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Mass Mobilization, 2018

2018, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mass Mobilization, 2018 covers 176 countries. Armenia is highest, at 3.742; Eritrea is lowest, at -3.276. The middle country reads 0.262. Against 2017, 99 values changed (54 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mass Mobilization · Data for 2018

HighestArmenia

3.742

LowestEritrea

-3.276

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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia3.742
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa3.186
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe3.125
IraqIRQWestern Asia2.734
TogoTGOWestern Africa2.665
PolandPOLEastern Europe2.616
MaliMLIWestern Africa2.609
United StatesUSANorthern America2.560
NicaraguaNICCentral America2.515
JordanJORWestern Asia2.252
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa2.239
FranceFRAWestern Europe2.224
HaitiHTICaribbean2.206
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa2.069
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2.027
VenezuelaVENSouth America2.027
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.943
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa1.920
GuineaGINWestern Africa1.817
ArgentinaARGSouth America1.810
Costa RicaCRICentral America1.795
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa1.732
ColombiaCOLSouth America1.679
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.594
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa1.584

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Armenia3.742
  2. Zimbabwe3.186
  3. Slovakia3.125
  4. Iraq2.734
  5. Togo2.665

Lowest

  1. Eritrea-3.276
  2. Qatar-3.073
  3. United Arab Emirates-3.068
  4. Oman-2.743
  5. Saudi Arabia-2.249

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.262. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 99values changed, of 176 in both
  • 54 · 45rose · fell
  • 77unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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.

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 2018.

  • 173 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.027. 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 176 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.

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 (2018). Mass Mobilization, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mass-mobilization/2018

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07Questions

Mass Mobilization, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mass mobilization in Mass Mobilization, 2018?

Armenia, at 3.742, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Mass Mobilization, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Mass Mobilization, 2018 cover?

176.

Where can I download Mass Mobilization, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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