0.564 → 2.077+1.513
Botswana-2.200 → -0.849+1.351
Malaysia-0.145 → 1.033+1.178
Fell most
Bulgaria2.313 → -0.250−2.563
Ecuador1.612 → 0.007−1.605
Kenya1.217 → -0.342−1.559
North Macedonia1.113 → -0.053−1.166
Belarus0.965 → -0.163−1.128
Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
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 1998.
168 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share -0.107. 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 172 countries has every column.
05The files
Download and cite
The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.
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The publisher’s original
V-Dem Institute’s own file, on its own site.
V-Dem-CY-FullOthers-v16_csv.zip
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.
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Cite this edition
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1998). Mass Mobilization, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mass-mobilization/1998
0636 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Mass Mobilization, 1997171 countries
The year after ›
Mass Mobilization, 1999173 countries
All of them
Mass Mobilization: every year36 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Mass Mobilization, 1998: questions and answers
Which country has the highest mass mobilization in Mass Mobilization, 1998?
Indonesia, at 3.187, of the 172 countries in the file.
What year does Mass Mobilization, 1998 describe?
1998.
How many countries does Mass Mobilization, 1998 cover?
172.
Where can I download Mass Mobilization, 1998?
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, 1998 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Mass Mobilization, 2025.